DISQUS

neville · 1 year 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

Brett · 1 year 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?

John Hawkins · 1 year 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.

Matt · 1 year ago

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

John Pash · 1 year 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.

David Martín · 1 year ago

Thank you very much!!

I can fix the same problem with your hepfull information.

Thank you very much again!

John Hawkins · 1 year ago

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

Mike · 1 year 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

John Hawkins · 1 year 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!

Dan Pickett · 1 year ago

John,

So helpful - I was freaking out - thanks!

John Hawkins · 1 year ago

@Dan - Glad it helped! Thanks for stopping by!

Shane Robinson · 1 year ago

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

John Hawkins · 1 year 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. :)

Shane Robinson · 1 year 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!!

John Hawkins · 1 year ago

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

Andy Polaine · 1 year 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'.

John Hawkins · 1 year ago

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

antonio · 1 year ago

awesome... this fix worked for me.

Thanks!

John Hawkins · 1 year ago

Good deal. Gald to help!

Rick M · 11 months ago

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

dvst8download · 11 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!