{"id":35897,"date":"2020-10-16T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=35897"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:25:17","slug":"cant-access-wp-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/cant-access-wp-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t Access WP-Admin? 15 Solutions That Always Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Being locked out of your WordPress dashboard can be incredibly frustrating &ndash; you definitely don&rsquo;t need me to tell you that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, while you might not be feeling great right now, there&rsquo;s good news. In most cases, it&rsquo;s just a temporary issue and, once you diagnose the underlying problem, you&rsquo;ll be back into your WordPress dashboard in no time, with no loss to your site&rsquo;s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In this post, I&rsquo;m going to help you figure out why you can&rsquo;t access wp-admin and how to fix the problem. To do this, I&rsquo;ll list a bunch of potential issues along with solutions to each problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These solutions are based on my own personal experience, as well as reading tons of WordPress.org Support Forum and Reddit threads to what what kinds of issues people are experiencing. &#128161;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If you already have at least an idea of what&rsquo;s going wrong, you can click the list below to jump straight to the solution to that problem. On the other hand, if you have no idea what&rsquo;s happening, you can use this list as a sort of troubleshooting guide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet-clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet_wrapper\">\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_text\">\n\t\t    \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Can%27t+access+your+%23WordPress+dashboard%3F+15+solutions+that+always+work+%F0%9F%94%90&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/cant-access-wp-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can't access your #WordPress dashboard? 15 solutions that always work &#128272;<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_sharebtn\">\n\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Can%27t+access+your+%23WordPress+dashboard%3F+15+solutions+that+always+work+%F0%9F%94%90&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/cant-access-wp-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"common-reasons-why-you-cant-access-wp-admin\">Common reasons why you can&rsquo;t access wp-admin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Go through the problems\/solutions that apply to you one-by-one and you should eventually find the problem and get things working again:<\/p>\n\n\n    \r\n    <style>\r\n        :root {\r\n        --jtoc-progress-bar-color: #4267cf;\n        }\r\n                    .wpj-jtoc.--jtoc-theme-none.--jtoc-has-custom-styles {\r\n        --jtoc-width: 100%;\n--jtoc-toc-padding: 24px;\n--jtoc-toc-border: 1px solid;\n--jtoc-toc-border-color: 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                                       <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--body\">\r\n                        <nav class=\"wpj-jtoc--nav\">\r\n                <ol class=\"wpj-jtoc--items\"><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#password\" title=\"1. Your login credentials are incorrect\" data-numeration=\"1\" >1. Your login credentials are incorrect<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#security\" title=\"2. Your security plugin is blocking you\" data-numeration=\"2\" >2. Your security plugin is blocking you<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#loginurl\" title=\"3. You (or a plugin) changed your login URL\" data-numeration=\"3\" >3. You (or a plugin) changed your login URL<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#memory\" title=\"4. Your WordPress memory limit is too low\" data-numeration=\"4\" >4. Your WordPress memory limit is too low<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#error\" title=\"5. You\u2019re seeing the critical error, white screen of death, or 500 Internal Server Error\" data-numeration=\"5\" >5. You\u2019re seeing the critical error, white screen of death, or 500 Internal Server Error<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#6-your-sites-database-has-broken-or-just-the-database-connection\" title=\"6. Your site\u2019s database has broken (or just the database connection)\" data-numeration=\"6\" >6. Your site\u2019s database has broken (or just the database connection)<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#htaccess\" title=\"7. There\u2019s something wrong with your .htaccess file\" data-numeration=\"7\" >7. There\u2019s something wrong with your .htaccess file<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#siteurl\" title=\"8. Your site URL is wrong\" data-numeration=\"8\" >8. Your site URL is wrong<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#filepermissions\" title=\"9. There\u2019s something wrong with your file permissions\" data-numeration=\"9\" >9. There\u2019s something wrong with your file permissions<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#core\" title=\"10. There\u2019s something wrong with your core WordPress files\" data-numeration=\"10\" >10. There\u2019s something wrong with your core WordPress files<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#cookies\" title=\"11. Your web browser has cookies disabled\" data-numeration=\"11\" >11. Your web browser has cookies disabled<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#firewall\" title=\"12. Your IP address was blocked by your host\u2019s firewall\" data-numeration=\"12\" >12. Your IP address was blocked by your host\u2019s firewall<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#antivirus\" title=\"13. Your computer\u2019s antivirus software is causing issues\" data-numeration=\"13\" >13. Your computer\u2019s antivirus software is causing issues<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#role\" title=\"14. Your account has the wrong user role\" data-numeration=\"14\" >14. Your account has the wrong user role<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#cloudflare\" title=\"15. Your Cloudflare-connected site has SSL issues\" data-numeration=\"15\" >15. Your Cloudflare-connected site has SSL issues<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><\/ol>            <\/nav>\r\n                                                        <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p>&#128073; Let&rsquo;s get started so that you can get back into your dash. But first:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"the-thing-to-do-before-you-start-digging\">The thing to do before you start digging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you do anything else, you should <strong>clear your browser cache and cookies to make sure the problem is real<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you assume that there&rsquo;s some big reason for why you can&rsquo;t access wp-admin, you should rule out some simple issue with your web browser cache and cookies. Strange things can happen and sometimes clearing your browser cache fixes everything (<em>which means there was never any problem with your WordPress site itself<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#129529; To clear your browser cache in Chrome:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the &ldquo;three dot&rdquo; icon in the top-right corner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go into <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Privacy and security<\/strong> section, click on <strong>Delete browsing data<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=1723114186  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2076\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png\" alt=\"clear browsing data chrome\" class=\"wp-image-111446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:693\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 2076w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:108\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:370\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:277\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1536\/h:555\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 1536w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:107\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:141\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:98\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:693\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-browsing-data-chrome.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>Make sure that both cookies and browser cache are selected, and also pick the time range for which you want to clear the data:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=1937125740  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png\" alt=\"clear data\" class=\"wp-image-111447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1170\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 1170w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:244\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:831\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:624\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:41\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:489\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 489w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:739\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 739w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:182\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 182w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:240\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 240w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:166\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 166w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1170\/h:950\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/clear-data.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n<li>Click <strong>Delete data<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-cache\/\">instructions to clear the browser cache for other web browsers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that didn&rsquo;t fix the problem, let&rsquo;s get into the actual issues&hellip; &#128071;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"password\">1. Your login credentials are incorrect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the simplest reasons that you might be locked out of WordPress is that your login credentials are incorrect. While this seems basic, it&rsquo;s happened to all of us at some point or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might&rsquo;ve forgotten your password, another user at your site might&rsquo;ve changed it for some reason (if you have multiple admins), or, in very rare situations, a malicious actor might&rsquo;ve gotten a hold of your account and changed the password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So &ndash; let&rsquo;s get you a new password. &#128274;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"try-this-first-use-the-wordpress-password-reset-feature\">Try this first: Use the WordPress password reset feature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your admin credentials are incorrect, your first step should be to use WordPress&rsquo; built-in password recovery feature. You should see a &ldquo;Lost your password?&rdquo; option on the WordPress login page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=57710092  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1216\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png\" alt=\"locked out of wordpress admin 1\" class=\"wp-image-111450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1216\/h:878\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 1216w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:217\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:739\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:555\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:36\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:332\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 332w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:550\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 550w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:831\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 831w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:205\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 205w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:187\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 187w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1216\/h:878\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/locked-out-of-wordpress-admin-1.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If this feature works, you should receive an email that lets you reset your password and log in. If the password reset feature doesn&rsquo;t work, no worries! You can also manually reset your password from your hosting account, it&rsquo;ll just require a few extra steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"if-that-fails-manually-reset-your-password-by-editing-your-database\">If that fails: Manually reset your password by editing your database<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the password reset email isn&rsquo;t working, you can manually change your password or create a new WordPress admin user by editing your site&rsquo;s database with a tool called phpMyAdmin (which virtually all WordPress hosts offer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few steps here, &#128104;&zwj;&#127891; so we wrote entire guides on how to do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/reset-your-wordpress-password-manually\/\">How to manually change your WordPress password via phpMyAdmin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/new-wordpress-admin-user\/\">How to add a new WordPress admin user via phpMyAdmin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"security\">2. Your security plugin is blocking you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re using <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-security-plugins\/\">a WordPress security plugin<\/a>, you might be unintentionally blocking yourself. For example, many WordPress security plugins include <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-limit-login-attempts\/\">a feature to limit login attempts<\/a> by temporarily banning you if you enter an incorrect username\/password too many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#128073; Here, you have two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can wait &ndash; usually you&rsquo;ll only be blocked for a period of time before you can try again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can manually deactivate the security plugin so that you can log in right away.