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Fixing the WordPress login issue

Started by John Hawkins · 9 months ago

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I was having some big troubles with some of my blogs. There was a bug in WordPress version 2.6.1 that was allowing crafty hackers to create a user account in your log and then with a well written piece of code, they could force a reset of the admin ... Continue reading »

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  • Neville Hobson

    9 months ago

    John, thanks for commenting on the post I wrote today about my 'endless Wordpress login loop' with a link to this post of yours.

    I've fixed my issue which I don't think is the same as yours, involving a WordPress security exploit according to DreamHost support.

    I've updated my post with details of the problem and how it was fixed.

    http://tinyurl.com/6credp
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  • Brett

    9 months ago

    I have the same issue on a new install & I'm with you 'till step #5. Looks like step #7, login, which I can't do, and which is the problem in the first place. As a new install, I'm also not upgrading the database. Any ideas?
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  • John Hawkins

    9 months ago

    @Neville Hobson Thanks you for the update, too!

    @Brett hmmm, that's interesting. Are you getting an error message, or is it simply just loading up the login page again? Does it say you have a problem with the username/password?

    Let me know, I'll be glad to help.
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  • Matt

    9 months ago

    Thank you. That worked perfectly for me.
    Now for that long long overdue site redesign...
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  • John Pash

    9 months ago

    I have the same problem and have read and tried many different fixes. None of them work. What I've found is that when you try to login, and are sent back to the login screen without a password, you are actually logged in. If I try going directly to an admin page (other than wp-admin/index.php) there is no problem. So it seems like there is a redirect problem. BTW, this installation is behind apache authentication and https, if that helps anyone.
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  • David Martín

    9 months ago

    Thank you very much!!

    I can fix the same problem with your hepfull information.

    Thank you very much again!
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  • John Hawkins

    9 months ago

    @David I'm glad I was able to help.
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  • Mike

    9 months ago

    You are my hero. I deactivated all of the plugins but somehow some strange plugin that I wasn't even using was still in there with a .bak extension. Deleting that value fixed everything. That's pretty ridiculous.

    Thanks
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  • John Hawkins

    9 months ago

    @Mike I've read so many different variants on how the problem manifests itself to different people/sites. I don't know if it's due to a combo of which plugins you have installed or if it's something else entirely. All I know is, I'm glad I'm past it!
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  • Dan Pickett

    9 months ago

    John,

    So helpful - I was freaking out - thanks!
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  • John Hawkins

    9 months ago

    @Dan - Glad it helped! Thanks for stopping by!
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  • Shane Robinson

    9 months ago

    Thanks, John. This worked for me after having problems with the "Maintenance Mode" plugin. That plugin has gone to the trash for good!
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  • John Hawkins

    9 months ago

    @Shane I've never used the Maintenance Mode plugin. I was interested in checking it out. Sounds like I don't need to waste my time. :)
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  • Shane Robinson

    8 months ago

    Yep. Definitely the Maintenance Mode plugin. Just went through the same thing all over again with a different client site.

    Stay far far away from the Maintenance Mode plugin!!
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  • John Hawkins

    8 months ago

    Ohh, that's good to know. Thanks. I was planning on trying that out in my next batch of plugins.
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  • Andy Polaine

    8 months ago

    I just renamed the plugins folder so that WP couldn't find any, logged in (it stops the login loop happening), upgraded, and re-named the plugins folder back to 'plugins'.
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  • John Hawkins

    8 months ago

    Ahh, nice! That's another way of getting around it. Thanks for commenting.
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  • antonio

    8 months ago

    awesome... this fix worked for me.

    Thanks!
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  • John Hawkins

    8 months ago

    Good deal. Gald to help!
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  • Rick M

    7 months ago

    This is excellent. Simple, straightforward, and worked perfectly. Thanks a lot!
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  • dvst8download

    7 months ago

    Thank you, this fixed an endless login loop I was experiencing halfway through the 2.6.5 update. I would login, it would then redirect me to the upgrade.php page for a split-second, then loop me back to login. You instructions to remove the active plugins was the fix. That allowed me to login and complete the database update, then manually re-activate plugins. Thanks again for posting!
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