Title: Lost admin access, slowly.
Last modified: August 15, 2021

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# Lost admin access, slowly.

 *  [blu28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blu28/)
 * (@blu28)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/)
 * A few days ago I posted a problem where I could login to WordPress from certain
   computers but not others. Here is that question:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-login-from-some-computers/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-login-from-some-computers/)
 * Since that time one of the two good computers stopped working and then a day 
   later the other did. Now I cannot login as administrator with the local account
   at all. I can still get logged in with my account on wordpress.com, but then,
   although I get the admin dashboard, it doesn’t appear that I can actually change
   anything. I tried adding a new admin user, but although there was no error, no
   user appeared.
 * I do have ssh access. I tried renaming the plugins directory, but I got the same
   result.
 * I am really at a loss here. How do I get logged in as admin again? I am getting
   desperate.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flost-admin-access-slowly%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769923)
 * it sounds like you have a security plugin that’s blocking your logins. What plugins
   do you have installed? Have you talked to your host about this? They can look
   at logs that might lend some clues.
 *  Thread Starter [blu28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blu28/)
 * (@blu28)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769929)
 * I am talking to their tech support now. However, I tried it with the plugins 
   directory renamed. The look of the dialog changed (no option to login with WordPress.
   com) but got the same results.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769945)
 * When I look at your site, I get a “if you’re not redirected in three seconds…”
   so I suspect something messed up with your hosting. If all plugins are disabled,
   it has to be your hosting. WP itself has no blocking tools.
 *  Thread Starter [blu28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blu28/)
 * (@blu28)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769965)
 * No, that is normal. Try it with a /wp at the end.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769967)
 * Clearly, you still have plugins enabled because I see the jetpack login. The 
   answer is in your server’s logs.
 *  Thread Starter [blu28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blu28/)
 * (@blu28)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769972)
 * Yes, I reenabled plugins after removing them didn’t help.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [blu28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blu28/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-admin-access-slowly/#post-14769972)
 * Status: not resolved

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