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>So how can you deactivate your security plugin if you can&rsquo;t access the WordPress dashboard? You can <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/what-is-ftp-wordpress\/\">use FTP<\/a> (or cPanel File Manager, if your host has that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started, connect to your site&rsquo;s server. Then, navigate to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins<\/code> and find the folder for your security plugin. For example, here, you can see the <code>limit-login-attempts-reloaded<\/code> plugin. 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You (or a plugin) changed your login URL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One common WordPress security tip is to <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/change-wordpress-login-page-url\/\">change the URL of your login page<\/a>, which you can easily accomplish with a variety of plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s a great tip&hellip; &#127919; until you forget the new URL and can&rsquo;t access the admin yet again! To fix this and reset your original WordPress login URL, you can follow the same steps as manually deactivating a security plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect to your server via FTP or your host&rsquo;s file manager.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins<\/code> folder and find the folder of the plugin that&rsquo;s changing the login URL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rename it to append <code>-disabled<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Log in via <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/find-wordpress-login-url\/\">the default WordPress login URL<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rename the folder and reactivate the plugin. 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Your WordPress memory limit is too low<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your WordPress site runs out of PHP memory, that can causes issues with different parts of your site and prevent you from accessing the wp-admin area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This error can also come and go, which can make it tougher to diagnose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When your site&rsquo;s memory is maxed out, you might be unable to access the wp-admin. But during lower memory usage situations, you might not have any issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fix this, you can try asking your hosting support if they&rsquo;ll increase the PHP memory limit for you. Or, we have a guide that shows <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/increase-wordpress-memory-limit\/\">four ways to increase the WordPress memory limit<\/a> by yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"error\">5. You&rsquo;re seeing the critical error, white screen of death, or 500 Internal Server Error<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the troubleshooting steps have been assuming that your WordPress site is functioning properly, there&rsquo;s just something stopping you from accessing the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, another common reason why you can&rsquo;t access the dashboard is that your site is experiencing some type of error. &#128030; The three biggest ones are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>There has been a critical error on this website<\/strong> &ndash; this is a generic error that WordPress displays when it&rsquo;s experiencing a PHP error or something similar. As a result, WordPress will automatically place your site in recovery mode until you fix the error.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>White screen of death<\/strong> &ndash; as the name suggests, you just see a white screen with no content when you try to log in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Internal server error<\/strong> &ndash; you&rsquo;ll see a message that says something like &ldquo;500 Internal Server Error&rdquo; when you try to log in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you fix these errors, your site will start working and you can log in again. We have dedicated guides on how to fix all three:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-recovery-mode\/\">WordPress recovery mode tutorial (critical error)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/fix-white-screen-of-death-in-wordpress\/\">Fix WordPress white screen of death<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-internal-server-error-fix\/\">Fix WordPress 500 Internal Server Error<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"6-your-sites-database-has-broken-or-just-the-database-connection\">6. Your site&rsquo;s database has broken (or just the database connection)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any database-related errors mean that WordPress can&rsquo;t talk to its database or can&rsquo;t find the right data inside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something like &ldquo;Error establishing a database connection&rdquo; shows up when login details or server info in <code>wp-config.php<\/code> (WordPress&rsquo; main configuration file) are wrong, or MySQL isn&rsquo;t running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corrupted or missing tables often happen after a failed plugin install, bad import, or even a hack. When this happens, parts of the site go missing and the dashboard stops working. And this is where we are&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how to fix that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start by opening <code>wp-config.php<\/code> in the site&rsquo;s main folder. Use a simple text or code editor like Notepad or SublimeText.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for these four lines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>define( 'DB_NAME',     'your_database_name' );\ndefine( 'DB_USER',     'your_db_username' );\ndefine( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'your_db_password' );\ndefine( 'DB_HOST',     'localhost' ); \/\/sometimes can be an IP or custom hostname<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The database name, user, password, and host must match the host&rsquo;s settings. Sometimes the host uses more than &ldquo;localhost&rdquo; for DB_HOST. Check with your host&rsquo;s docs and make sure you&rsquo;re referencing the correct connection details there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Test the connection from the command line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mysql -h DB_HOST -u DB_USER -pDB_PASSWORD DB_NAME<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If this fails, check if MySQL is running or if any login details are wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further troubleshooting, you&rsquo;ll need to connect to the host&rsquo;s terminal using SSH. Then, you can check MySQL status:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl status mysql<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Restart it if it isn&rsquo;t active:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl restart mysql<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>For broken or missing tables, you can fix those in a couple of ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option (a): Fix through the wp-admin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can enable WordPress repair mode. