knightrojen

Sorry, save yourself from clicking, but what I ended up using based off the google group posting:

// query for a given term ("search_term") in some given categories (7 and 8)
$search_query = new WP_Query();
$search_posts = $search_query->query('s=search_term&cat=7,8');
// build loop
foreach($search_posts as $search_post) {
        setup_postdata($search_post);
        // do stuff
}

And some additional details and some code to help reach a solution:

https://groups.google.com/group/wp-hackers/browse_thread/thread/26aa4b9d4fbdd7e9?pli=1

A quick test on my local copy shows nothing with a custom parameter (as expected) – do all posts have that parameter?

Helen – do you have access to your server through a control panel?

Do you have access to PHPMyAdmin? You can change your password through PHPMyAdmin, and your email to get access to your blog again, but it’s best to also run an exploit scanner JIC.

I noticed it seems fixed on your site – did you figure it out? I’m having the same issue.