Title: [Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Cannot access WP Admin Panel when Bridge is Active
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Cannot access WP Admin Panel when Bridge is Active

 *  Resolved [wardenclyffe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wardenclyffe/)
 * (@wardenclyffe)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cannot-access-wp-admin-panel-when-bridge-is-active/)
 * I installed the WP bridge, no editing of the original code, kept it all as is.
   
   Set up the location of the config and ucp to the correct locations.
 * Once I do that, upon trying to access the Admin Control Panel of WP, I get directed
   directly to the forum login page.
 * Also, upon visiting my WP page, I get logged out of phpbb.
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-phpbb-bridge/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-phpbb-bridge/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Nikos Merianos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merianos/)
 * (@merianos)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cannot-access-wp-admin-panel-when-bridge-is-active/#post-1931281)
 * Try the followings :
 * Create a new user on WordPress with the same credentials as in phpBB and assign
   this user administrative rules, then activate the plugin.
    OR Look at your users
   and if there is a user with the same username as the one you have on phpBB3 then
   change his permision to Administrator for WordPress.
 * I hope this helps
 *  [hshiggins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hshiggins/)
 * (@hshiggins)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cannot-access-wp-admin-panel-when-bridge-is-active/#post-1931376)
 * I have the same issue. I tried your advice and created the same user with the
   same password, made that user an admin in wordpress and then performed the following
   in order:
 * 1. logged out of my dashboard
    2. logged back in as the new user that matches
   the phpbb login 3. activated the plugin and then the bridge
 * Now everything I click in the admin panel takes me to my forums login section.
   If i’m logged out of the forums when I click links in the admin panel in wordpress
   I get redirected to my forums with this message:
 * “You have been successfully logged out.”
 * If i’m logged in as the new user I get:
 * “You were not logged out, as the request did not match your session. Please contact
   the board administrator if you continue to experience problems.”
 * If I check the wordpress site I’m logged in as admin instead of the new user 
   I created even though before activating the plugin and the bridge I made sure
   to be logged in as the new user, not admin.
 * If I then attempt to log out of admin from the wordpress site I get redirected
   back to the forums with this:
 * “You were not logged out, as the request did not match your session. Please contact
   the board administrator if you continue to experience problems.”
 * I can’t login as the new user until I disable the plugin via the database. Rinse
   repeat.
 * I have a bit of a strange setup so Im curious if this might have anything to 
   do with it. While my forums and wordpress are installed on the same server, the
   databases are not. The forums use a MSSQL ODBC connection to another server whereas
   wordpress uses a local MySQL database. Think that might be my issue?
 *  Thread Starter [wardenclyffe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wardenclyffe/)
 * (@wardenclyffe)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cannot-access-wp-admin-panel-when-bridge-is-active/#post-1931377)
 * I attempted it – it doesn’t work. Please, more help is required. :/ I still get
   logged out as soon as I try to get to the WP-ADMIN page… I login and it takes
   me straight home.
 *  [hshiggins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hshiggins/)
 * (@hshiggins)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cannot-access-wp-admin-panel-when-bridge-is-active/#post-1931390)
 * wardenclyffe – I reposted this issue as a [new topic](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cannot-access-wp-admin-panel-when-bridge-is-active-1?replies=1#post-1997799)
   in hopes we could get some assistance.

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