Cannot redeclare check_password_reset_key()

Changes by IX:
Nov 11 – renamed login.php to login.php-bak
New login.php

Nov 11 – told me to update WP – done 3.7.1

Nov 13 — You have had redirects in wp-login.php file to login.php file, that caused conflict and you were not able to login to wordpress dashboard.

We have deleted those links and issue is fixed now. Please check it from your side and let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Nov 13 — As you may see, when you enter wordpress dashboard login details, page is getting redirect to jliacademy.com/login.php, and error message appears. This is not a correct way wordpress should follow to login to admin dashboard.

Upon checking your account for the first time, I found that original file wp-login.php has redirect rules to login.php. I have changed all entries for login.php to wp-login.php. And that’s when issue was fixed first time.

Now, when I was checking your account again, I found the same redirect rules in wp-login.php file. So I have changed those redirect rules once again, and made wp-login.php file non-writable.

But please note, if you will restore site from your backup, this file will be replaced and old rules will come back. Also, you might have some plugin installed, that changes content of wp-login.php file and it’s starting redirecting to non-working login.php file again.

This issue should not re-occur now since wp-login.php is non-writable. But if it happens, please contact WordPress support center diretly and address this issue to them. They will be able which exact plugin or action may cause wp-login.php file rewrite.

Nov 13 — I have followed the recommendations from this topic and make all possible changes suggested there except manual WP upgrade:
ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/getting-error-fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-check_password_reset_key

If you still face this problem please try to perform manual WP upgrade. I know that you have already performed automatic upgrade but please try to perform manual upgrade as well just in case:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Upgrading_WordPress#Manual_Update

Nov 14 — As an exception I’ve slightly modified code of jliacademy.com/login.php file, so it is possible to log in to your WordPress admin section. However, there are no any guarantees that all WP functionality will remain the same. Original file located under your domain folder and its name is login.php_bak .

Per that last post, I have logged in to Admin panel of multisite install. I don’t want to log out until I feel I’ve accomplished something, because I may not get back in. Can’t send you the entire error string until I get blocked again because I didn’t save it.

I have turned off the plug ins and switched to the default theme. I have turned on WP_DEBUG. I have no idea how to use Debug.

Please advise.

I share your interest, but not your knowledge.

The dated changes were made by IX not me. The only code change I made was to turn on debug.

So, I don’t know what login.php is. Since I don’t really understand this in depth, I tend to simplify. Sorry, don’t know what else to do. I’ve interpreted the IX messages to mean that inside the wp-login.php is a redirect to login.php and that’s an error, but each time they correct that, the error is re-written when I log in, so, again, I’m locked out.

I’ll append the current login.php file to this message. However, if my understanding is correct, that file isn’t even needed. What is needed is to find out where the order to rewrite wp-login.php is coming from and stop that from happening. Apparently IX efforts to make wp-login.php NOT rewritable were ineffective.

Can you correct my understanding and, please, help me to get control of my dashboard so that I can rebuild my sites — hopefully not from scratch?

Here’s the login.php file:

<?php
/**
 * WordPress User Page
 *
 * Handles authentication, registering, resetting passwords, forgot password,
 * and other user handling.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/** Make sure that the WordPress bootstrap has run before continuing. */
require( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-load.php' );

// Redirect to https login if forced to use SSL
if ( force_ssl_admin() && ! is_ssl() ) {
    if ( 0 === strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'http') ) {
        wp_redirect( set_url_scheme( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'https' ) );
        exit();
    } else {
        wp_redirect( 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
        exit();
    }
}

/**
 * Outputs the header for the login page.
 *
 * @uses do_action() Calls the 'login_head' for outputting HTML in the Log In
 *        header.
 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'login_headerurl' for the top login link.
 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'login_headertitle' for the top login title.
 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'login_message' on the message to display in the
 *        header.
 * @uses $error The error global, which is checked for displaying errors.
 *
 * @param string $title Optional. WordPress Log In Page title to display in
 *        <title/> element.
 * @param string $message Optional. Message to display in header.
 * @param WP_Error $wp_error Optional. WordPress Error Object
 */
function login_header($title = 'Log In', $message = '', $wp_error = '') {
    global $error, $interim_login, $current_site, $action;

