Title: Solutions: Login problems Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Solutions: Login problems * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/) * I’ve collected it all again so that it all stays together – if I have missed anything, let me know and I will add it here. ================== Another summary of what’s around the forums. Try to login after each step. **#1**. Clear your cookies Cookies are in your computer. In windows they are in C: / docs and setting/ username / Cookies folder. **#2**. Clear the temp cache on your computer **#3**. Edit wp-login.php Go to the “case ‘retrievepassword’:” section. Just under the comment (In 1.2mingus, the line in question is number 204): // redefining user_login ensures we return the right case in the email Replace: `$user_login = $user_data[' user_login'];` with: `$user_login = $user_data->user_login;` **#4**. Your blog host should provide you with phpMyadmin access to your databases for you to do this. Open phpMyadmin, and click on the users table in the left menu (it could be wp_users, or yourprefix_users) Click “Browse” Click on the edit button next to the admin user. Delete whatever is in the password field. Now go to [http://bfl.rctek.com/tools/?tool=hasher](http://bfl.rctek.com/tools/?tool=hasher) enter your desired password, and copy the hash that it generates Paste the hash in the password field for admin Save the info in the database. Login to WordPress using “admin” and the password you used to create the hash. A guide to doing this is here: [http://www.mfr.f2s.com/phpmyadmin/](http://www.mfr.f2s.com/phpmyadmin/)**# 5**. Secure HTTPS ? Change the following line in wp-includes/vars.php from: ` define('COOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|http://[^/]+|i', '', get_settings('home').'/'));` To: `define('COOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', get_settings(' home') . '/' ) );` Be sure also to change the url in Options to https:// (Credit for this solution to mcnicold) **#6**. Head over to [http://www.sexygirlgeek.com/share/wp-login.phps](http://www.sexygirlgeek.com/share/wp-login.phps) Copy the all the text from Save it as ‘wp-login.php’ Upload it to your wordpress directory (If you get an error about ‘headers already sent’ after doing this, go here: [http://faq.wordpress.net/view.php?p=7](http://faq.wordpress.net/view.php?p=7)( Credit for this solution to sexygirlgeek) ================== If these steps fail, please say this when posting and give details of your server setup if you know it, mysql and php versions, OS and browser, WordPress version. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75161) * Cool Podz. Thanks 🙂 * Thread Starter [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75171) * Login fails with a test. Have you tried every step above ? * [KyleGM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegm/) * (@kylegm) * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75173) * Yup, every step. I just installed 23/07 nightly but that didn’t work either. I’m going to back to the original 1.2 mingus. * Anonymous * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75281) * im working through each of the steps described above, but it doesnt seem to do the job( for me anyway). * [chiensavant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chiensavant/) * (@chiensavant) * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75282) * podz, why don’t you put this in the wiki ? For example here : [http://wiki.wordpress.org/GeneralFaqs](http://wiki.wordpress.org/GeneralFaqs) * [youssefassad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youssefassad/) * (@youssefassad) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75439) * Okay, I’ve been having the precise same problem, and podz’ advice is spot on; works now. podz, thanks. Clearing cache didn’t work; I think it was that one line edit on wp-login.php that did it though. Again, thanks. * Anonymous * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75440) * I had a login problem after moving my site. Here’s a new possibility, although I don’t know what causes it. In the wp_options table there is an option_name“ home”. For whatever reason this option did not get updated when I changed my site_url. I went into phpmyadmin and changed it to the correct entry (same as site_url) and everything is hunky-dory again. ~leeman * Thread Starter [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75441) * Thank you sunshine – I know you’ve mentioned this before. When I next add to those pages, I will include your suggestion 🙂 * [Mary Linville](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunshine/) * (@sunshine) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75442) * Okay, I just wasn’t sure if you got it or not — I thought I’d commented, but then I couldn’t find it later. Its so sad when the mind goes…. 😉 * Thread Starter [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75443) * I’ve been busy, and somewhat distracted 🙂 * Anonymous * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75445) * Created a login and password for a new user. He’s on a Mac and can’t get in. Says he’s aware of the case sensitvity. I can log on with his userid and p/w on my machine though. Anyone have this problem? * 1766 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75446) * Ok, I’ve had the exact same problem while trying to install 1.2 Mingus today for two separate sites. I’ve gone through the directions above, but when I get to Step #4 (after hashing the pwd), I _still_ can’t log in. On top if it, the login page is being oddly redirected. Instead of going to: [http://www.somedomain.com/wp-login.php](http://www.somedomain.com/wp-login.php) It’s going to: [http://www.somedomain.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2F](http://www.somedomain.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2F) I’ve tried registering as another user but the same thing still happens: back to the login page, without access. (Reporting a lost password doesn’t work, either.) I’ve even deleted the .htaccess file, to no avail. Any ideas??? * [minezamac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minezamac/) * (@minezamac) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75484) * 2 days ago my site reverted back to an older MT site I was running, no notice from my ISP but I think som files got restored. I pushed a backup I have up and the site works, but now I can’t login. I have tried the replacing the Password option and the changing the line in wp-login and neither work. Are there any file rights that could be goobered becaus eof the restore that would affect my ability to log in? * [scherem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scherem/) * (@scherem) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75486) * None of the steps are working for me either. Symptoms of the problem: 1- I upgraded today from b2 .6.2.x 2- I followed the instructions from the [wiki documentation While I had some problems with the addeumum it did eventually work (When I ran the import I believe I got an sql err. I will try and reinstall tonight and post it if it occurs again). 3- Moved all files into root directory of my webpage ( Since i didn’t run install.php or update.php I didn’t have options on how to set files up) 4- Login to admin failed, tried reseting pwd through e-mail reminders, no luck. Tried all steps. (minus https, since I’m not using https). The server is a linux box, running ‘mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.58, for redhat-linux-gnu( i386)’ and php 4.38 with apache 2.0 I’m going to restore my db now and start over again. Let you know if anything changes. * Anonymous * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/#post-75487) * re-imported blog, only sketchy message this time: * > Found table ‘b2links’, don’t need to create it… > … may need to update it though. > Looking for column link_updated… Looking for column link_rel… * no luck with the admin password, nor when I reset it using phpadmin. — trying method above Addendum which calls for the install.php to be run. No luck. Tables that I havc after all said is done are as follows: `b2categories b2comments b2linkcategories b2links b2optiongroup_options b2optiongroups b2options b2optiontypes b2optionvalues b2post2cat b2postmeta b2posts b2settings b2users ljposts ljusers All are of type MyISAM. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Solutions: Login problems’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 24 replies * 11 participants * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * Last activity: [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/solutions-login-problems/page/2/#post-75514) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics