Title: WordPress critical error
Last modified: March 17, 2021

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# WordPress critical error

 *  [happylie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happylie/)
 * (@happylie)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-critical-error-3/)
 * Hi,
 * Is there any problem with wordpress software nowadays I kept getting critical
   error. First I couldn’t login so I deactivated my login function in order for
   me to be able login and do some post. Then appear another problem when I logout
   also appear critical error so I just close it without logging out “Fatal error:
   Cannot redeclare retrieve_password() (previously declared in /home/u3512262/public_html/
   wp-login.php:357) in /home/u3512262/public_html/wp-includes/user.php on line 
   2671”
 * I didn’t change anything regarding php. I only post my blog.
 * Currently I use wordpress 5.6.2. Hopefully someone can solve my problem.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwordpress-critical-error-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-critical-error-3/#post-14197100)
 * Errors like this are logged. Check the error log on your server. If you can’t
   find the log, please contact your host. Meantime, enable wp_debug and wp_debug_log
   and after an error, look at wp-content/debug.log to see if anything gets logged
   there. [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
 * Meanwhile, try [manually resetting your plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to `/wp-content/
   themes/` and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force
   the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (
   theme functions can interfere like plugins).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-critical-error-3/#post-14197100)
 * Status: not resolved

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