Login fail with no error
Question
For no apparent reason since this morning I cannot not log in my WordPress website https://www.taoperf.com
Yesterday it worked fine – since that time, no updates performed and no activity through wp-admin
Symptoms: I select the login menu option, enter username and password… it returns to the home screen with in the address bar “?wppb_cpm_redirect=yes” and I am not logged in.
the login page is tao_login581 (I guess this has been set by AIO WP Security)
What I have tried (cache cleared between each test):
- enabled error logging in wp-config.php = no error reported during any of the tests
- login with a different username / pwd = same outcome
- changed password in database = same outcome
- login with wrong password = error message (normal!)
- disabled all plugins through database – going to wp-admin redirects to wp-login – enter credentials = keeps coming back to wp-login screen
- reset .htaccess to default = no impact on problem
- restored yesterday’s database backup = no impact
- reinstalled WordPress in new directory and copied over wp-config.php + wp-content = no impact
- changed theme to twentytwentyone + disabled all plugin (through database) and try to login wp-admin = keeps coming back to login screen
The site is hosted on a VPS on which I have full control. All looks OK: low usage of resources, no exception messages
Anyone with an idea about something I can try?
Thank you for any input
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2021-09-16T02:11:13-05:00
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Answer ( 1 )
For no apparent reason, this morning I can login again!!!
A pity I cannot reproduce, but at least the 8 hours I spent looking for the answer were not completely wasted as I now know a bit more about the workings of WordPress.