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Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

dvst8download — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:23:49 -0000

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!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Rick M — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:49:13 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:18 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Shane Robinson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:59:26 -0000

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!!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:20:05 -0000

Good deal. Gald to help!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:19:45 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

antonio — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:13:28 -0000

awesome... this fix worked for me.

Thanks!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Andy Polaine — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:16:20 -0000

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'.

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:26:23 -0000

@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. :)

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:25:25 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Shane Robinson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:43:16 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Dan Pickett — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:37:25 -0000

John,

So helpful - I was freaking out - thanks!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:03:39 -0000

@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!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:02:32 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Mike — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:13:09 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

David Martín — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:48:38 -0000

Thank you very much!!

I can fix the same problem with your hepfull information.

Thank you very much again!

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

John Pash — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:32:45 -0000

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.

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Matt — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:54:38 -0000

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

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

vegasgeek — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:10:25 -0000

@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.

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Brett — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:13:30 -0000

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?

Re: Fixing the WordPress login issue

Neville Hobson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:41:26 -0000

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