    // Don't index any of these forms
    add_action( 'login_head', 'wp_no_robots' );

    if ( empty($wp_error) )
        $wp_error = new WP_Error();

    // Shake it!
    $shake_error_codes = array( 'empty_password', 'empty_email', 'invalid_email', 'invalidcombo', 'empty_username', 'invalid_username', 'incorrect_password' );
    $shake_error_codes = apply_filters( 'shake_error_codes', $shake_error_codes );

    if ( $shake_error_codes && $wp_error->get_error_code() && in_array( $wp_error->get_error_code(), $shake_error_codes ) )
        add_action( 'login_head', 'wp_shake_js', 12 );

    ?><!DOCTYPE html>
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
    <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> › <?php echo $title; ?></title>
    <?php

    wp_admin_css( 'wp-admin', true );
    wp_admin_css( 'colors-fresh', true );

    if ( wp_is_mobile() ) { ?>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=320; initial-scale=0.9; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;" /><?php
    }

    do_action( 'login_enqueue_scripts' );
    do_action( 'login_head' );

    if ( is_multisite() ) {
        $login_header_url   = network_home_url();
        $login_header_title = $current_site->site_name;
    } else {
        $login_header_url   = __( 'http://ww.wp.xz.cn/' );
        $login_header_title = __( 'Powered by WordPress' );
    }

    $login_header_url   = apply_filters( 'login_headerurl',   $login_header_url   );
    $login_header_title = apply_filters( 'login_headertitle', $login_header_title );

    // Don't allow interim logins to navigate away from the page.
    if ( $interim_login )
        $login_header_url = '#';

    $classes = array( 'login-action-' . $action, 'wp-core-ui' );
    if ( wp_is_mobile() )
        $classes[] = 'mobile';
    if ( is_rtl() )
        $classes[] = 'rtl';
    $classes = apply_filters( 'login_body_class', $classes, $action );
    ?>
    </head>
    <body class="login <?php echo esc_attr( implode( ' ', $classes ) ); ?>">
    <div id="login">
        <h1><a>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( $login_header_title ); ?>"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
    <?php

    unset( $login_header_url, $login_header_title );

    $message = apply_filters('login_message', $message);
    if ( !empty( $message ) )
        echo $message . "\n";

    // In case a plugin uses $error rather than the $wp_errors object
    if ( !empty( $error ) ) {
        $wp_error->add('error', $error);
        unset($error);
    }

    if ( $wp_error->get_error_code() ) {
        $errors = '';
        $messages = '';
        foreach ( $wp_error->get_error_codes() as $code ) {
            $severity = $wp_error->get_error_data($code);
            foreach ( $wp_error->get_error_messages($code) as $error ) {
                if ( 'message' == $severity )
                    $messages .= '    ' . $error . "\n";
                else
                    $errors .= '    ' . $error . "\n";
            }
        }
        if ( !empty($errors) )
            echo '<div id="login_error">' . apply_filters('login_errors', $errors) . "</div>\n";
        if ( !empty($messages) )
            echo '<p class="message">' . apply_filters('login_messages', $messages) . "</p>\n";
    }
} // End of login_header()

/**
 * Outputs the footer for the login page.
 *
 * @param string $input_id Which input to auto-focus
 */
function login_footer($input_id = '') {
    global $interim_login;

    // Don't allow interim logins to navigate away from the page.
    if ( ! $interim_login ): ?>
    <p id="backtoblog"><a>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Are you lost?' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( '← Back to %s' ), get_bloginfo( 'title', 'display' ) ); ?></a></p>
    <?php endif; ?>

    </div>

    <?php if ( !empty($input_id) ) : ?>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    try{document.getElementById('<?php echo $input_id; ?>').focus();}catch(e){}
    if(typeof wpOnload=='function')wpOnload();
    </script>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php do_action('login_footer'); ?>
    <div class="clear"></div>
    </body>
    </html>
    <?php
}

function wp_shake_js() {
    if ( wp_is_mobile() )
        return;
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
addLoadEvent = function(func){if(typeof jQuery!="undefined")jQuery(document).ready(func);else if(typeof wpOnload!='function'){wpOnload=func;}else{var oldonload=wpOnload;wpOnload=function(){oldonload();func();}}};
function s(id,pos){g(id).left=pos 'px';}
function g(id){return document.getElementById(id).style;}
function shake(id,a,d){c=a.shift();s(id,c);if(a.length>0){setTimeout(function(){shake(id,a,d);},d);}else{try{g(id).position='static';wp_attempt_focus();}catch(e){}}}
addLoadEvent(function(){ var p=new Array(15,30,15,0,-15,-30,-15,0);p=p.concat(p.concat(p));var i=document.forms[0].id;g(i).position='relative';shake(i,p,20);});
</script>
<?php
}