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1702\/h:876\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WordPress-repair.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option (b): Fix from phpMyAdmin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using phpMyAdmin, select your database, tick all tables, then choose <strong>Check table<\/strong> and <strong>Repair table<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option (c): Use WP-CLI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most hosts give CLI access nowadays. All you need to do is run:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>wp db check\nwp db repair<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Working through the above should help you resolve any database-related lockouts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"htaccess\">7. There&rsquo;s something wrong with your .htaccess file<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/htaccess-file-in-wordpress\/\">Your site&rsquo;s <em>.htaccess<\/em> file<\/a> controls important functions, like redirects and how your permalinks are structured. If something goes wrong with this file, it can prevent you from accessing your WordPress dashboard. You might see something like <code>ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS<\/code> when you try to access your dashboard in Chrome. Or, it might present as another problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution here is to delete your existing <code>.htaccess<\/code> file and force WordPress to generate a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#128073; To do that, connect to your server via FTP or cPanel File Manager:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the existing <code>.htaccess<\/code> file to your local computer so that you have a backup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you&rsquo;ve backed up that existing <code>.htaccess<\/code> file, delete the <code>.htaccess<\/code> file on your server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can log in after deleting the file, go to <strong>Settings &rarr; Permalinks<\/strong> and click <strong>Save<\/strong>. This forces WordPress to generate a new <code>.htaccess<\/code> file. <em>You don&rsquo;t need to change any settings &ndash; just click the Save button<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you still can&rsquo;t log in, that means the problem probably wasn&rsquo;t with your <code>.htaccess<\/code> file. You can reupload the backup version and try some of the other methods on this list.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"siteurl\">8. Your site URL is wrong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your site URL configures what WordPress &ldquo;thinks&rdquo; is your proper URL. If your site URL is wrong, you won&rsquo;t be able to log in because WordPress will try to redirect you to the wrong URL when you try to access the WordPress login page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if your site is <code>https:\/\/yoursite.com<\/code>, WordPress might try to redirect you to <code>https:\/\/NOTyoursite.com\/wp-login.php<\/code> if your site URL is wrong, which will lock you out of WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fix this, connect to your server via FTP or cPanel File Manager. Then, edit the <code>wp-config.php<\/code> file and add the following lines above the <code>\/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. *\/<\/code> line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>define('WP_HOME','https:\/\/yoursite.com');\ndefine('WP_SITEURL','https:\/\/yoursite.com');<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to replace <code>https:\/\/yoursite.com<\/code> with the actual URL to your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=835335975  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/set-site-url.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1233\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/set-site-url.png\" alt=\"set site url\" class=\"wp-image-111454\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:239\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/set-site-url.png 239w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1233\/h:696\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/set-site-url.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note &ndash; once you add this to your wp-config.php file, you&rsquo;ll no longer be able to change your site URL from the WordPress dashboard &ndash; remember this if you need to<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/change-wordpress-url\/\"><em>change domain names<\/em><\/a> <em>in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"filepermissions\">9. There&rsquo;s something wrong with your file permissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A less common problem has to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guru99.com\/file-permissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">file permissions<\/a> on your server. If you have the wrong file permissions for the <code>wp-login.php<\/code> file and <code>wp-admin<\/code> folder, that can make you unable to access the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, all WordPress files should be <code>664<\/code> (<em>except for the wp-config.php file<\/em>) and all folders should be <code>775<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#128073; To check and change file permissions, you can connect to your server via FTP. 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There&rsquo;s something wrong with your core WordPress files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, it&rsquo;s rare, but there might be something wrong with the core <code>wp-login.php<\/code> file, which is what controls the WordPress login process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make sure this isn&rsquo;t the case, &#128640; you follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the latest version of WordPress from <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Extract the ZIP folder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload the <code>wp-login.php<\/code> file to your server using FTP or your host&rsquo;s File Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When prompted, choose to overwrite the existing version of the file on your server<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"cookies\">11. Your web browser has cookies disabled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to keep you logged in to WordPress, your WordPress site relies on browser cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your browser has cookies disabled, this could be causing issues with that system and making it so that your WordPress site can&rsquo;t properly interact with your web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two main reasons why cookies might be disabled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You&rsquo;ve disabled cookies for your site in your browser&rsquo;s settings. <a href=\"https:\/\/allaboutcookies.org\/how-to-manage-cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&rsquo;s a guide<\/a> on how to enable cookies in all major web browsers so that you can check if this is the problem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&rsquo;re using a browser extension that disables\/limits cookies, such as Ghostery. You can try temporarily disabling the extension or using a different browser to see if that fixes the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"firewall\">12. Your IP address was blocked by your host&rsquo;s firewall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In some rare situations, you might be locked out of your dashboard because your host&rsquo;s security rules and\/or firewall have blocked your IP address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&rsquo;ve seen this happen several times where Mod_Security or some other security protection decided to block the person&rsquo;s IP for some reason. For example, if you forgot your password and tried logging in with incorrect credentials a few times, you might&rsquo;ve triggered a security rule that blocked your IP address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see if this is the issue, try logging in from a different IP address. Some ways to do this could be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Using a virtual private network (VPN).