So envato sent out a security warning and asked people using Visual Composer to update to the latest version... what wasn't clear was how awful the update was. The plug-in seems to have damaged previous page layouts and and any minor updates destroys the entire page.... Many previous settings now appear to be gone - e.g. settings specifically for responsive states of the Salient theme. I tried to revert back to the version that was previously included with Salient, but that then wouldn't allow me to login to my site due to bad header commands. Are you guys aware of this?
This doesn\'t directly help you but I did what you did (fresh download of Salient and uploading js_composer_salient) and was able to fix the problem, and so far I haven\'t found any other issues. I have all my templates and whatnot. So the problem might not be with the particular plugin. By the way, the old and new VC can\'t be activated together, it seemed. You want to use Salient Visual Composer (4.7.4), not WPBakery Visual Composer.
Thanks - I have updated to the most recent Salient and I deactivated and removed WPBakery. I see it\'s a manual install now... that did the trick. Many, many thanks.
I\'ve literally spent most of the day trying to figure this out (arghh!) as the WP Bakery update was breaking my website.
Just to confirm for anyone still stuck - ignore the link from the security warning email from Envato (which provides the WP Bakery VC update) and instead download the latest Salient theme. Unzip and extract the VC folder (js_composer_salient) then FTP the folder under /wp-content/plugins replacing the old folder.
I think ThemeNectar should consider telling envato to make a distinction between that update and the Salient version.... I know we\'re not the only ones who were confused by this. And as someone who\'s had multiple WP sites hacked, I take all security issues very seriously and try to address them immediately... I think I was a little too immediate with this update and should\'ve read a little closer.
I did the same darn mistake! Should have consulted someone. Now, my site is broken. Under my /wp-content/themes/salient/wpbakery/ i thought i had the VC file, so deleted it promptly, and replaced it with the one from envato. Now that i follow this thread, i find i dont have anything VC under /wp-content/plugin/
So what are the exact steps we need to take if we haven\'t yet upgraded to Salient V6, therefore are still running the old Salient Visual Composer? Do we need to update to Salient V6, or can we just update the Salient Visual Composer plugin and not yet update Salient?
I\'m asking because I\'m in a time crunch and want to make sure I leave my sites secure, but don\'t have time to navigate a full update just yet...
I don\'t have /wp-content/themes/salient/wpbakery/...? The new VC (basically a folder titled js_composer_salient) should go into /wp-content/plugins/. You can download a fresh version of Salient, look for /plugins/js_composer_salient.zip in it, unzip it, and upload it into /plugins via ftp. Otherwise, I think the safest and surest way would be to reinstall Salient. On your Plugins page from the Dashboard, you want to see Salient Visual Composer (version 4.7.4) in the list.
Josh
I don\'t know enough to help you with that one; hopefully someone else will help you. Perhaps there\'s a way to test the VC update on a duplicate.
Simply download the new Salient, and install - don\'t do anything with the WPBakery Visual Composer. Don\'t follow the direction that Envato email out. Once you have the new Salient installed there\'s an plug-ins install option under appearance. You can then install the Salient Visual Composer.
Thnx a lot but i\'m not able to logon to my admin interface at wordpress. Its showing a 503 error. So, technically, i cant try your solutions. I have access to the root file though and i deleted the old salient directory and uploaded the new on. But its still the same. Pheww, kinda tired googling!
I thought I ad this sorted but have since tried to use the VC page builder and the menu is blank and the icons are all invisible, although if I click in the menu area I am able to select the icons. Of course this is no use if I can\'t see what they are! Please see attached screenshot of the page builder menu - any advise?
I\'m using VC version 4.7.4 and I\'m using the latest version of Salient (Version: 6.1.65) and my server php version is 5.4.42.
Try opening your functions.php file and changing these items:
wp_enqueue_style(\'font-awesome\');
wp_register_style(\'font-awesome\', get_template_directory_uri() . \'/css/font-awesome.min.css\');
to this:
wp_enqueue_style(\'font-awesome-2\');
wp_register_style(\'font-awesome-2\', get_template_directory_uri() . \'/css/font-awesome.min.css\');
Also, if you’re using page transitions, change the method to the standard option form the “AJAX” one
Hey guys, need help. All the codes and stuff are visible on the website. and wp-login shows not found. I cant seem to login to the admin interface. Tahir, if you could, would be great,mate
So to be clear, if you download a fresh version of salient and use the js_composer_salient file in the fresh download to override the old files by FTPing in to your site have you solved the security issue or have you just fixed the site?
I followed the envato email instructions, which broke my sites. Then to fix it I downloaded a fresh version of Salient and dropped in the js_composer_salient to override the updated one from the envato email. This fixed my site but am I still at risk for a hack? Didn\'t I just replace the new version of the plugin which broke my site with the old vulnerable visual composer?
Now I have version 4.7 running in the sites, NOT 4.7.4 which is what the new fixed version is. How do I update to a safe VC without breaking the sites?
That is exactly what I did and it broke the entire site. I had to download a fresh version of Salient and get the js_composer_salient from there and FTP in to override the VC I downloaded from theme forest that broke the site.
As a bunch of people said in this thread that download and process breaks the website so how do we install the most current, and safe VC without breaking our website?
So envato sent out a security warning and asked people using Visual Composer to update to the latest version... what wasn't clear was how awful the update was. The plug-in seems to have damaged previous page layouts and and any minor updates destroys the entire page.... Many previous settings now appear to be gone - e.g. settings specifically for responsive states of the Salient theme. I tried to revert back to the version that was previously included with Salient, but that then wouldn't allow me to login to my site due to bad header commands. Are you guys aware of this?