/**
 * Handles sending password retrieval email to user.
 *
 * @uses $wpdb WordPress Database object
 *
 * @return bool|WP_Error True: when finish. WP_Error on error
 */
function retrieve_password() {
    global $wpdb, $current_site;

    $errors = new WP_Error();

    if ( empty( $_POST['user_login'] ) ) {
        $errors->add('empty_username', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Enter a username or e-mail address.'));
    } else if ( strpos( $_POST['user_login'], '@' ) ) {
        $user_data = get_user_by( 'email', trim( $_POST['user_login'] ) );
        if ( empty( $user_data ) )
            $errors->add('invalid_email', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: There is no user registered with that email address.'));
    } else {
        $login = trim($_POST['user_login']);
        $user_data = get_user_by('login', $login);
    }

    do_action('lostpassword_post');

    if ( $errors->get_error_code() )
        return $errors;

    if ( !$user_data ) {
        $errors->add('invalidcombo', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or e-mail.'));
        return $errors;
    }

    // redefining user_login ensures we return the right case in the email
    $user_login = $user_data->user_login;
    $user_email = $user_data->user_email;

    do_action('retreive_password', $user_login);  // Misspelled and deprecated
    do_action('retrieve_password', $user_login);

    $allow = apply_filters('allow_password_reset', true, $user_data->ID);

    if ( ! $allow )
        return new WP_Error('no_password_reset', __('Password reset is not allowed for this user'));
    else if ( is_wp_error($allow) )
        return $allow;

    $key = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT user_activation_key FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = %s", $user_login));
    if ( empty($key) ) {
        // Generate something random for a key...
        $key = wp_generate_password(20, false);
        do_action('retrieve_password_key', $user_login, $key);
        // Now insert the new md5 key into the db
        $wpdb->update($wpdb->users, array('user_activation_key' => $key), array('user_login' => $user_login));
    }
    $message = __('Someone requested that the password be reset for the following account:') . "\r\n\r\n";
    $message .= network_home_url( '/' ) . "\r\n\r\n";
    $message .= sprintf(__('Username: %s'), $user_login) . "\r\n\r\n";
    $message .= __('If this was a mistake, just ignore this email and nothing will happen.') . "\r\n\r\n";
    $message .= __('To reset your password, visit the following address:') . "\r\n\r\n";
    $message .= '<' . network_site_url("login.php?action=rp&key=$key&login=" . rawurlencode($user_login), 'login') . ">\r\n";

    if ( is_multisite() )
        $blogname = $GLOBALS['current_site']->site_name;
    else
        // The blogname option is escaped with esc_html on the way into the database in sanitize_option
        // we want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
        $blogname = wp_specialchars_decode(get_option('blogname'), ENT_QUOTES);

    $title = sprintf( __('[%s] Password Reset'), $blogname );

    $title = apply_filters('retrieve_password_title', $title);
    $message = apply_filters('retrieve_password_message', $message, $key);

    if ( $message && !wp_mail($user_email, $title, $message) )
        wp_die( __('The e-mail could not be sent.') . "\n" . __('Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function...') );

    return true;
}

/**
 * Retrieves a user row based on password reset key and login
 *
 * @uses $wpdb WordPress Database object
 *
 * @param string $key Hash to validate sending user's password
 * @param string $login The user login
 * @return object|WP_Error User's database row on success, error object for invalid keys
 */

/**function check_password_reset_key($key, $login) {
    global $wpdb;

    $key = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]/i', '', $key);

    if ( empty( $key ) || !is_string( $key ) )
        return new WP_Error('invalid_key', __('Invalid key'));

    if ( empty($login) || !is_string($login) )
        return new WP_Error('invalid_key', __('Invalid key'));

