Unable to login on WP – Bad request

I was able to access the login page for your site at https://www.artisticmoods.com/wp-login.php just fine and received the expected error message when I entered fake login information. I believe you may have an issue with your Cookies or Cache. It’s also possible that you have a security plugin that is disabling access. Some security plugins will block your IP address if you enter the wrong password more than a certain number of times. Try using a Chrome Incognito window and see if you can login that way. If that doesn’t work, access your site and rename the plugins folder to something else (plugins-disabled or something like that) This will disable all of your plugins, then test to see if you can login. If you can login, then great and you know that one of the plugins was at fault. You will need to rename your plugins directory back to “plugins” to be able to re-enable your plugins in the WordPress administration screen.

Also try:

– To rule out any theme-specific issue, try switching to the unedited default theme for a moment using the WP dashboard. If you don’t have access to your admin area, you can switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using via FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host provides. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems (because the hooks remain unless plugins completely removed or some plugins stick around in cached files. So by renaming the folder, you break them and force them inactive). Read “How to deactivate all plugins when you can’t log in to wp-admin” if you need help.
– If the problem persits, contact your hosting provider. They may made some security related changes to the server.

Hi there,

Thanks for your quick response. I’ve tried logging in on incognito but unfortunately it doesn’t work. I had already deactivated the plugings but that didn’t work either. Is there any other security thing that might be blocking access? I’ve also tried logging in on my Ipad but same problem there..

Thanks again,
Sandra

I had already deactivated the plugings

– First, deactivating plugins one by one isdifferent than “resetting the plugin folder” as I suggested in my previous reply. Have you attempted to “resetting the plugin folder”?

– Second, have you attempted switching to the default theme as i suggested in my previous reply?

– Third, Have you attempted to contact your hosting provider as I suggetsed in my previous reply?

As Tara mentions, this is most likely a security issue with your hosting provider. If they’re hard to contact, try using a different network to access the site and see if that works. If it does, then your IP address is being blocked by them.

Thanks for your help & quick responses! I was responding to nullvariable as I hadn’t seen your message yet, Tara. But i’m going through the steps you suggested and see if I can contact the hosting provider otherwise. I’ll let you know how it goes!

I still can’t tell what caused the problem, but after trying several things and leaving it to rest for a while I just found out that it’s working again.

Thanks for your help! Have a great sunday!
Sandra

Glad you resolved it ??

Just got a message back from my hosting provider. Turns our they had blocked it!

That was my suspicion! ??