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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...

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  • take backup & Delete .htaccess File – ravi patel Feb 27 '18 at 8:48
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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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    Thanks. 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
  • In 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
  • This did not help. – haxpanel Mar 19 at 13:33
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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.

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Don't worry, you'll be back in quick if you follow these steps one at a time, until one succeeds!

  1. Clear you cookies - Clear your local browser cookies (follow instructions for whatever browser you are using.
  2. Deactivate All Plugins - Rename /wp-content/plugins/ directory to plugins_OLD
  3. Revert Back to the Default Theme - Go to /wp-content/themes/ directory and rename your current theme directory to anything (like theme_OLD).
  4. "Delete" .htaccess File - Again using FTP software, rename this to .htaccess_OLD
  5. 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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    I 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
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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.

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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

http://localhost/wp/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Fwp%2Fwpcurrent%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1.

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.

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