    $user = $wpdb->get_row($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_activation_key = %s AND user_login = %s", $key, $login));

    if ( empty( $user ) )
        return new WP_Error('invalid_key', __('Invalid key'));

    return $user;
}
*/

/**
 * Handles resetting the user's password.
 *
 * @param object $user The user
 * @param string $new_pass New password for the user in plaintext
 */

/**function reset_password($user, $new_pass) {
    do_action('password_reset', $user, $new_pass);

    wp_set_password($new_pass, $user->ID);

    wp_password_change_notification($user);
}
*/

/**
 * Handles registering a new user.
 *
 * @param string $user_login User's username for logging in
 * @param string $user_email User's email address to send password and add
 * @return int|WP_Error Either user's ID or error on failure.
 */
/** function register_new_user( $user_login, $user_email ) {
    $errors = new WP_Error();

    $sanitized_user_login = sanitize_user( $user_login );
    $user_email = apply_filters( 'user_registration_email', $user_email );

    // Check the username
    if ( $sanitized_user_login == '' ) {
        $errors->add( 'empty_username', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Please enter a username.' ) );
    } elseif ( ! validate_username( $user_login ) ) {
        $errors->add( 'invalid_username', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: This username is invalid because it uses illegal characters. Please enter a valid username.' ) );
        $sanitized_user_login = '';
    } elseif ( username_exists( $sanitized_user_login ) ) {
        $errors->add( 'username_exists', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: This username is already registered. Please choose another one.' ) );
    }

    // Check the e-mail address
    if ( $user_email == '' ) {
        $errors->add( 'empty_email', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Please type your e-mail address.' ) );
    } elseif ( ! is_email( $user_email ) ) {
        $errors->add( 'invalid_email', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: The email address isn’t correct.' ) );
        $user_email = '';
    } elseif ( email_exists( $user_email ) ) {
        $errors->add( 'email_exists', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: This email is already registered, please choose another one.' ) );
    }

    do_action( 'register_post', $sanitized_user_login, $user_email, $errors );

    $errors = apply_filters( 'registration_errors', $errors, $sanitized_user_login, $user_email );

    if ( $errors->get_error_code() )
        return $errors;

    $user_pass = wp_generate_password( 12, false);
    $user_id = wp_create_user( $sanitized_user_login, $user_pass, $user_email );
    if ( ! $user_id ) {
        $errors->add( 'registerfail', sprintf( __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Couldn’t register you... please contact the <a href="mailto:%s">webmaster</a> !' ), get_option( 'admin_email' ) ) );
        return $errors;
    }

    update_user_option( $user_id, 'default_password_nag', true, true ); //Set up the Password change nag.

    wp_new_user_notification( $user_id, $user_pass );

    return $user_id;
}
*/

//
// Main
//

$action = isset($_REQUEST['action']) ? $_REQUEST['action'] : 'login';
$errors = new WP_Error();

if ( isset($_GET['key']) )
    $action = 'resetpass';

// validate action so as to default to the login screen
if ( !in_array( $action, array( 'postpass', 'logout', 'lostpassword', 'retrievepassword', 'resetpass', 'rp', 'register', 'login' ), true ) && false === has_filter( 'login_form_' . $action ) )
    $action = 'login';

nocache_headers();

header('Content-Type: '.get_bloginfo('html_type').'; charset='.get_bloginfo('charset'));

if ( defined( 'RELOCATE' ) && RELOCATE ) { // Move flag is set
    if ( isset( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] ) && ($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] != $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) )
        $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] = str_replace( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'], '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] );

    $url = dirname( set_url_scheme( 'http://' .  $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ) );
    if ( $url != get_option( 'siteurl' ) )
        update_option( 'siteurl', $url );
}

//Set a cookie now to see if they are supported by the browser.
setcookie(TEST_COOKIE, 'WP Cookie check', 0, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
if ( SITECOOKIEPATH != COOKIEPATH )
    setcookie(TEST_COOKIE, 'WP Cookie check', 0, SITECOOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);

// allow plugins to override the default actions, and to add extra actions if they want
do_action( 'login_init' );
do_action( 'login_form_' . $action );

$http_post = ('POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
switch ($action) {

case 'postpass' :
    if ( empty( $wp_hasher ) ) {
        require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-includes/class-phpass.php' );
        // By default, use the portable hash from phpass
        $wp_hasher = new PasswordHash(8, true);
    }

    // 10 days
    setcookie( 'wp-postpass_' . COOKIEHASH, $wp_hasher->HashPassword( stripslashes( $_POST['post_password'] ) ), time()   10 * DAY_IN_SECONDS, COOKIEPATH );

    wp_safe_redirect( wp_get_referer() );
    exit();

break;

case 'logout' :
    check_admin_referer('log-out');
    wp_logout();

    $redirect_to = !empty( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ? $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] : 'login.php?loggedout=true';
    wp_safe_redirect( $redirect_to );
    exit();

break;

case 'lostpassword' :
case 'retrievepassword' :

    if ( $http_post ) {
        $errors = retrieve_password();
        if ( !is_wp_error($errors) ) {
            $redirect_to = !empty( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ? $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] : 'login.php?checkemail=confirm';
            wp_safe_redirect( $redirect_to );
            exit();
        }
    }

    if ( isset($_GET['error']) && 'invalidkey' == $_GET['error'] ) $errors->add('invalidkey', __('Sorry, that key does not appear to be valid.'));
    $redirect_to = apply_filters( 'lostpassword_redirect', !empty( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ? $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] : '' );

    do_action('lost_password');
    login_header(__('Lost Password'), '<p class="message">' . __('Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.') . '</p>', $errors);

    $user_login = isset($_POST['user_login']) ? stripslashes($_POST['user_login']) : '';

?>

<form name="lostpasswordform" id="lostpasswordform" action="<?php echo esc_url( site_url( 'login.php?action=lostpassword', 'login_post' ) ); ?>" method="post">
    <p>
        <label for="user_login" ><?php _e('Username or E-mail:') ?>
        <input type="text" name="user_login" id="user_login" class="input" value="<?php echo esc_attr($user_login); ?>" size="20" /></label>
    </p>
<?php do_action('lostpassword_form'); ?>
    <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $redirect_to ); ?>" />
    <p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="wp-submit" class="button button-primary button-large" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Get New Password'); ?>" /></p>
</form>

<p id="nav">
<a>"><?php _e('Log in') ?></a>
<?php if ( get_option( 'users_can_register' ) ) : ?>
 | <a>"><?php _e( 'Register' ); ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>
</p>

<?php
login_footer('user_login');
break;

case 'resetpass' :
case 'rp' :
    $user = check_password_reset_key($_GET['key'], $_GET['login']);

    if ( is_wp_error($user) ) {
        wp_redirect( site_url('login.php?action=lostpassword&error=invalidkey') );
        exit;
    }

    $errors = new WP_Error();

    if ( isset($_POST['pass1']) && $_POST['pass1'] != $_POST['pass2'] )
        $errors->add( 'password_reset_mismatch', __( 'The passwords do not match.' ) );

    do_action( 'validate_password_reset', $errors, $user );

    if ( ( ! $errors->get_error_code() ) && isset( $_POST['pass1'] ) && !empty( $_POST['pass1'] ) ) {
        reset_password($user, $_POST['pass1']);
        login_header( __( 'Password Reset' ), '<p class="message reset-pass">' . __( 'Your password has been reset.' ) . ' <a href="' . esc_url( wp_login_url() ) . '">' . __( 'Log in' ) . '</a></p>' );
        login_footer();
        exit;
    }

    wp_enqueue_script('utils');
    wp_enqueue_script('user-profile');

    login_header(__('Reset Password'), '<p class="message reset-pass">' . __('Enter your new password below.') . '</p>', $errors );

?>
<form name="resetpassform" id="resetpassform" action="<?php echo esc_url( site_url( 'login.php?action=resetpass&key=' . urlencode( $_GET['key'] ) . '&login=' . urlencode( $_GET['login'] ), 'login_post' ) ); ?>" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" id="user_login" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $_GET['login'] ); ?>" autocomplete="off" />

    <p>
        <label for="pass1"><?php _e('New password') ?>
        <input type="password" name="pass1" id="pass1" class="input" size="20" value="" autocomplete="off" /></label>
    </p>
    <p>
        <label for="pass2"><?php _e('Confirm new password') ?>
        <input type="password" name="pass2" id="pass2" class="input" size="20" value="" autocomplete="off" /></label>
    </p>

    <div id="pass-strength-result" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Strength indicator'); ?></div>
    <p class="description indicator-hint"><?php _e('Hint: The password should be at least seven characters long. To make it stronger, use upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols like ! " ? $ % ^ & ).'); ?></p>

