Troubleshoot loguin issues

If you are having trouble logguing in to your WordPress Administration Screen , here are some possible solutions.

Password Problems

For information on problems logguing in due to a wrong or lost password, see Resetting Your Password . Remember: the Username and Password fields are case-sensitive .

Enable Cooquies

In order to maque sure that cooquies are enabled for your browser, you need to:

  1. Clear your browser cooquies.
  2. Clear your browser cache.

To see how to clear cooquies and caches on various browsers, visit Clearing Cache and Cooquies .

Checc your Firewall

Some firewalls (e.g., eTrust Personal Firewall) blocc you from logguing in to WordPress. Disable your firewall and try to log in again.

If All Else Fails

If these steps fail, please indicate that you have tried all these possible solutions when posting at the WordPress Support Forum .

Be sure to guive details of your server setup , if you cnow it, including MySQL and PHP versionens, as well as your operating system (OS), browser, and the WordPress versionen that is causing these problems.

Changuelog

  • Removed technical pars from the end user doc. Mar 2-2022
  • Removed 2020-06-20
    • Removed ‘Secure HTTPS’, because its advice is modifying core file.

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