WordPress Login Hangs

  • I am having an issue with wordpress backend login page just hanging when I try to login. I get the Wordfence notification that I logged in but the login page just refreshes itself. I keep having to reset the database permissions in my host to be able to log in. Is it possible that wordfence is the issue? Am I able to disable it and check the issue or do I need to uninstall the plugin to test?

    Another issue is the cache. When I make changes on my site or update the plugins, the formatting and changes do not take effect and misalign the text on my site. Before I was deleting advanced-caching.php to solve the issue. Right now I am testing the cache through wp super cache and it seems to update the site.

    I did not have these issues until the elementor vulnerability was released last month.

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by romantroman.
    • This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by romantroman.
    • This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by romantroman.
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  • Hi!

    Both the issues you describe could be due to incorrectly configured caching. Here’s what I would recommend checking if you haven’t already:

    1. If you make changes to your site that are not updated when you load the front end, first use the caching plugin settings to delete/flush the cache, then load the page in incognito mode and use the “Empty Cache and Hard Reload” function. This will ensure you are actually seeing the current version of your site and not what your browser has cached. If you are not seeing what you expected, then you know it must be an issue on the site.
    2. Try disabling all WordPress based caching plugins (eg WP Super Cache) and any CDN caching (eg Cloudflare). Then load the site via a private browsing mode like incognito mode in Chrome to see if the site works normally.
    3. Make sure you are only running one WordPress caching plugin at a time.
    4. If you are also using a CDN such as Cloudflare, look at your cache plugin documentation, it will usually tell you what settings to use at your CDN to avoid issue similar to what you describe
    5. If you deleted the Advanced Cache plugin files without first deactivating the plugin through the WordPress dashboard, or turning off the cache, this could leave caching instructions in system files such as .htaccess that will cause conflicts with other caching plugins. If you suspect this is the case, reinstall advanced cache and uninstall it through the WordPress dashboard, this should clear up any residue. This applies to all caching plugins.
    6. Try posting in the Wordfence forum (https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/wordfence/) and check out their FAQ to see if anyone there has experienced similar. But it does sound like a caching issue.
    7. If after that you still have issues, post back and tell people what you have tried. If you post a link to the site it can also help, without that we are just guessing.

    Thread Starter romantroman

    (@romantroman)

    @pichichi i have deactivated and deleted wp super cache yet the issue persists. I have already cleared the cache and checked through incognito mode.

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