SSL created now cannot login to WP

  • arobsons

    (@arobsons)


    5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi

    I’ve added a SSL to my site through my host who has installed the cert. They then advised me to go to
    Settings>General and change my URL from HTTP to HTTPS

    Since Ive don this WordPress wont allow me to login and I cannot access the site to make any changes. My hosts are saying its a wordpress issue but I cant help but think they’re missing something at their end.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Sundar

    (@phptechie)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    If your website has valid “SSL” certificate & then you need to check and make a couple of edits to .htaccess file ( sometimes it may contain too many redirects & rules issues ).

    Also definitely seems to be some issues with ( plugins / config settings / WP options ) stopping https source from loading. Please follow the steps below,

    1) Rename the active .htaccess file name to .htaccess-old and try to access the admin login.

    2) Edit wp-config.php and set display errors “ON” [ like define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);
    define(‘WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY’, true); ]

    3) Access https://arobsons.co.uk/wp-login.php and check the errors and fix issues if any.

    4 ) If it doesn’t work, please rename “plugins” folder name to “plugins-old” and then try to access the admin dashboard. It will work.

    Hope it helps 🙂

    Thread Starter arobsons

    (@arobsons)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks Sundar,

    Step 1) allowed me back into WordPress it does still say my site is “not secure” on Chrome browser though.

    Thread Starter arobsons

    (@arobsons)

    5 years, 10 months ago

    Without an SSL cert my site was on PHP 7.2
    With the problems I’ve had when we rename the Htaccess it the PHP 7.1 which WordPress marks as insecure.

    When I go to my hosting control panel and change PHP back to 7.2 then I get the problem re-occur where I cannot login to the site again.

    Struggling here

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