WordPress – Can't Log into your Website

richardsplanet — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:16:05 +0000

In September 2013, I found myself unable to log into this site.

I would be presented the Login screen, enter my User Name and Password and be brought right back to the same screen.

Logging in with an incorrect user name or password would result in the familiar “No” shake of the login screen.

While this solution worked for me, there may be other reasons why you are not able to log in.

Update: 19-November-2013: I once again found myself unable to log in. I tried the various steps indicated on the WordPress site, but none of them worked. The next day, problem went away. So it seems that, at least sometimes, the problem may be with your webhost.

I can’t deny that this is very frustrating.

These instructions are for WordPress 3.7.1, but should be the same or similar for other versions, but no guarantee is made.

Logging In Solution #1

This usually works, but it did not work every time for me.

Normally, we login by typing the site URL followed by /wp-admin:

http:///wp-admin

This presents the familiar Login Screen:

Behind the scenes, WordPress has changed the URL to a different one with a redirect:

This can cause login problems if your WordPress Address and Site Address are different.

1) Enter /wp-login.php into the URL bar and press Enter. This should bring you to the WordPress login page:

2) Try to log in.

3) If this fails, add (or remove) the www. prefix to your website URL.

In other words, if you entered www.example.com/wp-login.php the first time, then enter example.com/wp-login.php this time.

If this worked and you are logged in, then go to the step Setting the WordPress and Site Addresses to be the Same

Logging In Solution #2

This assumes you have CPanel (or similar) access to your website and can run phpMyAdmin to access your WordPress database.

1) Login to you web hosting account.

2) Start phpMyAdmin.

3) Expand your WordPress database by clicking on the icon:

If you have more than one database with your webhost, then you will have to figure out which database corresponds to the website you are having problems logging in to.

4) Click on wp_options:

5) Change the URL entries in siteurl and home so that they are both identical (either with a preceding www. or without). Edit the fields by clicking on the Edit label:

Setting the WordPress and Site Addresses to be the Same

This step is not necessary if you changed the URL value directly in the database using phpMyAdmin.

1) Click on Settings in the Dashboard

2) Click on General:

3) Edit the fields WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) to be the same (either with or without a preceding www.):

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Ubuntu 12.04 – Failed to download package files

richardsplanet — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:00:19 +0000

This tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04 in which the following error appears when trying to install a package using the Ubuntu Software Center:

This might work for other Ubuntu versions, or other Linux distros based on Ubuntu, but no guarantee is made.

Assumes you know how to open a terminal. Instructions can be found here.

Possible Cause

The error message

Failed to download package files
Check your Internet connection.

when attempting to install software using the Ubuntu Software Center may occur if the package repository lists are out of date.

Updating the Repositories

1) Open a terminal:

2) Type the following command and then press the Enter key:

sudo apt-get update

3) Type your password and then press the Enter key:

Note: when you type your password, it will look like nothing is happening. This is normal. Linux gives no feedback when passwords are entered.

Ubuntu will spend several minutes updating the package repository lists:

When Ubuntu has updated the package repository lists, try installing the software package again – the problem should have gone away.

If the problem persists, it may be that you have a flaky Internet connection.

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