Hello,
We have V4.6.1 installed and the site (http://banglalive.com) is getting repeatedly hacked by the redirection URL malware that is injecting spam URL links to the site and causing major disruption & impacting business.
We are planning to migrate the site to the latest version but that would take a bit of time. Meanwhile, we need a PATCH urgently to address the issue.
This is very urgent and looking forward to your prompt help.
Regards,
Sanny
https://forum.tagdiv.com/search/malware/
for example:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/my-newspaper-hacked-please-help/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/malware-redirect/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/malware-redirect-2/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/traffictrade-malware-newspaper-8-1-all-updated/
and etc…
Hi,
That is a very old theme version, security risks would be present indeed. You should strongly consider to update to the latest version 9.2.2 and also the latest version of WordPress. That would be the best solution in this case.
There have been many optimizations made over the years, new features were added and of course security issues were resolved immediately when identified. Note the updated theme requirements guide as well
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/
The changelog for each version can be seen here, at the bottom of the page
– https://themeforest.net/item/newspaper/5489609
Thanks
Hi,
Can you please share a detailed step by step process to upgrade my theme from 4.6.1 to latest Newspaper theme.
There should be some script which can update all page/post shortcodes to compatible shortcodes with the latest theme.
Thanks Sanny
Hi,
Updating to the latest version (now 9.5) would be in this case like switching to a new theme because of the differences between such an old theme and the current version. There was such a script from what I can remember quite a while ago in version 7 I believe. But this is not possible anymore.
There is an update guide here – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Remember to scan the database for malware, code in the theme panel, child theme etc. Currently when I visit the website my PC becomes almost unusable, this could be due to malware of some kind – https://www.screencast.com/t/lN5TWpUhS1
Thanks
