Getting 404 error message for wp-login.php on localhost

  • Resolved panflat2694

    (@panflat2694)


    7 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi there,

    I’ve set up a localhost clone of my blog soundsandcolors.de using Xampp 8.2.12 and Duplicator.

    But now I can’t access my WP backend getting a 404 error message:

    No Results Found. The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

    Pages and posts are working fine, no 404 error messages.

    https://localhost/soundsandcolors/wp-login.php

    How can I fix this?

    Thank you for your help.

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  • Does the file wp-login.php exist at the root of your local WordPress installation?

    If not, I’ll recommend you re-install WordPress — because who knows what other file(s) are missing that may introduce additional errors.

    • This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by George Appiah.
    Thread Starter panflat2694

    (@panflat2694)

    Hello George,

    thank you for you reply.

    Yes, the wp-login.php is in the root.

    Thread Starter panflat2694

    (@panflat2694)

    Just tried it again. Now the wp-login page shows up, but after entering my login credentials I once again get this error message:

    No Results Found

    The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

    • This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by panflat2694.
    Thread Starter panflat2694

    (@panflat2694)

    In the meantime I’ve made another migration.

    This time I used Updraft Plus Lite. It went faster and much smoother than with Duplicator Pro.

    With Duplicator the images on my home page were not rendered. Updraft did it.

    However, still I can’t load the WP Admin page. The page exists (I checked it). All other pages and posts are working fine.

    All possible fixes I’ve found so far on the web are not working for me. I will not give up to find the culprit ??

    Still hoping somebody here in the forum can give me the crucial tip.

    • This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by panflat2694.
    Thread Starter panflat2694

    (@panflat2694)

    The reason for this issue could be Updraft itself (I’m using the most current version).

    When running Restore UpdraftPlus Restoration is giving a warning that is not correct:

    “The site in this backup was running on a webserver with version 7.4 of PHP. This is older than the server which you are now restoring onto (version 8.2.12).”

    Both – my remote host (SiteGround) and my localhost are running on PHP 8.2.12.

    • This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by panflat2694.
    • This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by panflat2694.
    Thread Starter panflat2694

    (@panflat2694)

    I’ve fixed it. In phpmyadmin I deleted the password value in the ‘user_pass’ field and replaced it basically with the same password.

    BUT under the ‘Function’ column, I selected ‘MD5’ from the drop-down menu and then it worked.

    I’m not a developper, but maybe it was just that the MD5 setting was not correct, IDK.

    Now, I can enjoy my blog again from the outside AND inside.

    Thank you for your assistance on this matter.

    CORRECTION:

    It was the SiteGround security plugin causing the issue. I forgot that I deactivated the security plugins while trying to fix the problem. After reactivating SGS the issue reappeared.

    • This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by panflat2694.
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