Title: wordpress login Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # wordpress login * [colettegeoghegan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colettegeoghegan3/) * (@colettegeoghegan3) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/) * Hello all, new to wordpress, 2nd website created, 1 launched and ftp’d successfully, 2nd was created on wpress on a folder onto the 1st site so i could use wordpress. org instead of .com for the plugin’s etc… problem i now have is this, when i was transferring all files from online server to c/drive to redirect them to the new domain some files got corrupt and i have to start ftp from scratch i changed the website url address in wordpress -general-settings to the new web address and now i cant log on to the wordpress file to change it back ie orig address before trans was [http://www.fethardconventcommunityhall.com/butlerssportsbar/wp-admin](http://www.fethardconventcommunityhall.com/butlerssportsbar/wp-admin) i didnt change user or password in the general settings page, now when i try to log on it redirects me to the new domain site which says it doesnt exist, i am trying to reset the password so i can get on i cant find the email they are sending as i was always logging on as colette1 i have checked all email address’s that could be associated with this site and they are no-where to be found, can someone pls help, iv worked very hard on the new website with html & css elements to it and now its a ball of sh**e online thanks Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [TreyFarley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treyfarley/) * (@treyfarley) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860071) * Hi there, Sorry – I don’t have the solution; but I did exactly the same thing just now: I changed the wordpress url address in general settings and now I can’t login. * Did you have any luck with any answers? * I’ll let you know if I find anything too. * Cheers * Thread Starter [colettegeoghegan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colettegeoghegan3/) * (@colettegeoghegan3) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860078) * hi treyfarley, no solution to this yet, but i have been reading the forums on other related problems, i am going to see a designer tonight and hopefully he will be able to fix for me… the website is a gift for someone for next tues so im feeling extremely sick at the moment over it.. * thanks for your reply * if i fix ill let ye know * colette * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860079) * Change the urls back. See [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL) for details of how to do this correctly. * [TreyFarley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treyfarley/) * (@treyfarley) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860080) * Thanks Esmi, My problem is the “four easy ways” that the page describes is WAAAAAY beyond me! trying to figure out how to access FTP now. * [TreyFarley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treyfarley/) * (@treyfarley) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860083) * Kinda getting there. I have FTP access to the site but just don’t know which file I have to upload into! * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860085) * Which of the 4 methods described are you trying to use? * [TreyFarley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treyfarley/) * (@treyfarley) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860086) * FTP via Filezilla * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860088) * > Which of the 4 methods described are you trying to use? * Thread Starter [colettegeoghegan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colettegeoghegan3/) * (@colettegeoghegan3) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860090) * Thanks esmi, i was reading through this and will attempt this tonight when i am with my web expert friend? hopefully ill have a result ill post back up sat morn if i was successful i have the wp file from my c/drive on a mem key, in case i need to upload everything and start from scratch again. * Thread Starter [colettegeoghegan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colettegeoghegan3/) * (@colettegeoghegan3) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860167) * ok sorry this was sorted a while ago, i went to my web expert pal and he fixed the php my admin file in the cpanel of my host server to reroute back to the original website i then discovered i didnt export the website from wordpress. com and had to upload it to wordpress.org when i eventually got in, twas difficult and confusing for me as a newbie but i got it sorted. also just this weekend had an issue with database not established, got my webserver to revert back to a date last week and all was working ok again, tried to upload a backup plugin this morn and the site crashed absolutely refused to load back up onto my browser, had to go into the file manager and find the plugin i installed this morn and deleted it out of the plugin folder and hey presto its all working again, but tell me what plugin can i use that has a reliable backup system on it pls & thank you Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘wordpress login’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [colettegeoghegan3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colettegeoghegan3/) * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-login-9/#post-3860167) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics