Title: Default wp-login.php not loading.
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Default wp-login.php not loading.

 *  [pbkooijman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbkooijman/)
 * (@pbkooijman)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’m trying to access my website but the usual wp-login.php is not loading. Instead
   I get a browser specific prompt that says:
 * **Authentication Required**
    A username and password are being requested by [http://www.unisca.org](http://www.unisca.org).
   The site says: “wp-login.php” Username: Password:
 * I am able to fill the fields after Username and Password, but the usual combination
   does not work. I can’t recover the password because there is no option to do 
   this in the prompt i get instead of the wp-login.php .
 * Is there a way to get the wp-login.php to load or recover password some other
   way?

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 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/#post-5476833)
 * Hello!
 * It really depends on your site, but the login prompt window does not come from
   WordPress itself (unless there is some security plugin that put it in place).
   If you have access to the WordPress files on your server (through FTP or some
   file manager tool), open the `wp-admin` directory, and look for a `.htaccess`
   file. Try to rename it to something different, and try to log in now. You should
   contact your system admin about it, because that file is responsible for many
   other things too, and you need only to remove the password protection of that
   directory.
 * You can get more info about what happens here [on this link](http://weavervsworld.com/docs/other/passprotect.html)
 * Let me know if this solved the issue, or if you have any more questions about
   this, I am always happy to help!
 * Cheers,
    Balint
 *  Thread Starter [pbkooijman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbkooijman/)
 * (@pbkooijman)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/#post-5476981)
 * Hi Balint!
 * Thank you for the quick reply. Very useful information, will try this as soon
   as I contact the hosting company for the details. The account has been set up
   14 years ago by someone else, so will take a while before I am able to FTP directly
   into the server. Will definately let you know what happens next!
 * Cheers,
    Philip
 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/#post-5476982)
 * I am glad that I could be of help 🙂
 * If You have any more questions, just drop a line here.
 * Balint
 *  Thread Starter [pbkooijman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbkooijman/)
 * (@pbkooijman)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/#post-5477044)
 * Hey Balint,
 * Just wanted to let you know it all worked out. It appeared to be a service of
   my hosting company after experiencing brute force attack like events.
 * Thank you for the help.
 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/#post-5477076)
 * You are welcome! I am glad I could help You! Happy WordPressing! 🙂

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 * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/)
 * [recover password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/recover-password/)

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wp-loginphp-not-loading/#post-5477076)
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