Title: Login Loop with 3.1
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Login Loop with 3.1

 *  Resolved [islain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islain/)
 * (@islain)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-loop-with-31/)
 * So when I updated to 3.1 I found I could no longer log-in to wordpress.
    I tried
   clearing cache & cookies. I tried a manual reinstall. Multiple computers. No 
   luck.
 * I am getting the reauth=1 redirect in the url bar. I’ve noticed that other users
   have run into this problem, but haven’t seen a solution to it yet. I am not running
   multiple directories. (Which seems to trigger the problem in others so solutions
   that revolve around that aren’t helpful.)
 * To double check things I re-installed wp 3.0.5. This finally allowed me to move
   past the log-in page, but now I’m stuck at needing to upgrade.
 * So does anyone know how to fix the log-in loop OR alternatively, get around doing
   an upgrade?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-loop-with-31/#post-1973451)
 * [Troubleshooting WordPress 3.1 – Master List](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-31-master-list)
 *  Thread Starter [islain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islain/)
 * (@islain)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-loop-with-31/#post-1973490)
 * Could not install the Permalink plugin because I couldn’t log-in to the dashboard.
   Which I haven’t seen an answer to as of yet.
 * BUT realized that the _database_ update I was being forced to do after back-installing
   to 3.0.5 wasn’t a forced _version_ update. Was then finally granted access the
   dashboard.
 * Used that opportunity to activate the [permalink plug-in](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/permalink-fix-disable-canonical-redirects-pack/installation/)
   THEN updated to 3.1.
 * THAT solved it.
 * However [this](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17492) edit does NOT 
   solve the problem. (As I then went and disabled the plug-in to test the canonical
   edit and ran into the same problem.) Just for the record.
 * So it would seem… installing an old version is a surefire (if not the only) way
   to address this problem if you can’t log in to your dashboard.
 * Neat.

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [islain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islain/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-loop-with-31/#post-1973490)
 * Status: resolved

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