Title: WordPress Cookie Issues
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Cookie Issues

 *  [pkchrisjohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pkchrisjohnson/)
 * (@pkchrisjohnson)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-cookie-issues/)
 * Hello All,
    I working on a site with a heavy emphasis on the user features of
   WordPress. Each user account is tied to additional custom attributes so we have
   a significantly larger WordPress User Account base than “normal” WordPress sites.
   It is currently in the hundreds and growing daily.
 * The issue that we are having centers around WordPress Cookies for user login.
   I have had several people contact me saying that they cannot log into the system,
   even after running through the forgotten password routine. The solution has been,
   in every case, to have them delete their browser cookies.
 * I don’t want to have to force a user to delete their cookies every time this 
   happens. Is there a way to invalidate a cookie, or force the system on a per 
   user basis to create a new one. Do you have any ideas as to the cause or possible
   solution to this problem?
 * We are also running the site integrated with the Simple:Press forum system. The
   user accounts are shared across both pieces. Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-cookie-issues/#post-1655472)
 * The security key generator is completely random, so it’s definitely a possibility
   that your security keys may contain an invalid character string that’s causing
   the cookies to fail. Try generating a new set of security keys.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Security_Keys](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Security_Keys)

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## Tags

 * [cookies](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cookies/)
 * [login issues](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login-issues/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-cookie-issues/#post-1655472)
 * Status: not resolved

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