Title: Stuck in authorization loop
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Stuck in authorization loop

 *  [mrorth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrorth/)
 * (@mrorth)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-in-authorization-loop/)
 * Hello,
    I’m in the process of switching from WordPress.com to self-hosting on
   Dream Host. I used Dream Host’s install robot yesterday and seem to be stuck 
   in the middle of the process. I got a “successful install” email with a link 
   to [http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/import.php](http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/import.php)(
   and a couple others). When I clicked this link yesterday on my PC, at first I
   got a “page not found” message on my WordPress.com blog. When I tried it on my
   phone, I was able to get to the dashboard and set up my admin user. Today, I 
   can get to the dashboard using my PC, but when I try to do anything (“import”“
   post” etc.) I get sent to the authorization page (username/password request).
   Sometimes I can get back to the dashboard with my username and password, but 
   other times I get sent to the WordPress.com authorization page. (I think Einstein
   might have said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
   _the same_ result,” had he lived in the digital age.)
 * I found [this forum post from a year ago](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-view-admin)
   but the suggested solutions got me no where. Do I just need to wait…maybe my 
   DNS needs to propagate?
 * I’m a total newbie so speak slowly 🙂
 * Thanks for your help!
 * P.S. I cleared all my browsing history and tried another browser, no luck.

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 * Last reply from: [mrorth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrorth/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-in-authorization-loop/)
 * Status: not resolved

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