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# offpat

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [hosted site, upgrade has made dashboard minimal and uselss](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosted-site-upgrade-has-made-dashboard-minimal-and-uselss/)
 *  Thread Starter [offpat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offpat/)
 * (@offpat)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosted-site-upgrade-has-made-dashboard-minimal-and-uselss/#post-4204176)
 * correct – it doesn’t look like that –
    and here are screenshots of what it, and
   the installatron admin page look like – [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8vB-NbyVrDGbnRqbEJrc01Td1E/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8vB-NbyVrDGbnRqbEJrc01Td1E/edit?usp=sharing)
   [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8vB-NbyVrDGMm5odHk4MHI4Zkk/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8vB-NbyVrDGMm5odHk4MHI4Zkk/edit?usp=sharing)
 * since when the update occured for some reason the installatron details switched
   to Beverley21 at gmail.com (unknown to me) but I was able to get in via cPanel
   and change that back to me…
 * that got me to where I am now …
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Cannot log into WordPress dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-into-wordpress-dashboard/)
 *  [offpat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offpat/)
 * (@offpat)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-into-wordpress-dashboard/#post-4200939)
 * sorry – thought it was the only way in, and on topic…I am not used to threads
   being in the thousands – and cannot see where to start a topic..
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Cannot log into WordPress dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-into-wordpress-dashboard/)
 *  [offpat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offpat/)
 * (@offpat)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-into-wordpress-dashboard/#post-4200867)
 * I’ve been searching around on this issue as a user with a WP blog hosted by my
   website provider –
    the dashboard I now have finally managed to get access to
   appears to have shrunk to a useless miniature thing that I can only use to access
   my profile or the blog page – no more list of plug ins, edit post, add new or
   much else of use. I am an amateur at this and time has moved on since I thought
   I could manage such things – but being lost with no ability to write posts is
   frustrating to put it mildly.
 * the above instruction about getting into a current theme’s folder is a problem
   as I go into file manager form my Cpanel and find the themes folder – it downloads
   what is a PHP file and of course I have no idea what to do with that..
    My problem
   is a little like the above persons – trying to be a car driver without ever learning
   how to re-engineer the engine – and not knowing the language that well either.
 * But if there is something simple I can do to regain access to the writing and
   editing of my blog that doesn’t get me lost in php editing, I might be able to
   manage it…
 * (Brain is old and slow now)

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