We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

WordPress Login Problem

Hope someone here can offer guidance.

I'm having several problems with login. I recently carried out a complete re-install of WordPress because my site had been hacked. After much sweat and swearing I'm up and running again except.

When I go to login I get the invalid password message. OK so I check get me a new password.

I'm now in and accept the set new password recommendation e.g.wordpress1234 when I retype the first letter 'w' of the password in the confirm box I get the mismatch message.

Log out and login again using the password Wordpress just sent me and its invalid have to go repeat the process again - it's maddening

After searching how people tackled similar problems I changed my password in my MySQL manager (phpmyadmin)but to no avail. When I log out of WordPress and attempt to log in again using the password I changed in MySQL manager, I'm still refused permission. Close everything down. Reboot and the password in MySQL is back to a password like "$qwed1FRT^gDT436Twe' yes honestly that long. Must be auto generated somewhere.

Any ideas what is going on. I've carried out an automatic update and all my plugins are up to date Everything else seems to be working fine. My Wordpress is updated to the current issue as are all my plug-ins

Comments

  • steve1980
    steve1980 Posts: 2,334 Forumite
    Just tried it on one of my Wordpress sites and it's working fine.

    Is your caps lock on?
    Estate Agent, Web Designer & All Round Geek!
  • kah22
    kah22 Posts: 1,891 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Ah found the answer. Hopefully it will help someone in the future.
    When altering the database enter your user password and then to the left of that in a drop down box select MD5 and select. You should now be able to login.
    Kevin
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.5K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.1K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.6K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 602.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.1K Life & Family
  • 260.6K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.