Title: [Plugin: Sidebar Login] Doesn't recognize password
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Sidebar Login] Doesn't recognize password

 *  [alexandermusgrove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandermusgrove/)
 * (@alexandermusgrove)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-login-doesnt-recognize-password/)
 * I doubt this is a compatibility issue, but I’m kind of a neophyte here, and have
   no idea how to fix my problem. I put the sidebar login widget on the sidebar.
   But when I try to login with my administrator credentials from, I’m told that
   my password is incorrect. I’ve tried it a dozen times; the password works if 
   I go to my regular wp-admin page, but not from the widget. Did I misinterpret
   what this plugin is designed to do?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sidebar-login/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sidebar-login/)

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 *  [Fred Chapman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fwchapman/)
 * (@fwchapman)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-login-doesnt-recognize-password/#post-2390318)
 * I’m having exactly the same problem! Thanks for reporting this.
 *  [dwbrant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwbrant/)
 * (@dwbrant)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-login-doesnt-recognize-password/#post-2390320)
 * I’ve been seeing this too, on a new site I’ve been building … it occurs most 
   often when I’m using Firefox (version 8), but has also occurred using Chrome.
 *  [paulleaderinbrackets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulleaderinbrackets/)
 * (@paulleaderinbrackets)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-login-doesnt-recognize-password/#post-2390350)
 * Same here! I use Opera and Firefox
    Sidebar Login version 2.2.15 still works 
   fine for me with WP 3.3.1 I just find the update reminders frustrating and have
   now installed 2.3.4 on three occasions both automatically and manually to no 
   avail – error message ‘incorrect password for admin’.
 *  [Fred Chapman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fwchapman/)
 * (@fwchapman)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-login-doesnt-recognize-password/#post-2390355)
 * I had a very similar problem with some other plugins that provide login widgets.
   It turned out that the problem was caused by a conflict with a database cache
   plugin I was using. Caching database queries caused some passwords to fail until
   some event reset the cache. Here’s a link to a discussion with all the details;
   the last post may be the most helpful:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-theme-my-login-serious-password-problem-for-new-users](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-theme-my-login-serious-password-problem-for-new-users)
 * Fred

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 * Last reply from: [Fred Chapman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fwchapman/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-login-doesnt-recognize-password/#post-2390355)
 * Status: not resolved