Title: “log in” button doesn’t work for admin users
Last modified: May 19, 2019

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# “log in” button doesn’t work for admin users

 *  Resolved [luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/)
 * (@luhmann)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/)
 * On my custom wordpress install, admin users are not able to log in. No error 
   message, just the log in button on wp-login.php doesn’t do anything. Disabling
   the Wordfence plugin fixes this problem. I am still able to login with WordPress.
   com instead of using username+password, but would like to figure out how to fix
   this. No error messages showing up in the logs, and the same username password
   is being used to login fine when wordfence is disabled. Suggestions?

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 *  [wfdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfdave/)
 * (@wfdave)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/#post-11553283)
 * Hi [@luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/),
 * Can you take a look at the logs in Wordfence -> Tools -> Live Traffic? (All Traffic
   should be selected instead of Security Only)
 * It’s also possible that something within `.htaccess` is interfering with the 
   login page, so you can also check there for anything strange.
 * Dave
 *  Thread Starter [luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/)
 * (@luhmann)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/#post-11553798)
 * ALl traffic shows response 200 and type human (green). Nothing seems to be wrong.
 * Here is my .htaccess
 * `
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * # Wordfence WAF
    <Files “.user.ini”> <IfModule mod_authz_core.c> Require all 
   denied </IfModule> <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c> Order deny,allow Deny from all
   </IfModule> </Files>
 * # END Wordfence WAF
 * # BEGIN ShortPixelWebp
 * # END ShortPixelWebp
    `
 *  Thread Starter [luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/)
 * (@luhmann)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/#post-11555235)
 * Note that this problem seems to be unique to “admin” users… other users have 
   been able to log in!
 *  Thread Starter [luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/)
 * (@luhmann)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/#post-11606095)
 * So I see lots of other people having problems since I posted this. I was able
   to finally solve my problem by disabling the recaptcha and 2FA login options.
   At first I just turned off 2FA, but then was getting notices of emails that were
   never sent, so I turned off recaptcha as well. Now my users can login to the 
   site again. Very disappointed in WordFence not responding to my support request
   after I replied and for not fixing these obviously widespread problems. Never
   had reason to doubt my choice of using WordFence before…
 *  Plugin Support [wfscott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfscott/)
 * (@wfscott)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/#post-11718526)
 * [@luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/)
 * Sorry for the delay and the mix up.
 * We have identified some plugins which can conflict with the captcha such as a
   few Google Analytics plugins as well as plugins which change the login flow. 
   As you’ve found, we recommend disabling the reCAPTCHA if you are having any issues
   logging in or are being told to Verifiy via email (and having trouble verifying.)
 * Please let me know if you have any questions.

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 * Last reply from: [wfscott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfscott/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/log-in-button-doesnt-work-for-admin-users/#post-11718526)
 * Status: resolved