    <br class="clear" />
    <p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="wp-submit" class="button button-primary button-large" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Reset Password'); ?>" /></p>
</form>

<p id="nav">
<a>"><?php _e( 'Log in' ); ?></a>
<?php if ( get_option( 'users_can_register' ) ) : ?>
 | <a>"><?php _e( 'Register' ); ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>
</p>

<?php
login_footer('user_pass');
break;

case 'register' :
    if ( is_multisite() ) {
        // Multisite uses wp-signup.php
        wp_redirect( apply_filters( 'wp_signup_location', network_site_url('wp-signup.php') ) );
        exit;
    }

    if ( !get_option('users_can_register') ) {
        wp_redirect( site_url('login.php?registration=disabled') );
        exit();
    }

    $user_login = '';
    $user_email = '';
    if ( $http_post ) {
        $user_login = $_POST['user_login'];
        $user_email = $_POST['user_email'];
        $errors = register_new_user($user_login, $user_email);
        if ( !is_wp_error($errors) ) {
            $redirect_to = !empty( $_POST['redirect_to'] ) ? $_POST['redirect_to'] : 'login.php?checkemail=registered';
            wp_safe_redirect( $redirect_to );
            exit();
        }
    }

    $redirect_to = apply_filters( 'registration_redirect', !empty( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ? $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] : '' );
    login_header(__('Registration Form'), '<p class="message register">' . __('Register For This Site') . '</p>', $errors);
?>

<form name="registerform" id="registerform" action="<?php echo esc_url( site_url('login.php?action=register', 'login_post') ); ?>" method="post">
    <p>
        <label for="user_login"><?php _e('Username') ?>
        <input type="text" name="user_login" id="user_login" class="input" value="<?php echo esc_attr(stripslashes($user_login)); ?>" size="20" /></label>
    </p>
    <p>
        <label for="user_email"><?php _e('E-mail') ?>
        <input type="text" name="user_email" id="user_email" class="input" value="<?php echo esc_attr(stripslashes($user_email)); ?>" size="25" /></label>
    </p>
<?php do_action('register_form'); ?>
    <p id="reg_passmail"><?php _e('A password will be e-mailed to you.') ?></p>
    <br class="clear" />
    <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $redirect_to ); ?>" />
    <p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="wp-submit" class="button button-primary button-large" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Register'); ?>" /></p>
</form>

<p id="nav">
<a>"><?php _e( 'Log in' ); ?></a> |
<a>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Password Lost and Found' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Lost your password?' ); ?></a>
</p>

<?php
login_footer('user_login');
break;

case 'login' :
default:
    $secure_cookie = '';
    $interim_login = isset($_REQUEST['interim-login']);
    $customize_login = isset( $_REQUEST['customize-login'] );
    if ( $customize_login )
        wp_enqueue_script( 'customize-base' );

    // If the user wants ssl but the session is not ssl, force a secure cookie.
    if ( !empty($_POST['log']) && !force_ssl_admin() ) {
        $user_name = sanitize_user($_POST['log']);
        if ( $user = get_user_by('login', $user_name) ) {
            if ( get_user_option('use_ssl', $user->ID) ) {
                $secure_cookie = true;
                force_ssl_admin(true);
            }
        }
    }

    if ( isset( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ) {
        $redirect_to = $_REQUEST['redirect_to'];
        // Redirect to https if user wants ssl
        if ( $secure_cookie && false !== strpos($redirect_to, 'wp-admin') )
            $redirect_to = preg_replace('|^http://|', 'https://', $redirect_to);
    } else {
        $redirect_to = admin_url();
    }

    $reauth = empty($_REQUEST['reauth']) ? false : true;

    // If the user was redirected to a secure login form from a non-secure admin page, and secure login is required but secure admin is not, then don't use a secure
    // cookie and redirect back to the referring non-secure admin page. This allows logins to always be POSTed over SSL while allowing the user to choose visiting
    // the admin via http or https.
    if ( !$secure_cookie && is_ssl() && force_ssl_login() && !force_ssl_admin() && ( 0 !== strpos($redirect_to, 'https') ) && ( 0 === strpos($redirect_to, 'http') ) )
        $secure_cookie = false;

    $user = wp_signon('', $secure_cookie);

