WordPress admin jvascript not working

  • All menus in WP admin are broken and will not expand/move. Even after disabling all plugins and my theme the error persisted. Stranger than that, it effected several sites, not just one. I even scrapped on e website and reinstalled a fresh WP. Worked for a day, then broken again. I reverted all my sites to WP 3.8.2. Worked for a day, then broken.

    Looked at the browser error console and found them light up with errors. There is one of these:

    -Uncaught SyntaxEror: Unexpected token *

    Then a bunch of these:

    -Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined

    Any thoughts would be appreciated and rewarded with ego-boosting praise.

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  • Have you tried:

    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    – re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder and wp-config.php & root .htaccess files – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.

    Thread Starter brentmercer

    (@brentmercer)

    Yes, all of the above.

    Can we see the site using the default Twenty Fourteen theme with all plugins deactivated?

    Thread Starter brentmercer

    (@brentmercer)

    Sure. Its still a blank slate since I scrapped everything and reinstalled.

    https://www.fogandmoss.com/

    All the issues are only in admin mind you.

    Why are you using an old copy of WordPress? Were you aware that your site is currently running a very real risk of being hacked? You need to upgrade WordPress asap.

    Thread Starter brentmercer

    (@brentmercer)

    Upgrading to WordPress 3.9 is what started this mess.

    I had my hosting service roll me back to the previous version to see if that would fix the bug. It did not.

    As soon as I can identify the problem and confirm that 3.9 wont screw it up again, I will re-upgrade,

    This is not a WordPress core issue. It’s specific to your site. Upgrade to WordPress 3.9.1.

    Thread Starter brentmercer

    (@brentmercer)

    Any thoughts on what is causing this issue then? If its not WordPress then what could it be?

    First upgrade to WordPress 3.9.1.

    Thread Starter brentmercer

    (@brentmercer)

    Upgraded to 3.9.1

    Errors still there

    The first error in the console is in wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/js/functions.js. The first 39 lines of that file don’t match my copy of the file and should not be there. They look like a malicious hack of some kind. I would start by scanning your own PC, changing your cpanel, FTP and other passwords, and doing a clean install of WordPress. There are several resources around for dealing with hacked sites.

    Thread Starter brentmercer

    (@brentmercer)

    Yea, the thought crossed my mind… I’m going to look into that.

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