My WordPress site has suddenly started asking for a password

  • My WordPress site has suddenly started asking for a password when I’m trying to access the dashboard.

    The page and format of password prompt seems strange as it doesn’t ask for a username – just a box at the top of a blank page saying Enter Password. Don’t know what password it’s asking for but when I enter something, including my WordPress passwords, it doesn’t give an error message or anything like that, just clears the box and stays like that.

    There doesn’t seem to be an obvious problem causing this and the site is not showing up on any malware or spam attacks. But as I cannot access the dashboard I cannot investigate the issue further.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    I see it on your main page, not just the login page.

    The sole content of the source is:

    <html>
    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>
    <style type="text/css">
    " body {padding:10px} input { padding: 2px; display:inline-block; margin-right: 5px; } "
    </style>
    <style type="text/css">
    </style>
    <style type="text/css">
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <form action method="post" accept-charset="utf-8">
    <input type="password" name="" value placeholder="passwd">
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
    </form>
    </body>
    <div style="all: initial;">
    </html>

    None of that is from WordPress.

    Carefully follow?this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of?the recommended security measures?and?start backing up your site.

    I am having this same issue. Trying to access the plugins tab and it does exactly the same as your site. did you manage to resolve this issue at all?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Please follow the steps in my reply above.

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