Title: After Update, Login fail Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # After Update, Login fail * Resolved [Aceid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aceid/) * (@aceid) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/) * After Update to iThemes Security,LOGIN FAIL! I use “wp-login?SECRETKEY” to login but it show me 404. How can I fix it ? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Ed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eochoa/) * (@eochoa) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743577) * Yep mine too and also cannot logout. * [StevenSavage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevensavage/) * (@stevensavage) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743610) * Same thing happened to me. I changed the plugin settings name to better-wp-security. bak and it works – it essentially removes the config file. Waiting on them to fix this. * [Chris Wiegman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriswiegman/) * (@chriswiegman) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743613) * The hide backend function was completely rewritten and no longer uses the key. Watch the modal when viewing at the settings. You do have to reset hide backend( if you don’t use wp-login.php to get in). * As much as I would like to say there is a better way to handle the upgrade of this feature the fact is it is just too different from the previous feature. Please use the default until you check your settings. * [Ed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eochoa/) * (@eochoa) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743617) * Thanks Chris. After the update the logout not working but only in firefox don’t know why. * [Sunthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunthing/) * (@sunthing) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743628) * > After the update the logout not working * Same here. All of my logout links redirect to the admin dashboard and fail to log me out. * Chris, this is after I reset “Hide the backend” and restarted nginx. Any ideas? * [Ed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eochoa/) * (@eochoa) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743634) * I cleared all cache and cookie i can now logout. * [abeautyfeature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abeautyfeature/) * (@abeautyfeature) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743643) * Also cannot log in after loading up the new update, “fixed” all the vulnerable areas and now cannot login into my site. So I also hid the back end, and then I have just read above from Chris Wiegman that the login key has been written over with the new software. just a tad bit lost * [siprof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siprof/) * (@siprof) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743678) * Try your secretkey in all lowercase * [Sunthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunthing/) * (@sunthing) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743690) * > I cleared all cache and cookie i can now logout. * Tried this, still can’t logout. * Chris, where can I delete the secret key being used in the new version? * [North2Doug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/north2doug/) * (@north2doug) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743698) * This may help or get you one step closer. The upgrades worked on live sites however the localhost developed problems. What worked for me was: * 1. FTP to themename\plugins (if using wp 3.8.1) and rename the better-wp-security folder placing OLD at front of folder name. * 2. I was then able to login using the wp-admin path * 3. Once logged in to the site you’ll see that the iThemes security plugin is deactivated. * 4. Rename the better-wp-security folder to original name – removing the OLD * 5. Re-activate the plugin and it should work now. Should…at least it did for me. * Things I noticed before the problems. With 3.x version of better-wp-security there was the ability to rename the 3 login paths. With 4.x version this was reduced to 1 and it displayed a login path that I had set for the author but not the admin. I updated that path name and things started to go wrong from there. * I also had the custom-login plugin active so my login path, custom or wp-admin, only showed a blank webpage. * I had do rename the custom-login plugin to OLD and reactivate it after testing the previous 5 steps. * Hope this helps. * [waynejohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waynejohn/) * (@waynejohn) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743701) * North2Doug’s solution worked for me. Thanks!!! * What a pain in the a.. * [JoSal73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josal73/) * (@josal73) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743709) * North2Doug, I tried your solution, but I’m getting same result of not being able to log in. * This is the error I’m getting: * Warning: require_once(/home/XXX) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/XXX/wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/ core/class-itsec-lib.php on line 516 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ” (include_path =’.:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php5/lib/pear’) in /home/XXX/wp-content/plugins/ better-wp-security/core/class-itsec-lib.php on line 516 * [markarnold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markarnold/) * (@markarnold) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743764) * Thanks North2Doug – Worked for me. * [Riccardo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdmgrl/) * (@rdmgrl) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743790) * after login, every link i click i’ll be logged out. why? * [Riccardo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdmgrl/) * (@rdmgrl) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-login-fail/#post-4743791) * not work for me. 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