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Can’t login to Admin Area. Says wrong password, but DB is fine.

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  • Karan NA Gupta

    (@nuancedesignstudio)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    You can try resetting your admin password. Please see this link to reset your Admin password. It’s easiest through phpMyAdmin.

    Regards,
    Karan

    Thread Starter xpluscal

    (@xpluscal)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    thanks for your reply.
    I already changed the password via MySQL and it’s still the same error.
    (I created a Hash and injected it into the database properly).

    It still says the password is wrong although this is clearly the case.
    Could it be an issue with an auto-update of wordpress?

    Thanks!

    Karan NA Gupta

    (@nuancedesignstudio)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    You don’t need to create an HASH. Enter your password in plain text via PHPMyAdmin. And then select the function as MD5.

    You can see step by step by step details here in the phpMyAdmin section:
    https://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

    Regards,
    Karan

    Thread Starter xpluscal

    (@xpluscal)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks, but anyhow, the effect is the same. The hash stored is the right password.
    That is not the issue unfortunately.

    I assume it’s an issue with WordPress, any ideas?

    Karan NA Gupta

    (@nuancedesignstudio)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    It’s strange. You could try disabling the plugins especially the one’s related to security (if you have any). To disable plugins through FTP you can rename the plugin’s folder name.

    e.g rename wp-contents/plugins/akismet to wp-contents/plugins/akismet-backup.

    I can only think of a bad plugin causing the issue otherwise I am out of ideas.

    Regards,
    Karan

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