Title: Redirect Loop error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Redirect Loop error

 *  [wilhelmina630](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilhelmina630/)
 * (@wilhelmina630)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-loop-error/)
 * Well, I installed WP 2.6, but apparently the install was messed up even though
   I already have a couple blogs running on WP 2.6 and I installed them pretty much
   alright, it was messed up because the interface was messed up, the icons weren’t
   there, no images show at all. When I checked out the design tab for the installed
   theme, even the screenshots will not appear.
 * So I decided to install 2.5.1 instead on the new blog, but everytime I try to
   log in, it gives me the redirect loop error. I had this error on one of my attempts
   to install 2.6 too.
 * Can anyone tell me if I’m doing something wrong?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-loop-error/#post-822104)
 * likely your 1st install of 2.6 hung on step 2 – that put the wrong 2 url’s in
   the database.
    Now your 2.5.1 install is trying to connect to the same database
   with the wrong values.
 * Try this. Delete all 2.5.1 files. Either delete entire database and create another
   or drop all of the tables in the current one.
    Upload the 2.6 files again and
   run the installer.
 *  [texassaluki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/texassaluki/)
 * (@texassaluki)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-loop-error/#post-822121)
 * samboll,
 * you are missing the step to reinstall the backup of the db of the 2.5.1 information…
   assuming it was corrupted in the upgrade process… dropping all of the tables 
   would not be the only step as you would lose all of your data 🙂
 * chris
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-loop-error/#post-822124)
 * @ texassaluki
 * > So I decided to install 2.5.1 instead on the new blog
 * You missed that it is a new blog so who cares what’s in the db ?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-loop-error/#post-822124)
 * Status: not resolved

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