Cant Login through admin console

  • I think I nuked my site, or did something wrong. I’m a novice to WP and just set up a site a few weeks ago to host a WP blog. I installed WP org onto a dreamhosters server site using the one click install and have been logging in through a link “https://cornbeansbetas.dreamhosters.com/wp-login.php”. (I plan on migrating the site to my own domain, but set it up this way to test out the platform.)

    I did something stupid and changed a bunch of the URLs in the settings thinking it would migrate me to the dot com site (big oops). And since doing that I can no longer login to the admin console. Ive even tried to reset my password using the link, but I dont get any password reset emails. When I attempt to change the URL, removing dreamhosters, it redirects me to the original console log in URL.

    What can I do to log back into the site?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Change them back properly.

    If you know how to access phpMyAdmin on your host, then check the wp_options Table (Note: The table prefix of wp_ may be different if you changed it when installing), and make sure siteurl field and home field are correct. See https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Since you’re on DreamHost, you can also use wp-cli (wp search-replace oldurl newurl) and that should fix everything.

    Your home and site URLs are correct though, so go to https://cornbeansbetas.com/wp-admin

    You’ll get a privacy error, because you need to add an SSL cert to the domain. You can do that via Panel and get a free Lets’ Encrypt certificate ??

    Thread Starter austriker27

    (@austriker27)

    Thanks but thats beyond my level of expertise. I just looked over phpmyadmin and its out in the murky waters that im not adjusted to yet.

    Thread Starter austriker27

    (@austriker27)

    @ipstenu

    this is a great solution that I might be able to handle! Thanks for the help! I will bust out terminal and get cracking on it.

    Side note – I did add free Lets Encrypt certs to the pages for secure hosting weeks ago- not sure why browsers still pop up with the pivacy error- it should have SSLs!

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