Wooninjas

Hi,

Yes you can add html elements to any template files to your theme, but only if this your custom theme.

By looking at the code, it looks like you are using WordPress default twentysixteen theme so it’s recommended to create Child Theme and override its templates there.

I tested on WordPress 4.4 and its working fine there.

You’re Welcome. Always here to help.

Hi,

You are missing " (double quotes) on class attribute of both elements

Here:
class="alignleft

Should be
class="alignleft"

I’m not sure why this is happening though, I don’t have a complete view how you are doing it. But may I know why you are still want to use slug if ID is working for you?

category_name accepts category slug, make sure you are naming your slug correctly.

@songdogtech yes you are right. If the shared hosting is from a reliable hosting company then they would have employed all the methods to keep It’s users safe.

But you can not rely on every company which provides shared hosting. You need to be cautious. That’s what I meant.

Forgot to mention unreliable with shared hosting. Thanks for pointing out.

You need to reset the password from the database now, as you cannot access the admin interface.
Which hosting service are you using.?
Can you access the cpanel provided by your hosting.?

"I am using shared hosting."

This is also important after what @kgagne already mentioned.

Shared hosting can be risky. You should better avoid it.

This is a good article explaining why.

[moderated; keep support on this site]

Also check this

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

WordPress Codex says :

“The hack may have affected more than just your site, especially if you are using shared hosting.”

So If any other site on your shared hosting server is hacked than you are at risk too.

Do you have the database access. ? If so you can reset It using the phpmyadmin.

I don’t know of anyway to recover the old passwords. However you can reset the passwords. Are you able to login with the administrator account. ?

You are missing the core files.
require(/home/northwes/public_html/prankshark.com/wp-includes/plugin.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory

Did you upload the whole wp-includes folder from standard WordPress installation. ?

Also check the permission of your wp-includes folder. The folder permission shall be 755

Also make sure that you upload from the WordPress installation matching the current WordPress version of your site.

There must be a JavaScript error. Check the console log and paste the errors here.

https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/debug/console/console-ui?hl=en

Try this. You can set the number of posts you want to display
with showposts.

<?php
/*
Template Name: My Awesome Custom Page
*/

get_header();

query_posts('showposts=2');
if (have_posts()):
    while (have_posts()):
        the_post();
        the_title();
        the_content();
    endwhile;
else:
    echo '<p>no posts were found</p>';
endif;

get_footer();

The error displays on your site now.

Warning: require(/home/northwes/public_html/prankshark.com/wp-includes/functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/northwes/public_html/prankshark.com/wp-settings.php on line 72

You are missing some files in your wp-includes folder. Better replace them with the default wordpress wp-includes folder.