Due to a compromise of older version and old plugins I was not able to login to my site via the admin portal. Thanks to the great phone support from @sonic dot net technicians I was able to login the the ssh shell and ftp server to back up the installation, restore from a snapshot, remove the old plugins, and get the system working again! Very happy to have this all going. I’m excited to poke around with the latest version of WordPress to see all the new features.
WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” 2016/08/16 https://wordpress.org/news/2016/08/pepper/
Version 4.6 of WordPress, named “Pepper” in honor of jazz baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.6 help you to focus on the important things while feeling more at home.