Can’t log in after 2.8 upgrade

My Admin Module won’t work either. I get password errors. I’ve reset my password several times, but still no luck. Obviously the module that processes the passwords is stuffed.

I’ll try some of the solutions above and see what happens.

i can’t login either. i get the “no input file specified” message. my provider won’t help. i’ve even upgraded to WP 2.8.1 and still it doesn’t work. i’m going mad with this!

I just installed 2.8 and it wont let me login either, it gives me the forgot your password? I press this and then it sends me a new password which I come back and use and it just brings me back to the same screen which says please login again. Please advice, what should I do?

@theorist: All three don’t need to be set at the same time, but if one doesn’t work for you, the next should be tried, and then the next.

@others: The first thing to try when you experience login problems or errors is to rename your plugins folder. It doesn’t matter what you rename it to, just pick something other than plugins like pluginsbackup or something.

If you have access to phpmyadmin through your host(which you should) then check the tables and repair them in case there is any corruption in them causing login problems. https://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php/kb/article/000496

If you still cannot login, update your password through the database, again using phpmyadmin. https://tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/

If you are getting memory errors and none of the three memory changing methods work, contact your host to see what their value is set as and see if they can increase it for you.

Okay, Ive just tried the password reset and the database repair and I am still having the same issue. However I can get a vanilla 2.8 running on the same setup. If change the data base settings of the vanilla working application to the old upgraded datase then the vanilla application shows the same defect.
It looks like a defect must have ocured during the upgrade.

I Fixed it !

so I was reading through this thread and I noticed that there were some 2.8 upgrades that hang, due to code that is out of place in the theme.
so I renamed the folder of the active theme.
This got me into the admin screen.
The admin screen told me that the upgrade was successful (yeah right) and that it now needed to upgrade the database, which all went fine.

Thank you all for your help, getting this sorted.

Hi all, been reading this thread with interest.
Not sure if my issue is related as most of the folk here are talking about 2.8.1
I recently updated to 2.7 and now get a white screen when I try to login to manage the site. The browser just sits there trying to load the page – but nothing ever happens.
I did manage to login several times after the initial upgrade, so it’s not like it never worked.
I can still post new entries to the blog using other software of course, but I just can’t get in to manage the site.
I tried renaming the plugin folder but that hasn’t worked. Are the solutions in this thread appropriate to my issue or should I be working from another set of potential fixes for this issue?

Thanks
LW

An update to my issue …

It turns out that if I leave the login page running for long enough I do eventually get logged in – its just taking an exceedingly long time – probably over an hour.

Once I login every action I take also takes an inordinate amount of time to complete – i.e. to edit a post.

Reluctant to upgrade to 2.8 while this is still a problem in case that makes things worse.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
LW

Try increasing your memory_limit, changing your theme to the default theme, renaming your plugins folder, make sure you’re running php5 and mysql5 as older versions of these can make WordPress run slow. (Do all of this at the same time, it won’t do to rename your plugins folder, and then rename it back, then change your theme, etc., your theme should be default and your plugins should be renamed at the same time, etc.)

Ways to increase your memory limit:
1. Increase the memory limit setting in php.ini (e.g. memory_limit = 64M ;). Many hosts may not allow this.
2. Increase the memory limit via .htaccess (e.g. php_value memory_limit 64M). Many hosts may not allow this.
3. Increase the memory limit via wp-config.php (e.g. define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64MB’);)

If all of the above fails, contact your host.

HELP! I upgraded to 2.8 today with the automatic upgrade plug-in. I’ve never had a problem before, but now I can’t log in to my admin site. I have tried all of the suggestions here, changed my password, changed the plugin folder name, I even used php myadmin to make sure the password was set correctly. Right now, when I type in a wrong password, it will tell me it is wrong, but when I type in the correct PW it basically just reloads the page. HELP!

https://www.thefrazzledmama.com

Not knowing what else to do, I manually upgraded tonight, no dice. Anyone have any thoughts????

Finally worked out what my problem was – the FTP client (Filezilla) was messing up the transfer of class-phpass.php to my hosting provider even though it was set to auto-detect the method of uploading.

I uploaded class-phpass.php using a different FTP client and it’s all working now. A similar thing might work with these other problems above – worth a try I guess!

I was able to login when I performed these steps:
1. Attempted to login
2. Changed the name of the themes folder to themes-rename
3. Attempted to login again (got a white screen)
4. Changed the name of the themes folder back to themes (the original name)
5. Logged in successfully

Tried with all the sources above but still no luck, renamed themes and plugins folder, increasing memory limit though it does’nt work, any solution to solve this issue? if anyone can help on this I can give the blog login details to sort this out.

Hello All

Upgrading from 2.5 to 2.8.1. Followed the ‘three step instructions’, disabled plugins, deleted everything except the wp-content folder, copied the new ‘index’ files over. Used a new style wp-config and so on. Went to wp-admin/upgrade.php and it found database, did the database upgrade. Site displayed ok, apart from the compact archives not working (because I deactivated the plugin). Went to log in, got the log-in form but red message, used the reset function, got sent an e-mail, followed the link, got another e-mail with a new random password, typed that in and got the invalid warning again.

I’ve tried renaming folders, and the MySqlAdmin method for changing the password, no deal.

I’m restoring the 2.5 version now and will then reproduce the steps tomorrow being very careful.

Is this a bug or a feature?