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using your smartphone&rsquo;s data connection instead of your home Wifi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trying from a different location, such as a coffee shop.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can log in from a different connection, you can try reaching out to your host&rsquo;s support to ask them if they can check if your IP address has been banned by the firewall.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"antivirus\">13. Your computer&rsquo;s antivirus software is causing issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is another very rare situation. However, I have seen some reports of people being unable to access their WordPress admin because of antivirus software on their computer, rather than an issue with their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the two support threads that I found (linked <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/unable-to-log-into-wp-admin-but-only-on-one-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/cannot-login-via-wp-admin-with-my-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>), the main issue seems to be with the BitDefender antivirus software. However, it&rsquo;s possible that other antivirus tools could cause similar issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you just installed or updated your antivirus software, it&rsquo;s worth checking if this rare issue is causing problems. One easy way to see if it&rsquo;s the case would be to try logging in with a different device that doesn&rsquo;t have the antivirus software installed (such as your smartphone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it works on the other device, try temporarily deactivating your antivirus software to see if it fixes the problem. If that does fix the problem, you can try to tweak your antivirus software&rsquo;s settings or switch to a different tool.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"role\">14. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:241\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/limited-dashboard-scaled-1.jpg 241w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:1074\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/limited-dashboard-scaled-1.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First, make sure you&rsquo;re logging in to <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-administrator\/\">your WordPress admin account<\/a>. If you created multiple accounts, you might be trying to log into the wrong account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re confident that you&rsquo;re logging into an account that should have admin privileges, we have a guide <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/new-wordpress-admin-user\/\">on how you can manually create a new admin user via MySQL<\/a>, which will let you completely bypass the WordPress dashboard and work from your hosting control panel instead.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"cloudflare\">15. Your Cloudflare-connected site has SSL issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another potential cause is issues with Cloudflare SSL. Usually, this issue affects your entire site, so it&rsquo;s not that common to see it affect <em>just<\/em> the WordPress admin area. However, I have seen a few users experience this problem in just the admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re using Cloudflare on your WordPress site, I recommend checking your Cloudflare SSL settings to see if there&rsquo;s a potential issue. If you haven&rsquo;t connected your site to Cloudflare, you can ignore this section, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&rsquo;s how to locate these settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your Cloudflare account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the dashboard area for the WordPress site where you&rsquo;re experiencing issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>SSL\/TLS &rarr; Overview<\/strong> in the sidebar on the left.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Configure<\/strong> next to <strong>SSL\/TLS encryption<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try using either <strong>Flexible<\/strong> or <strong>Full<\/strong>. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:164\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cloudflare-ssl-issue-scaled-1.jpg 164w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1308\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cloudflare-ssl-issue-scaled-1.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"still-cant-access-the-dashboard-last-resort-restore-from-a-backup\">Still can&rsquo;t access the dashboard? Last resort: restore from a backup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If all else fails, you can always try <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/restore-wordpress-from-backup\/\">restoring your site from a working backup<\/a>. While this is somewhat of a nuclear option, it might be able to fix small errors that are unique to your site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion &#129488;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Being locked out of WordPress is never fun. But with the troubleshooting steps in this article, you should hopefully have been able to figure out the issue and get back into your WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet-clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet_wrapper\">\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_text\">\n\t\t    \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Locked+out+of+wp-admin+in+%23WordPress%3F+15+common+problems+and+how+to+fix+them+%F0%9F%94%90&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/cant-access-wp-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Locked out of wp-admin in #WordPress? 15 common problems and how to fix them &#128272;<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_sharebtn\">\n\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Locked+out+of+wp-admin+in+%23WordPress%3F+15+common+problems+and+how+to+fix+them+%F0%9F%94%90&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/cant-access-wp-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, you might want to <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-troubleshooting-beginners-guide\/\">learn more about WordPress troubleshooting<\/a> so that you can be better prepared in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Are you still locked out of WordPress? 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