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James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
Well, what you’re seeing is normal, except for the “Redirecting… Click here if not redirected within 5 seconds.” notice which I’ve never seen before, but the action of redirecting is normal.
This is because /wp-admin/ is the admin directory, but wp-login.php is where you log in.
When you visit /wp-admin/ without being logged in your browser is supposed to be redirected to /wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1
What that does is send you to wp-login.php and direct your browser to /wp-admin/ when you’re done, it’s entirely normal.
Try it with something else, like /wp-admin/plugins.php and you’ll notice that you’re sent to /wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fplugins.php&reauth=1 which sends you to wp-login.php and directs your browser to the Plugins listing when you’re done.
James,
Thanks so much for your reply.
It’s just driving me crazy, because I didn’t start seeing this until recently. And as I mentioned previously:
If I search Google for:
wordpress Redirecting… “Click here if not redirected within 5 seconds.”
I get many others that I see, that see similar.
So if you were to look at some of the sites that come up in a search in Google for this, you’ll find others as well.
I’m not sure where this “Redirecting… Click here if not redirected within 5 seconds.” is coming from and it’s driving me a bit nuts trying to figure it out.
Any other thoughts where this could be coming from?
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
It’s probably coming from the server configuration. There’s nothing to worry about though, it’s tell you that it’s redirecting you because it *is* redirecting you, which is totally normal.
James,
I asked the server (tech people) about this, but it doesn’t appear to be from them. But where would the text that says “Redirecting… Click here if not redirected within 5 seconds.” possibly come from? No other thoughts.
Thanks very much for your help. I’d really love to figure this thing out and be able to clearly understand what is happening (meaning .. where the text is coming from) .. beyond your initial explanation (which was helpful).
Gary
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
No other thoughts really.
Just curious, why are you so worried about the redirect message appearing while it’s redirecting?
James,
Maybe a bit of OCD. I just like to know how things are working, even little details like .. “where is that message” coming from. From what file, from what source or application. The text must be coming from somewhere, and it’s just bothering me to not know where. 🙂
That’s all.
Gary
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
It’s working, don’t worry. 🙂
The message is part of the server config, I honestly can’t remember where though, and to be totally honest wouldn’t mind if my hosting provider didn’t either. 😀
It’s probably part of their standard configuration.
