Does a .com setting change lock admin out?

  • Resolved Widow Care

    (@widow-care)


    9 years, 4 months ago

    I was in the settings field yesterday editing the tagline to our website, when I noticed that the address was listed as “.com” “.com!?” I thought, it should be “.org” so I changed it to .org instead. Next thing I know… the site home page is scattered into disarranged pieces (as if the page cannot load properly) and every time I login to the back end I get a server error message. Did that change cause the site to fail in loading properly and is my admin user now locked out because of that?

    Thank you for your help!

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wats/

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  • Plugin Author firebird75

    (@firebird75)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    I am not really sure how this issue relates to WATS… Can you please clarify?

    Thread Starter Widow Care

    (@widow-care)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    I’m not sure if it does – I’m just trying to get some clarity about how to fix this problem. I’m essentially locked out of the back end of my wordpress – unable to login – because I changed the field in settings from “.com” to a “.org”.

    Any idea about how I can get back into the site?

    Plugin Author firebird75

    (@firebird75)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    You most likely haven’t properly done the change and only change one of the 2 settings. The only way to fix this would probably be to go into the DB and fix this in the options table. You could also restore a backup.

    Thread Starter Widow Care

    (@widow-care)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for your help – Can you explain what the “DB” is? And how do I get to it if I can’t login to wp-admin?

    Plugin Author firebird75

    (@firebird75)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    The DB is the database, you can access it directly through your host provider panel, in php my admin.

    Thread Starter Widow Care

    (@widow-care)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    Ok – will try that. Thank you!

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