Title: Admin Login Loop
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Admin Login Loop

 *  [mitchrapp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchrapp/)
 * (@mitchrapp)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-loop-1/)
 * I am running php 5.2.9-2 and mysql 5.1.58 on a windows 2000 server box. php and
   mysql are working fine and installed wordpress 3.2.1.
    My wordpress is installed
   in mydomain.com/wordpress/ Was able to create the admin username and password
   and it generates the sample site content. It’s just when I try to login with 
   the username and password I created, it just loops to the login page again. If
   I enter the wrong password, it tells me it’s a wrong username/password combo.
   It’s a fresh install, no plugins installed. I tried deleting the user and table
   in mysql and starting with another fresh install of wordpress, and the same login
   loop. I’ve tried clearing cookies and cache, renaming the plugins folder, adding
   [@define](https://wordpress.org/support/users/define/)(‘ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH’, ‘/’);
   to wp-config.php, I’m not using htaccess as far as I know, I am not defining 
   siteurl or home in wp-config, and am not running multisite. I’ve tried just about
   everything. Any suggestions?

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 *  Thread Starter [mitchrapp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchrapp/)
 * (@mitchrapp)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-loop-1/#post-2264018)
 * I tried deleting all databases and user, as well as several fresh installs on
   wp. Still same problem. I installed wp 2.9 and it worked! One of my themes didn’t
   work though, so I upgraded to 3.2.1 and it worked (b/c) I was still logged into
   the control panel. The control panel indicated I was running 3.2.1 and I was 
   able to change themes. However, after exiting, when I tried logging in again,
   it said it had to update my database and after it successfully did so, I have
   the login loop again. Help please!

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-loop-1/#post-2264018)
 * Status: not resolved

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