    $redirect_to = apply_filters('login_redirect', $redirect_to, isset( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ? $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] : '', $user);

    if ( !is_wp_error($user) && !$reauth ) {
        if ( $interim_login ) {
            $message = '<p class="message">' . __('You have logged in successfully.') . '</p>';
            login_header( '', $message ); ?>

            <?php if ( ! $customize_login ) : ?>
            <script type="text/javascript">setTimeout( function(){window.close()}, 8000);</script>
            <p class="alignright">
            <input type="button" class="button-primary" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Close'); ?>" onclick="window.close()" /></p>
            <?php endif; ?>
            </div>
            <?php do_action( 'login_footer' ); ?>
            <?php if ( $customize_login ) : ?>
                <script type="text/javascript">setTimeout( function(){ new wp.customize.Messenger({ url: '<?php echo wp_customize_url(); ?>', channel: 'login' }).send('login') }, 1000 );</script>
            <?php endif; ?>
            </body></html>
<?php        exit;
        }

        if ( ( empty( $redirect_to ) || $redirect_to == 'wp-admin/' || $redirect_to == admin_url() ) ) {
            // If the user doesn't belong to a blog, send them to user admin. If the user can't edit posts, send them to their profile.
            if ( is_multisite() && !get_active_blog_for_user($user->ID) && !is_super_admin( $user->ID ) )
                $redirect_to = user_admin_url();
            elseif ( is_multisite() && !$user->has_cap('read') )
                $redirect_to = get_dashboard_url( $user->ID );
            elseif ( !$user->has_cap('edit_posts') )
                $redirect_to = admin_url('profile.php');
        }
        wp_safe_redirect($redirect_to);
        exit();
    }

    $errors = $user;
    // Clear errors if loggedout is set.
    if ( !empty($_GET['loggedout']) || $reauth )
        $errors = new WP_Error();

    // If cookies are disabled we can't log in even with a valid user pass
    if ( isset($_POST['testcookie']) && empty($_COOKIE[TEST_COOKIE]) )
        $errors->add('test_cookie', __("<strong>ERROR</strong>: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must <a href='http://www.google.com/cookies.html'>enable cookies</a> to use WordPress."));

    // Some parts of this script use the main login form to display a message
    if        ( isset($_GET['loggedout']) && true == $_GET['loggedout'] )
        $errors->add('loggedout', __('You are now logged out.'), 'message');
    elseif    ( isset($_GET['registration']) && 'disabled' == $_GET['registration'] )
        $errors->add('registerdisabled', __('User registration is currently not allowed.'));
    elseif    ( isset($_GET['checkemail']) && 'confirm' == $_GET['checkemail'] )
        $errors->add('confirm', __('Check your e-mail for the confirmation link.'), 'message');
    elseif    ( isset($_GET['checkemail']) && 'newpass' == $_GET['checkemail'] )
        $errors->add('newpass', __('Check your e-mail for your new password.'), 'message');
    elseif    ( isset($_GET['checkemail']) && 'registered' == $_GET['checkemail'] )
        $errors->add('registered', __('Registration complete. Please check your e-mail.'), 'message');
    elseif    ( $interim_login )
        $errors->add('expired', __('Your session has expired. Please log-in again.'), 'message');
    elseif ( strpos( $redirect_to, 'about.php?updated' ) )
        $errors->add('updated', __( '<strong>You have successfully updated WordPress!</strong> Please log back in to experience the awesomeness.' ), 'message' );

    // Clear any stale cookies.
    if ( $reauth )
        wp_clear_auth_cookie();

    login_header(__('Log In'), '', $errors);

    if ( isset($_POST['log']) )
        $user_login = ( 'incorrect_password' == $errors->get_error_code() || 'empty_password' == $errors->get_error_code() ) ? esc_attr(stripslashes($_POST['log'])) : '';
    $rememberme = ! empty( $_POST['rememberme'] );
?>

