wp-admin suddenly not working

  • Hi folks! So I’ve done lots of searching on the subject of wp-admin not working specifically with that redirect_to=https://website.com%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1 trouble lots of people were getting in various ways.

    In our case https://www.BradsCustomAuto.com is using a very simple site that was running fine the last time it was checked (no new development in months) and suddenly going to /wp-admin/ will introduce this reauth nonsense, where the site tells me I’m looking for a page that doesn’t exist. However, going directly to wp-login.php gets me to the login page where I can submit my creds only to be redirected right to the URL I posted above.

    I find that the path before me is paved with alot of different techniques, all of which I believe I have tried, thus bringing me to logging my issue on it’s own.

    I’ve tried disabling all plugins, not that there were very many to disable anyways, some gallery stuff and a custom theme. No dice.

    I tried modifying the .htaccess files, wp-config.php statements to define the siteurl and homeurl, I tried making sure site/home urls in the db were accurate using phpMyAdmin. No Go..

    I tried CHMOD all files in /wp-admin and /wp-includes to 755.

    Now I just tried to overwrite my installation with the latest WP 3.1.3 so we’re at the latest files and database. The upgrade seems to have completed fine, yet I still cannot get to the Dashboard.

    The most perplexing thing is that I am the only admin/developer and know that nothing has changed since the last time. I’ve even tried this in 4 different browsers, dumping local cache.

    Is there some other approach I can take to this then? None of the above has worked and I can’t login to my Dashboard ?? I haz a sad. Going to shoot some zombies, eat a gallon of ice cream and come back to see if someone can pick my efforts up off the floor ??

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  • No I mean changing your host settings to show the error messages that PHP throws — im not sure if wp_debug does the same or not.

    https://bradscustomauto.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.com%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1 – the link you posted, takes me to the dashboard.

    But it should not say, mysite.com Somewhere there must be a generic bit of code that was left mysite instead of being changed to bradscustomauto.

    The problem is coming from the code generated by wp when you let people register. On your site it says, <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="https://mysite.com/wp-admin/" />

    You can test this by unclicking the allow people to register and then try signing in. I am pretty sure you will be allowed to. Then change it back and test again. Probably can correct this is the database also.

    Thread Starter Stigmartyr

    (@stigmartyr)

    Thank you kmessinger – the only reason it says ‘mysite’ is cause I put that in the thread to be generic (pardon that). Turning off registration did not seem to make any difference though. I’ll leave it off anyways for now.

    But just to satisfy the curiosity I search and found 0 matches for ‘mysite’ in the db.

    Even stranger, using IE after deleting cookies/cache: if I go to https://bradscustomauto.com/wp-admin/ I get a 404. Any success I’ve had has been in Opera.

    The work around I was using earlier doesn’t work with IE.

    You may have put in in the thread but, the link with mysite (still)takes me to the login page and allows me to login and get to the dashboard. It was also in the generated source code.

    Thread Starter Stigmartyr

    (@stigmartyr)

    That’s peculiar then – why would it do that after I updated WP and it upgraded the db? I’ll go digging around more and see what I find.

    Stigmartyr.

    I’m having almost the exact same problem with my brand new WP 3.2.1 on IIS5, Windows Server 2000. Don’t laugh.

    I never get a 404 error, but I just continually get redirected to the following URL: https://mydomain.com/WordPress/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fmydomian.com%2FWordPress%2Fwp-admin%2Findex.php&reauth=1

    I’ve tried everything I can find on this site, including everything you’ve listed (that’s relevant to IIS), and really more. Still can’t access the admin panel. You are saying that you can now access only using opera? I’ve tried Safari (Mac) Firefox (Mac) and IE8 (windows). I’d give anything to see my admin panel, just once! Do you think I should install opera just in case?

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