Can't access wp-admin

  • randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    Everytime I login it takes me to the homepage and there’s no admin toolbar. When I try and go on a wp-admin link it takes me to the login page again.

    I’ve tried disabling plugins and tried logging in, however that didn’t work.

    I know there’s a problem with my theme because I can access wp-admin when I rename my current theme to .old in file manager.

    Thanks.

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  • Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    I know there’s a problem with my theme because I can access wp-admin when I rename my current theme to .old in file manager.

    So, everything else functions normally again once you disable/rename that particular theme?

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Yes, the dashboard shows when I disable the theme.

    When I’m using the theme logging in would take me to the homepage where there’s no toolbar at the top.

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    You’ve answered your own question then. The theme is the problem.
    If you want to continue using that theme, you will need to contact the theme vendor or support outlet and see if there is an updated version that will work with the current version of WordPress. Is it a theme that’s available from here in the Theme Directory?

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    No it doesn’t appear in the directory. Could the problem have occurred as a result of some code I changed?

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Could the problem have occurred as a result of some code I changed?

    Yes.

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Is there any way to find out where the problem might be? I don’t want to have to replace the theme or reinstall it since I’ve made a lot of changes.

    Artur Bobinski

    (@kentonwebdesign)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    What was the last change you did to your theme?

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Is there any way to find out where the problem might be?

    Only if you have some idea what you might have changed.

    You don’t have a current backup of the working copy from before the error popped up?

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    I was changing the CSS stylesheet and the header.php mainly before it stopped working. Putting in new divs, changing the navigation placement, changing the site layout etc.

    I have a backup but it might have been created after the problem occurred.

    Artur Bobinski

    (@kentonwebdesign)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Try renaming header.php and see if it works after that.

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    I just replaced both the css and header files with really old versions and it didn’t fix anything.

    Also the exact process is, I login from the wp-login page and it takes me to my homepage where there’s no admin toolbar. So I try manually putting in the wp-admin link and it redirects me to the wp-login page. At the end of the wp-login link it say’s ‘&reauth=1’.

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    The only thing I’ve done recently is edit those files. Was there an update recently or something that may have caused this?

    Artur Bobinski

    (@kentonwebdesign)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Do you have any security plugins installed?

    Thread Starter randomdude101

    (@randomdude101)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Akismet, if that counts? Thing is though I’ve already tried disabling plugins and it’s not worked.

    Artur Bobinski

    (@kentonwebdesign)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Have you tried deleting the .htaccess file?

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