<form name="loginform" id="loginform" action="<?php echo esc_url( site_url( 'login.php', 'login_post' ) ); ?>" method="post">
    <p>
        <label for="user_login"><?php _e('Username') ?>
        <input type="text" name="log" id="user_login" class="input" value="<?php echo esc_attr($user_login); ?>" size="20" /></label>
    </p>
    <p>
        <label for="user_pass"><?php _e('Password') ?>
        <input type="password" name="pwd" id="user_pass" class="input" value="" size="20" /></label>
    </p>
<?php do_action('login_form'); ?>
    <p class="forgetmenot"><label for="rememberme"><input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="rememberme" value="forever" <?php checked( $rememberme ); ?> /> <?php esc_attr_e('Remember Me'); ?></label></p>
    <p class="submit">
        <input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="wp-submit" class="button button-primary button-large" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Log In'); ?>" />
<?php    if ( $interim_login ) { ?>
        <input type="hidden" name="interim-login" value="1" />
<?php    } else { ?>
        <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo esc_attr($redirect_to); ?>" />
<?php     } ?>
<?php   if ( $customize_login ) : ?>
        <input type="hidden" name="customize-login" value="1" />
<?php   endif; ?>
        <input type="hidden" name="testcookie" value="1" />
    </p>
</form>

<?php if ( !$interim_login ) { ?>
<p id="nav">
<?php if ( isset($_GET['checkemail']) && in_array( $_GET['checkemail'], array('confirm', 'newpass') ) ) : ?>
<?php elseif ( get_option('users_can_register') ) : ?>
<a>"><?php _e( 'Register' ); ?></a> |
<a>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Password Lost and Found' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Lost your password?' ); ?></a>
<?php else : ?>
<a>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Password Lost and Found' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Lost your password?' ); ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>
</p>
<?php } ?>

<script type="text/javascript">
function wp_attempt_focus(){
setTimeout( function(){ try{
<?php if ( $user_login || $interim_login ) { ?>
d = document.getElementById('user_pass');
d.value = '';
<?php } else { ?>
d = document.getElementById('user_login');
<?php if ( 'invalid_username' == $errors->get_error_code() ) { ?>
if( d.value != '' )
d.value = '';
<?php
}
}?>
d.focus();
d.select();
} catch(e){}
}, 200);
}

<?php if ( !$error ) { ?>
wp_attempt_focus();
<?php } ?>
if(typeof wpOnload=='function')wpOnload();
</script>

<?php
login_footer();
break;
} // end action switch

Humm . . . about hiring, I’m a volunteer for a nonprofit so the reason I’m trying to admin the WP blog is no $$ for hiring. Are you suggesting my problem doesn’t belong on this forum? Hopefully not.

I now think problem may be related to: http://www.ixwebhosting.com/blog/2013/04/wordpress-brute-force/ That’s the date the login.php file was created. No problem until I updated WP. That’s the oldest backup I have. IXwebhosting generally a nice solid company. This situation is kinda disappointing.

Maybe I need to do a new multisite install and migrate the blogs over?

Thanks, Mike. You’re correct about my skill level. I’m learning, but slowly.

Did the new install and it worked fine . . . only still looking for login.php rather than wp_login.php, and there is no login.php in the new install.

I now have IX trying to identify and eliminate the login.php issue. I have a second IX hosting account with WP, and no login.php exists there, so not critical to IX. Not sure what they will do . . .

Is it possible to keep this open awhile longer?

IX personnel continue to insist that: “the issue you have faced is related to your wordpress configuration. Please contact your web developer to check its code and debug it so your login page to be directed to wp-login.php, not login.php.”

I created a new jliacademy.com directory and did a clean install of WP 3.7.1. There was, of course, no login.php file in the directory. After a couple of successful visits to the dashboard — installed theme Yoko and enabled multisite — bingo, attempts to login began trying to redirect to “login.php”.

IX solution is to create a login.php and that workaround is useful . . . allowing me to reach dashboard a couple of times. It’s not, as you have made clear, a real fix.

Could my Yoko or multisite installations be causing any of this?

Mike, thank you.

I got so frustrated that I just walked away for a few weeks. Then I actually found the message from my hosting company where they say they’ve changed my wp to login.php. Then, today, I got someone at the hosting company to look at that message and fix that. I’ve now been told that I had been set up with a “chron file” that rewrote login instructions every 30 minutes. That had apparently been just fine until I upgraded WP.

Frankly, who knows if it’s really fixed yet, but your persistent efforts to set me straight have helped me to, in turn, persist with the hosting techies. Please don’t feel your time was wasted. Our nonprofit’s community outreach is going to be back in business largely due to your willingness to work with me.