I started some debugging and first deactivated my AdSense plugin thinking that was the culprit.  It turns out that the theme was loading some javascript from an external site and was executing the redirect.

I was using Azul 1.4 and noticed there was an upgrade available and I updated my site to Azul 1.51.  This did not solve my problem.  I’ve reverted back to an old WordPress default theme and the problem went away.  I’ve sent an email to Mr. Gomez to let him know about the issue.  I hope that it’s either a simple error or that his site was hacked (I’m not being mean).  I’d much rather believe that his site got hacked than if he decided to start screwing with people themes out of malicious intent.

I’m happy to give him the benefit of the doubt until I learn otherwise.  I’ve included the email that I sent him below:

Hey I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been using your theme for awhile and have enjoyed it, but today I noticed that there is some javascript coming through on your theme that is causing my site to redirect to a seemingly random website after the site is loaded for ~5 seconds.

I had been using Azul 1.4, but after noticing this issue I upgraded to Azul 1.51 and am still getting this issue.  I’ve reverted back to an old default WP theme and the issue went away and when I reactivated your theme the issue came back.

I don’t know if you are aware of this issue or whether your site might have gotten hacked.

Just wanted to let you know.

Hope this gets resolved.

I’ll update this post as needed.

Till Next Time