Cannot log into WordPress dashboard

Try:
– switching to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

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)

@offpat: It is impolite to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own. It causes significant problems for the forum’s volunteers and prevents us from being able to track issues by topic. Please post your own topic.

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..

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