installed change db prefix plugin, can't login to wp admin

  • HELP! I did as suggested in Hardening WordPress and changed my database prefix to something other than wp_. I used the recommended official wp plugin “change db prefix”, as I don’t know enough yet to mess around with my databases manually. BUT once I activated the plugin, I got logged out of my wp-admin and cannot get back in again. And of course the catch-22 is, that I can’t change the database back using the plugin unless I’m logged in to wp admin!!
    What do I do please?

    Is it possible that having Bulletproof Security activated somehow requires or calls to the databases by their old name?

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/db-prefix-change/

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  • Diana, after you use this plugin to change the database prefix, you have to manually edit your wp-config.php file to change the database prefix there as well.

    Can you try that and let us know if it solves your problem?

    Good luck,

    Fred Chapman

    Thread Starter dianabyron

    (@diannetrussell)

    Hi Fred, thanks for replying. Before I got your answer, I did check that, and found that even though the “change db prefix” plugin documentation says it changes the wp-config.php, it had not. So I changed it manually and it works OK now. But I kept a copy of that changed wp-config.php in case I have to use it again….

    Diana, I’m glad you were able to resolve the problem. A number of people, including myself, have asked the plugin developer to update the plugin so that it edits wp-config.php automatically. Aside from that, the plugin works really well. It does the hard part, which is updating the WordPress database correctly! -Fred

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