Title: Critical Error when logging in
Last modified: July 27, 2021

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# Critical Error when logging in

 *  [jwremodelingllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwremodelingllc/)
 * (@jwremodelingllc)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-when-logging-in/)
 * Hi I am new to wordpress and am having issues logging in. I keep getting a white
   screen that just says a critical error has occurred. Any starting points to help
   figure this out?
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/).
      Reason: Moved to fixing WordPress from Everything else WordPress
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcritical-error-when-logging-in%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-when-logging-in/#post-14703998)
 * Critical Error:
 * Errors like this are logged. Check the error log on your server. If you can’t
   find the log, please contact your host. Meantime, enable wp_debug and wp_debug_log
   and after an error, look at wp-content/debug.log to see if anything gets logged
   there. [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
 * You can also try this:
    – Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause. – If that does not resolve the issue, 
   access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to `/wp-content/
   themes/` and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force
   the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (
   theme functions can interfere like plugins).

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 * [critical error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/critical-error/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-when-logging-in/#post-14703998)
 * Status: not resolved

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