Stuck in an infinite loop when trying to log in to my wordpress site. I type in the URL/wp-admin and then it loops me back to the regular website, not the admin login page.
I have tried with http and https to no luck...
I found a solution. In wp-config.php add:
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', false);
In my situation, I migrated to https from http, and use plugin Rename wp-login.php
My wp-config.php contained the lines:
define('WP_SITEURL','https://example.com');
define('WP_HOME','https://example.com');
Without the line define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', false);, a redirect loop occurs.
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4Thanks. This fixed the issue for me as well. I think using Cloudflare also plays a part in causing this redirect loop. – hermanschutte May 10 '18 at 4:49
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2In theory you never want admins to be logging in over an insecure connection, so turning off FORCE_SSL_ADMIN is usually a bad idea. – user45623 Aug 3 '18 at 1:01
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This was helpful to be able to stop the redirect in order to log into the WP-Admin and correct the site url there as needed. Thanks! – OG Sean Apr 11 '20 at 3:41
I've just solved an issue with this symptom. The 8 key and salt values must be present in the wp-config.php file or admin doesn't work.
I had these in the file, but because of how I dynamically generated wp-config.php the values were appended at the bottom of the file. Any constant definitions (define()) must be placed above the /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ line.
Wordpress gave no error or logs to indicate it was missing config items. This also stopped 'WP_DEBUG', true working. Once I moved all of these higher in the wp-config.php file everything started working.
Don't worry, you'll be back in quick if you follow these steps one at a time, until one succeeds!
- Clear you cookies - Clear your local browser cookies (follow instructions for whatever browser you are using.
- Deactivate All Plugins - Rename /wp-content/plugins/ directory to plugins_OLD
- Revert Back to the Default Theme - Go to /wp-content/themes/ directory and rename your current theme directory to anything (like theme_OLD).
- "Delete" .htaccess File - Again using FTP software, rename this to .htaccess_OLD
- Update Site URL - In wp-config.php add these lines (using your url of course):
define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');
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1I found the same instructions elsewhere on web, but skipped #5 because it seemed too simple. Step #5 solved my problem on localhost. – MTAdmin Aug 18 '18 at 14:22
I had the same issue after moving my site from a production host to localhost for dev testing. Steps that work for me in production didn't work locally. For instance, when using Chrome as my browser, entering
http://localhost/wp/wp-admin would redirect to
Entering my username/password would redirect back to the second link with a new username/password prompt.
Firefox resolution: add to wp-config.php:
define('WP_HOME','http://your_url.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://your_url.com');
Chrome resolution: Remove the redirect querystring from the login page: e.g. http://localhost/wp/wp-login.php .
Yes, I'm fairly new to Wordpress and I'm not 100% certain of the internal route for logins and redirects after authentication, so much trial and error was involved to find these two solutions. Hopefully they can help someone else.
I spend hours trying to resolve this, did everything. Eventually notice a log about group write permissions on the wp-login.php file. Looked and the server file permissions were 664 .. changed them to 644 and problem solved.
