Title: 3.1 admin login problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 3.1 admin login problem

 *  Resolved [magicmummy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmummy/)
 * (@magicmummy)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/31-admin-login-problem/)
 * Hi
 * I upgraded to 3.1 and since then I have an annoying problem trying to login as
   admin. If I have been viewing my site then try and login to admin (I use the 
   correct username/password) it just loops back to the login page. Currently the
   only way I manage to resolve this is to close the browser tab I was using, then
   open a new tab and go to the admin login from there.
 * It has been suggest that this is a cookie problem, but I’m not sure what I need
   to do to sort it out.
 * any ideas?

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 *  [jchiappisi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchiappisi/)
 * (@jchiappisi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/31-admin-login-problem/#post-1951163)
 * Replace the Authentication Unique Keys/Salts within your wp-config.php file in
   your blog directory. See these instructions and URL to do so:
 * [https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/](https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/)
 *     ```
       /**#@+
        * Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.
        *
        * Change these to different unique phrases!
        * You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ WordPress.org secret-key service}
        * You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.
        *
        * @since 2.6.0
        */
       ```
   
 *  [jchiappisi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchiappisi/)
 * (@jchiappisi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/31-admin-login-problem/#post-1951164)
 * Also, clear your cache/cookies within your browser.
 *  Thread Starter [magicmummy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmummy/)
 * (@magicmummy)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/31-admin-login-problem/#post-1951483)
 * thanks jchaippisi, it seems to miraculously solved itself

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [magicmummy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmummy/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/31-admin-login-problem/#post-1951483)
 * Status: resolved

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