Admin password no longer works

  • Resolved posfan12

    (@posfan12)


    8 years, 7 months ago

    The last time I logged into my WP was in March 2016. I tried today and it would not accept my password.

    I followed the “Through phpMyAdmin” section of the “Resetting Your Password” Codex article with no luck. I was wondering what I should try next.

    I think version 4.4.4 is installed.

    Thanks!

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    I followed the “Through phpMyAdmin” section of the “Resetting Your Password” Codex article with no luck.

    can you quote exact error?

    Thread Starter posfan12

    (@posfan12)

    No error. The login pop-up just keeps opening whatever login I input.

    I’m assuming you did already try the ‘Lost your password?’ link on the /wp-admin page?

    Thread Starter posfan12

    (@posfan12)

    I can’t get into the wp-admin page. This is all I see:

    [img]https://imgur.com/Ug21YIS[/img]

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    That’s not WordPress, that’s .htaccess or .htpasswd authentication, it’s sever-level and entirely separate from how you log in to WordPress.

    Some details on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication

    Look in your hosting account’s control panel for somewhere you may have enabled that, or contact your hosting provider’s support for further assistance.

    Thread Starter posfan12

    (@posfan12)

    It turns out it’s a browser issue:

    Unfortunately there was a recent update with google chrome that created a bug with the captcha form.

    If you access your admin link from any other browser you will see the form as intended.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Ah, very interesting, thanks for letting us know what it was!

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