Can't login to WordPress admin dashboard

[Gabe84]

Hello, I'm having a problem logging into my website's WordPress admin section.

 

Yesterday everything was working fine, today I tried and I could not log it, the log in page wasn't displaying any error, but it was simply refreshing each time I tried to log in.

 

I've followed the steps regarding the plug ins here https://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble

 

and it worked, then when I was in I worked on the site and then removed the plug in (underconstruction), then I closed Firefox and now I can't log in again, I cleared the cache and the cookies, even if I try with a different browser - Chrome - with which I never logged into the site it's the same problem.

 

I'd prefer not to touch the theme - I'm using GeneratePress - since it took a fair amount of time to set everything up and, since I don't know what the problem could be, I would prefer not to screw anything up.

 

I'm using a Linux hosting solution.

 

Do you have any suggestions?

 

Thanks

[Farchord]

It can be a few things.

 

1- Does it specifically say that user or password is incorrect? I noticed sometimes wordpress gives a blank error, that's a symptom of something else.

2- Checked for PHP errors?

3- Tried to find out which plugin it is by removing plugins one-by-one?

[Gabe84]

5 minutes ago, Farchord said:

It can be a few things.

 

1- Does it specifically say that user or password is incorrect? I noticed sometimes wordpress gives a blank error, that's a symptom of something else.

2- Checked for PHP errors?

3- Tried to find out which plugin it is by removing plugins one-by-one?

Thanks for the answer.

 

1 - No, it doesn't say the user or password is incorrect, when I click login it just refreshes the page.

2 - Unfortunately I don't know how to do that

3 - I had only one plugin, that "underconstruction", when I did the procedure described on WordPress' site it worked, then I proceeded to deactivate and uninstall the plugin, after that I closed Firefox - as per my settings it clears the cache on each restart - and I found out the error was back.

 

I was thinking about deleting and uploading a new wp-login.php file, it seems the most foolproof procedure.

[Farchord]

2 minutes ago, Gabe84 said:

Thanks for the answer.

 

1 - No, it doesn't say the user or password is incorrect, when I click login it just refreshes the page.

2 - Unfortunately I don't know how to do that

3 - I had only one plugin, that "underconstruction", when I did the procedure described on WordPress' site it worked, then I proceeded to deactivate and uninstall the plugin, after that I closed Firefox - as per my settings it clears the cache on each restart - and I found out the error was back.

 

I was thinking about deleting and uploading a new wp-login.php file, it seems the most foolproof procedure.

Well I can take a look but if you dont know how to troubleshoot this I would let someone have a look

[Gabe84]

10 minutes ago, Farchord said:

Well I can take a look but if you dont know how to troubleshoot this I would let someone have a look

What do you need to take a look?

 

I just tried replacing the wp-login.php file with one from a fresh download, but I can't find $user_login = $user_data["user_login"]; anyway it didn't work

 

I also checked the database I'm using, it's only 1MB, so I don't think it can be related to that.

 

Edit: This is absurd, I tried again renaming the plugins folder to plugins.hold, if I go to mysite.org/wp-admin/plugins.php I can log into the dashboard and do whatever I want.

[Farchord]

45 minutes ago, Gabe84 said:

What do you need to take a look?

 

I just tried replacing the wp-login.php file with one from a fresh download, but I can't find $user_login = $user_data["user_login"]; anyway it didn't work

 

I also checked the database I'm using, it's only 1MB, so I don't think it can be related to that.

 

Edit: This is absurd, I tried again renaming the plugins folder to plugins.hold, if I go to mysite.org/wp-admin/plugins.php I can log into the dashboard and do whatever I want.

I would need your control panel login (And the url) as well as your wordpress admin login (and password). 

 

I probably recommend changing the password before you send me it. Send it to me in private on neowin.

 

Again -- considering Neowin does not run on HTTPS (Or probably does not save private messages securely) I would not send me a meaningful password.

[pqt]

4 hours ago, Farchord said:

I would need your control panel login (And the url) as well as your wordpress admin login (and password). 

 

I probably recommend changing the password before you send me it. Send it to me in private on neowin.

 

Again -- considering Neowin does not run on HTTPS (Or probably does not save private messages securely) I would not send me a meaningful password.

Just wanted to chime in here that Neowin does actually work globally with HTTPS, you just have to specify the protocol yourself.

[Farchord]

10 hours ago, Mur said:

Just wanted to chime in here that Neowin does actually work globally with HTTPS, you just have to specify the protocol yourself.

Oh sorry didn't know XD but I assume I'm right, that submitting passwords through private messaging is not the best idea? (Unless it's a temporary pw)

[wendy oltman]

You can try out these ones:

1. Clear out your browser cache and cookies.

2. Use another browser to login. Maybe Internet Explorer.

3. Instead of going to /wp-admin go to /wp-login.

 

Update us if it helps. 

[pqt]

3 hours ago, Farchord said:

Oh sorry didn't know XD but I assume I'm right, that submitting passwords through private messaging is not the best idea? (Unless it's a temporary pw)

I discourage the sharing of passwords on a good day, it's best to just have a new user generated with the permissions then collapse the user when the job has been completed.

[BinaryData]

8 hours ago, Mur said:

I discourage the sharing of passwords on a good day, it's best to just have a new user generated with the permissions then collapse the user when the job has been completed.

I'm going to butt in here, use a password Manager like LastPass, and just share the site. You can make it to where they can't see the password at all. I use it with some of my WebUIs I work with.

 

@Gabe84 Have you tried re-enabling that mod, or deleting it permanently? Also, do you do backups at all? I just learned that it's lovely to have backups  I have daily, weekly, and monthly back ups.

[pqt]

31 minutes ago, BinaryData said:

I'm going to butt in here, use a password Manager like LastPass, and just share the site. You can make it to where they can't see the password at all. I use it with some of my WebUIs I work with.

https://1password.com/

[BinaryData]

1 minute ago, Mur said:

https://1password.com/

Looks like that's free for 6 months only. I pay $12 for the mobile app per year. All my passwords are maximum length, 0 duplication passwords, though a few are close, haha. Anyways, to keep on topic.

 

@Gabe84 I'm going to toss a PM your way, let's see if we can replicate this error on my side.

[Gabe84]

@Farchord and @BinaryData apparently substituing the wp-login.php solved the problem.

 

Thanks a lot both of you!