HOME URL Wp-Admin login Looping

Hello Folks,

I need some help.

If I navigate to my HOME Url /wp-admin and try to login it loops back to the my home back and doesn’t login.

If I navigate to my SITE Url /wp-admin and try to login I can access my dashboard.

BUT if view a page or try to browse by ADMIN bar disappears and I cannot go back to the dashboard.

This is a particular problem because I have bbpress forums that are only accessible by subscribers. If they try to login via the HOME Url/ wp-login page it just loops; if they login via the SITE Url /wp-login page they get access to their dashboard, but then cannot navigate to the forums on the HOME Url.

I cannot find anything regarding this online. This doesn’t seem to be a login redirect problem as the admin bar disappears….