Cheetin Uh with fresh install

  • Resolved Chicagokid

    (@chicagokid)


    6 years, 4 months ago

    Can not customize site.
    WordPress 4.9
    Godaddy Hosting
    Logged in as Admin
    When I click on publish I get taken to a page that says “Cheatin’ uh? You are not authorized to customize this site”
    I can install\activate deactivate and uninstall plugins
    I can publish pages, posts and media.
    I have deactivated all plugins, switched themes, restored from backup same problem.
    I even completely uninstalled WP, deleted all files from root directory, and made sure that the previous DB was deleted. Then re installed with a fresh install of 4.9. Default theme and no plugins, and I get the same error when trying customize the default page with no plugins.
    What else can I do?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    6 years, 4 months ago

    The cheatin Uh message happens when the nonce was incorrect. Did you leave the page open for more than 24 hours before trying to publish?

    Thread Starter Chicagokid

    (@chicagokid)

    6 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for your reply what do you mean by “nonce was incorrect”?

    To answer your question I may have left the page open on the original site, but I have since completely uninstalled WordPress, multiple times.
    As soon as the install completes I try and customize various things like link color or tag line etc.. and each time I get the same Cheatin error.

    I have uninstalled it via Godaddy’ uninstall as well as completed deleted the files and even my root folder as well as the DB in MySQL

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    6 years, 4 months ago

    Also, if you recently installed any browser extensions related to cookies or privacy, disable them.

    Thread Starter Chicagokid

    (@chicagokid)

    6 years, 4 months ago

    T-P thanks, that seemed to do it. Kind of embarrassing, but I did a total reset of my browser and I can now customize the site.

    Restoring from back up lol

    Every failure is a success if you learn from it.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    6 years, 4 months ago

    Glad you got it sorted 🙂

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