Can't access wp-admin despite disabling themes/plugins

  • Hello!
    I’ve gone through all of the troubleshooting pages I can, and need some help.
    I’m currently working on my site, ghostgirl.net.
    My site is technically up and almost working, but for some reason I can’t access the usual wordpress admin panel -(It redirects to the root (ghostgirl.net)) and shows the content without the theme applied. I’ve tried doing these things, and then loading both my site and the admin panel, and got these results:
    -cleared the cache – no change
    -renamed the plugin folder to plugin.hold, – no change
    -renamed the theme to try to force it back to the default theme – it becomes a blank white page with no information.
    -renamed the gallery folder – no change in main site, admin went to a login, which then just redirected back to the main site. Boo.

    I’m running wp 4.0, have the Fabthemes free theme Shuttershot installed, and have the plugins Akismet, Jetpack, Nextgen-Gallery, WordPress Install, and WP Super Cache installed.

    I’m sorta new to wordpress stuff, so any help you could give me would be great! ?? If any additional info is needed, I’d be happy to update.
    Thank you!
    GG

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  • Aah.. an oblivion/skyrim player.. ??

    I hope you had done a clean install over LAMP/LEMP server and things were working fine and wp-admin was accessible before.
    primarily, can you identify changes made after which it became inaccessible?

    for redirect issues, primary culprits can be your htaccess and wp-config files. did you make any changes there? also, did you change siteurl and homeurl via WP methods or through your domainhost dashboard (say change https://www.ghostgirl.net to ghostgirl.net)?

    if all thats fine then:
    clearing cache isnt enough. you need to clear cookies as well. but this doesnt seem to be the issue since i find the same scenario in my chrome browser. anyways cookies reset for redirects and false urls can also be done by inserting this into wp-config.php:

    define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');
define('COOKIEPATH', '');
define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '');

    but ofcourse clearing your browser data or using a different browser is easier method.

    to be on the sure side, rename your plugins folder and create a new empty dummy folder called ‘plugins’ as well. ensure permissions are proper. again, permissions can be set via wp-config.php file as well:

    define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', ( 0755 & ~ umask() ) );
define( 'FS_CHMOD_FILE', ( 0644 & ~ umask() ) );

    you could also do a sql query on your db to reset active plugins – UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'a:0:{}' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins';. but since this is fiddling with DB directly, i advise caution and backups.

    themes are always tricky. better move yours and all other themes folders completely out of the ‘wp-content/themes’ folder. just keep twentyfourteen in it which will be automatically picked by your WP installation.

    am not aware of any issues with galleries sorry. am assuming you meant ‘uploads’ folder.

    well i leave it here for now for you to test..

    PS:
    put CDN to development mode if you have.
    do take proper backups of DB and code and work with care.

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