Title: wp-admin shows wordpress security Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # wp-admin shows wordpress security * Resolved [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/) * After upgrading to wordpress 3.6.1 on five of my sites I get the following message * > WordPress Security > Click here to continue to your WordPress login. * After clicking or even renewal of page the wordpress login shows up. I checked different browsers , my desktop , my laptop all give the same message. What can I do ? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/page/2/?output_format=md) * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136719) * Do you have any security plugins? If not, have you asked your hosting company about this? * Thread Starter [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136727) * No I don’t have any security plugin, it happens also on a site with only wordpress recently installed and nothing else. This started after upgrading to wordpress 3.6.1. * [barthusz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barthusz/) * (@barthusz) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136763) * Same here! * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136765) * That’s not a default WordPress message. So it is either being added by a plugin, a theme or by your hosts. Have you tried: * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. * Thread Starter [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136783) * It happens also on a site with only wordpress 3.6.1 installed , no plugins only the twenty thirteen theme nothing else. Unfortunately I cannot go back to a backup on this site because it is a fresh installed site. In fact I have two fresh sites with only wordpress 3.6.1. and nothing else. The same happens on both of them. I am glad to see that someone else has the same problem. * Thread Starter [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136785) * I have a site where I upgraded from 3.6 to 3.6.1 , I use this site to try out themes and plugins. I had a backup with wordpress 3.6 , I went back to this backup with wordpress 3.6. The problem disappeared I now get directly the wordpress login screen. In my view it is definitely a wordpress issue. * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136786) * You should not use an outdated version of WP – have you asked your hosting company about this? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136788) * I ran a full scan of the entire default WordPress package looking for any sign of such an error message. There was none. This is not a default WordPress issue. As suggested, try contacting your hosts about it. * Thread Starter [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136791) * I have contacted my host, but I have not received a reaction yet. But the strange thing is that in a post above of barthusz he has the same problem on definetely another host. * Thread Starter [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136794) * As I now have sites with and without the problem I looked if I could quickly find differences. I found something a file called setcookiewpprotect.php with the content * ``` WordPress security

WordPress Security

Click here to continue to your WordPress login

'); ?> ``` * where this file comes from I have no idea, but it is definitely the one causing the problem. * Thread Starter [Wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/) * (@wimgbax) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136802) * At about the same time I found another post on this subject , [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-wordpress-security-page-and-htaccess-code?replies=3#post-4662303](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-wordpress-security-page-and-htaccess-code?replies=3#post-4662303). Is it possible to join them togeter? Unfortunately I have still not received an answer from my host. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136805) * > I found something a file called setcookiewpprotect.php * That’s not a file that ships with WordPress. Have you contacted your hosts about it? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136812) * [@wimgbax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimgbax/): Please stop posting in other topics about this. * [barthusz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barthusz/) * (@barthusz) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136815) * I discovered the same file, setcookiewpprotect.php I will dive in this problem tomorrow, will backup the site and scan for other strange files. And turn every plugin off, see what is causing this. My website is a fresh WordPress install with just a few plugins used, hopefully it is no hack. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/#post-4136819) * [@barthusz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barthusz/): As per the [Forum Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post), please [post your own topic](http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform). Posting in an existing topic prevents us from being able to track issues by topic. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘wp-admin shows wordpress security’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 23 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [barthusz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barthusz/) * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-shows-wordpress-security/page/2/#post-4136960) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics