Title: Troubleshooting wp-admin Redirect Loop Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Troubleshooting wp-admin Redirect Loop * [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/) * I’m in the middle of figuring out why I have a redirect loop when trying to login from my wp-admin page. I have not cleared the site cache or browser cache–not sure it’s the browser cache because I’m getting the same error on another computer on the same browser. * Two questions: * 1) How do I clear the site cache if I can’t login to wp-admin? 2) If I disable my current theme to troubleshoot (my best bet is to rename the folder) can I restore that theme and any changes I made if I’m able to get in via the default template? * Thanks in advance Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 33 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272362) * Is this related to updating WP? If so, see: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-37-master-list?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-37-master-list?replies=5) * Definitely clear you browser cache and cookies. * Then deactivate your plugins by renaming the plugisn folder. * Then, yes, change the name on your active theme’s folder. * [hcotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcotech/) * (@hcotech) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272363) * Where there any changes that you made to the site prior to this happening? Your. htaccess file can also cause a redirect loop for wp-admin. This is useful for some people. * Can you login with [http://www.yoursitename.com/wp-login.php](http://www.yoursitename.com/wp-login.php), or does it give you the same error? * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272364) * It is related to updating WP, yes. Around the same time I changed my site path so that it could reflect the main domain, and not the “work-in-progress” version that lived in a different folder. * I already went through deactivating the plug-ins and that didn’t work. * If I change the name on the active theme’s folder can I change it back later if that wasn’t the culprit? * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272368) * > Around the same time I changed my site path so that it could reflect the main > domain, and not the “work-in-progress” version that lived in a different folder. * how did you do that? * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272369) * hcotech–if I use [http://yoursitename.com/wp-admin](http://yoursitename.com/wp-admin) I get “too many redirects trying to open (site name)” * If I use [http://yoursitename.com/wp-login.php](http://yoursitename.com/wp-login.php) I get my log in page, but from there I can’t log in (pretty much goes back to the error msg about “too many redirects” * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272371) * WPyogi–from the “Settings>General” page. * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272374) * EDIT – Cross-posted with you… * Well, there you go 🙂 – you can’t just change them there. * See: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272373) * This was a site that I redesigned. The person in charge of the server for the site redirected the home page there, and then from WordPress I redirected the site so that the subsequent pages wouldn’t reflect my “wp2” folder that the WordPress site was in. * I did this on a previous site and had no issues, but then again I wasn’t updating to a new version of WordPress at the same time. * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272375) * Thing is, the site’s fine–it’s the admin/log-in I can’t access. * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272376) * Hmm–if I can’t change them there, how come it worked for another WP site I did? * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272377) * I posted that before I saw your reply above it – so I’m not sure exactly what you did (or what anyone else did). * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272378) * Here’s the site: [http://www.congruentmusic.com](http://www.congruentmusic.com) * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272380) * All I know is that I updated WordPress to 3.7.1; no issues. * Changed the WordPress and Site Address in General Settings (and didn’t have any issues with this on another site that was a redesign) * After that, login issues with this “too many redirects” loop * Thread Starter [thedaner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedaner/) * (@thedaner) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272381) * I’m going through the checklist of things to troubleshoot and was about to rename my theme folder so that it would default to “twenty-twelve” (or thirteen) but I want to make sure I don’t lose anything in trying to go back to my current theme. * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/#post-4272382) * > All I know is that I updated WordPress to 3.7.1; no issues. * That’s helpful – so then we can assume (hopefully) that it’s not an update issue. * > Changed the WordPress and Site Address in General Settings (and didn’t have > any issues with this on another site that was a redesign) > After that, login issues with this “too many redirects” loop * So what, exactly, did you or someone else change? * Did you move files? Have you reviewed – * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 33 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Troubleshooting wp-admin Redirect Loop’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 33 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [schemjo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schemjo/) * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wp-admin-redirect-loop/page/3/#post-4272690) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics