Posted by Craig in themes
Tags: bad themes, themes

Hi folks

I just got off the phone (SKYPE) with a client and reader.

After logging into his blog I noticed something in his footer that should not be there…
Links with names of pharmaceutical drugs that go to drug sites.

I had to look up the words in the footer to find out what they meant.

Here is a screen shot:

How did this happen??

Well, there are people giving away Wordpress themes because they can get a back link to their site if others download and use their themes. (This is fine but not the above example and themes like that should be avoided.)

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Posted by Craig in wordpress
Tags: fixing, plugins, themes

Do not do anything! Instead, sit back and think, “What was the last thing I did?” Did you install a plugin? Change a category name on your blog?

If you just think for a moment, it’s better than jumping into your blog’s admin and changing stuff at random which in most cases, just makes things worst for you.

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