Tried to change domain name, now I can’t access the login page

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    did you follow this article:

    Moving WordPress

    If not, review it and see if you missed anything.

    RoseHosting

    (@rosehosting)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    If you have shell access, you can do a search and replace, for more information about it please go to https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/search-replace/

    Thread Starter cavein

    (@cavein)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    @t-p I haven’t started the move yet, but I wasn’t planning on doing it using the method that you linked. I was just going to use a migration tool. I was wondering if the URL fields under the WordPress settings are stored in the database, or are they stored in a file? I’m wondering if I could go in and possibly undo what I did manually just to get the site login page working so I can move the site first to my host, then change the domain name. That way if I run into issues like this, I will have a LOT more access to fix it.

    @rosehosting I don’t know if I have shell access. My level of knowledge doesn’t go that high, and since it is someone else hosting the site (they just gave us WordPress login accounts), I’m guessing not.

    Thread Starter cavein

    (@cavein)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Does anyone have any ideas? I just changed the URL and didn’t expect it to make the login page unavailable, and I can’t change it back without being able to login. Where are those site URLs located (I changed the “WordPress Address (URL)” and “Site Address (URL)” under settings)? Are they in a file or database table? If I can access those, perhaps I can manually change it to get access back?

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Changing the URL directly in the databas

    Thread Starter cavein

    (@cavein)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    I finally got FTP access to the site and I found out the issue with a tip that I read that suggested renaming each plugin folder one by one until I could find out what was causing it. It turns out it was a plug-in called “SF Move Login” that prevents brute force attacks by making /wp-login.php unaccessible and using /login instead. When I changed the site domain name, it looks like it broke the plugin so I couldn’t log in. I got around it by renaming the sf_move_login folder under “plugins” and that disabled the plugin. I just wanted to put there here in case someone else runs into this issue to help them out.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Glad its sorted 🙂

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