Cookie error – site not letting me log in

  • Resolved David Gard

    (@duck_boy)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    Hey all,

    One of my sites has stopped allowing me to log on, but all of the others are fine. When I enter the correct username and password the login screen is just displayed again. If I enter incorrect details I am shown two errors telling me that my password is incorrect (expected) and that ‘Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.’

    Cookies are 100% enabled, and I even set the privicy to accept all Cookies, but still no joy. All my other sites allow me to login just fine, so it appears to be something to do with the site rather than the browser.

    Does anybody have any trouble shooting tips at all?

    Thanks.

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  • Resetting Your Password ? WordPress Codex

    Thread Starter David Gard

    (@duck_boy)

    Thanks for the reply but unfortuneately it’s on the wrong track. The issue is not that the password is wrong, it is that wordpress will not accept the password. If I enter the correct on I am simply returned to the log in screen. I have reset the password in the Users table in the DB as per instructions I found on a site (and tested on another site, works fine), but still no joy.

    Thanks.

    Clear your cookies and history. Try a diferent browser. Delete the secret keys, if any, in wp-config.

    Thread Starter David Gard

    (@duck_boy)

    Sadly I’ve now tried all tried all that and still no joy – generated new secret keys in the process. It’s wierd because I have 3 other WP sites that work fine on my computer, but the one causing a problem is the only one running WPMU.

    Thanks.

    but the one causing a problem is the only one running WPMU.

    Oh. Well, that’s the key. You’re in the wrong place: WordPress MU ? WordPress MU Forums

    Thread Starter David Gard

    (@duck_boy)

    Found a solution. Add the below to your ‘config.php’ and leave it in there –

    define(‘ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH’, ‘/’);
    define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ”);
    define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ”);
    define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ”);

    Thanks duck__boy – thats exactly the problem I’d been having all morning – banging my head against a wall to figure it out.
    Thanks for posting :>

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