This doesn\'t directly help you but I did what you did (fresh download of Salient and uploading js_composer_salient) and was able to fix the problem, and so far I haven\'t found any other issues. I have all my templates and whatnot. So the problem might not be with the particular plugin. By the way, the old and new VC can\'t be activated together, it seemed. You want to use Salient Visual Composer (4.7.4), not WPBakery Visual Composer.
Thanks - I have updated to the most recent Salient and I deactivated and removed WPBakery. I see it\'s a manual install now... that did the trick. Many, many thanks.
Thanks Paul/Derrick!
I\'ve literally spent most of the day trying to figure this out (arghh!) as the WP Bakery update was breaking my website.
Just to confirm for anyone still stuck - ignore the link from the security warning email from Envato (which provides the WP Bakery VC update) and instead download the latest Salient theme. Unzip and extract the VC folder (js_composer_salient) then FTP the folder under /wp-content/plugins replacing the old folder.
I think ThemeNectar should consider telling envato to make a distinction between that update and the Salient version.... I know we\'re not the only ones who were confused by this. And as someone who\'s had multiple WP sites hacked, I take all security issues very seriously and try to address them immediately... I think I was a little too immediate with this update and should\'ve read a little closer.
I did the same darn mistake! Should have consulted someone. Now, my site is broken. Under my /wp-content/themes/salient/wpbakery/ i thought i had the VC file, so deleted it promptly, and replaced it with the one from envato. Now that i follow this thread, i find i dont have anything VC under /wp-content/plugin/
somebody please throw some light :/
Hey all:
So what are the exact steps we need to take if we haven\'t yet upgraded to Salient V6, therefore are still running the old Salient Visual Composer? Do we need to update to Salient V6, or can we just update the Salient Visual Composer plugin and not yet update Salient?
I\'m asking because I\'m in a time crunch and want to make sure I leave my sites secure, but don\'t have time to navigate a full update just yet...
Thanks!
Mathan
I don\'t have /wp-content/themes/salient/wpbakery/...? The new VC (basically a folder titled js_composer_salient) should go into /wp-content/plugins/. You can download a fresh version of Salient, look for /plugins/js_composer_salient.zip in it, unzip it, and upload it into /plugins via ftp. Otherwise, I think the safest and surest way would be to reinstall Salient. On your Plugins page from the Dashboard, you want to see Salient Visual Composer (version 4.7.4) in the list.
Josh
I don\'t know enough to help you with that one; hopefully someone else will help you. Perhaps there\'s a way to test the VC update on a duplicate.
Simply download the new Salient, and install - don\'t do anything with the WPBakery Visual Composer. Don\'t follow the direction that Envato email out. Once you have the new Salient installed there\'s an plug-ins install option under appearance. You can then install the Salient Visual Composer.
Paul and Derick
Thnx a lot but i\'m not able to logon to my admin interface at wordpress. Its showing a 503 error. So, technically, i cant try your solutions. I have access to the root file though and i deleted the old salient directory and uploaded the new on. But its still the same. Pheww, kinda tired googling!
Hey Guys,
It seems the latest VC requires PHP 5.4 so please check with your hosting providers that you are running 5.4 version of PHP on your Server.
All the Best.
ThemeNectar Support Team
Hi guys,
I thought I ad this sorted but have since tried to use the VC page builder and the menu is blank and the icons are all invisible, although if I click in the menu area I am able to select the icons. Of course this is no use if I can\'t see what they are! Please see attached screenshot of the page builder menu - any advise?
I\'m using VC version 4.7.4 and I\'m using the latest version of Salient (Version: 6.1.65) and my server php version is 5.4.42.
Cheers,
Rob
Hey,
Try opening your functions.php file and changing these items:
wp_enqueue_style(\'font-awesome\');
wp_register_style(\'font-awesome\', get_template_directory_uri() . \'/css/font-awesome.min.css\');
to this:
wp_enqueue_style(\'font-awesome-2\');
wp_register_style(\'font-awesome-2\', get_template_directory_uri() . \'/css/font-awesome.min.css\');
Also, if you’re using page transitions, change the method to the standard option form the “AJAX” one
Cheers
ThemeNectar Support Team
Hey guys, need help. All the codes and stuff are visible on the website. and wp-login shows not found. I cant seem to login to the admin interface. Tahir, if you could, would be great,mate
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Hey Mathan,
ThemeNectar Support Team
So to be clear, if you download a fresh version of salient and use the js_composer_salient file in the fresh download to override the old files by FTPing in to your site have you solved the security issue or have you just fixed the site?
I followed the envato email instructions, which broke my sites. Then to fix it I downloaded a fresh version of Salient and dropped in the js_composer_salient to override the updated one from the envato email. This fixed my site but am I still at risk for a hack? Didn\'t I just replace the new version of the plugin which broke my site with the old vulnerable visual composer?
Now I have version 4.7 running in the sites, NOT 4.7.4 which is what the new fixed version is. How do I update to a safe VC without breaking the sites?
Hey ,
If you download from themeforest you will get VC version 4.7.4 . Simply ftp it to update the VC which has the security fix.
Thanks
ThemeNectar Support Team
That is exactly what I did and it broke the entire site. I had to download a fresh version of Salient and get the js_composer_salient from there and FTP in to override the VC I downloaded from theme forest that broke the site.
As a bunch of people said in this thread that download and process breaks the website so how do we install the most current, and safe VC without breaking our website?
Hey Again,
If ftp is breaking it .
1: Update theme to 6.1.65 .
2: Goto Appearance -> Install Plugins and update from there.
Thanks
ThemeNectar Support Team
Hey Everyone.
I made a video.
In short: FOLLOW TAHIR\'s SOLUTION.
**Ignore any of the automatic dashboard warnings or instructions
Want to see me walk through it (I started rolling a little late)
Video here.
Cheers
ThemeNectar Support Team