Site Crash, can’t access Dashboard :(

It appears you’ve set your site as SSL but your server is not configured to accept https connections.

So what else did you do besides install plugins?

I didn’t do anything besides the plugins.

I used super minify https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-super-minify/

and

score booster: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-performance-score-booster/

and download monitor with the terms and conditions add-on:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/download-monitor/

I think maybe the minify or speed booster messed up the site.

I have an updraft backup, so I was considering wiping the site and trying to reinstall wordpress, then installing the updraft plugin and trying to restore a working backup. But I don’t know if this will get me back to my Dashboard. I can’t get to that at all.

Try replacing your .htaccess file with the default, basic one:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/htaccess

it a subdomain, so I replaced it with this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

So far, it hasn’t helped.

Because the other .htaccess didn’t work, I also tried the “subfolder” example of .htaccess because this site is in a subfolder of the parent site.

So this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

Still, no dice.

Okay, So I made a local backup of my website and did a fresh reinstall of wordpress using the Blue Host control panel. I still can’t access wp-admin to login. It just says that it isn’t there.

I suppose it’s actually wp-login.php that I can’t access. It’s redirecting from wp-admin

IF all else fails, that backup might be A Good Thing.

Well, I’m not really sure what to do at this point. I tried to install fresh WP by manually uploading it over FTP, and through Blue Host. When I did it manually, I couldn’t login to cpanel because it asks for a login that I’ve never seen before. I use the cpanel inside of bluehost and I’ve never used this one.
When I installed with Blue Host’s tools, it auto-populated the wp-config.php file with some database stuff and put a default admin login in there for me, but if I try to go to the wp-login.php, it won’t enter the dashboard, it just looks like I’m browsing the file system of the website.

When I try to login it says “This site can’t be reached

realspace3daudio.com refused to connect.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

I think you’ve totally farkled things and should contact BH tech support.

Aha. I actually got to the dashboard. I managed to get it to load. Unfortunately, there isn’t the WP tool on the left side of the screen like there used to be. Not sure how to get that back?

FYI I was able to get the site back up.

farkled indeed.