Comments on: Troubleshooting: Can’t Login After WordPress Upgrade

By: Mark63

Mark63 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:04:11 +0000

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By: Dennis lee

Dennis lee — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:27:35 +0000

Hey
I got a killer one that will blow you all mind to fix this easy as ABC.

1. on your ftp place a directory (/plugin) just place a (/pluginX)
then try to get the (login.php)

request a new password to be send to email.
then copy email New password then type it in

at (login.php) page
bingo you are in your admin..

then just click a link there.

finally go back to your ftp. and remove (x) from (plugin) directory

You will be good to Go, No deleting or go to MSQL or any thing..

not dangerous friend easy isn’t it?

take care

By: neil

neil — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:39:14 +0000

Thanks for this post.. I had the same problem after applying the automatic upgrade to 2.8.4….it may have been interrupted or..IDK…but I had to follow your instructions in removing the plugins under the /wp-content/plugins/ directory…and reinstalling them…that’s the only way I got it to work..

Thanks again….You save me from having to reinstall..

By: Vavai

Vavai — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:14:40 +0000

I always add : index.php to the admin lin (wp-admin/index.php) if found similar problem. Usually it’s solved the problem :-)

By: Thomas Arie

Thomas Arie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:15:30 +0000

I did that too. I event copy the user table from my current database. Just to make sure that everything is correct. I tried this because modifying user password directly using PhpMyAdmin was unsuccessful.

Well, “removing plugins” here does not mean deleting from server. I just move them to different folder. What made the process so easy because that site only has less than 6 plugins installed. :)

By: gagahput3ra

gagahput3ra — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:06:12 +0000

A very helpful tip. There’s also another way of fixing this kind of problem, which is to edit the database manually and change the password. I prefer this way, because i always forgot the list of already installed plugins. :mrgreen: