strange wordpress login form behavior -- cannot access wp-login.php
WordPress 4.0.1
I am trying to log in to a WordPress site that I manage: http://ashtonupdate.org/
When I try to access http://ashtonupdate.org/wp-login.php, I am redirected to the home page: http://ashtonupdate.org/
... and can never see the WordPress login page.
I looked in .htaccess and I see that my IP is not blocked. Here is .htaccess:
Any idea what is going on? Thank you as always for your help.
Eric
I am trying to log in to a WordPress site that I manage: http://ashtonupdate.org/
When I try to access http://ashtonupdate.org/wp-login.php, I am redirected to the home page: http://ashtonupdate.org/
... and can never see the WordPress login page.
I looked in .htaccess and I see that my IP is not blocked. Here is .htaccess:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Any idea what is going on? Thank you as always for your help.
Eric
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Eric,
I'm well, thanks for asking. For security, I don't use iThemes but I know lots of others who do. Right now, my go-to free security model is BruteProtect combined with WordFence.
I'm well, thanks for asking. For security, I don't use iThemes but I know lots of others who do. Right now, my go-to free security model is BruteProtect combined with WordFence.
ASKER
Jason, thank you as always. iThemes Security is the culprit. I am weighing options. =)
Hope this finds you and yours doing great. Happy holiday.
Eric
Hope this finds you and yours doing great. Happy holiday.
Eric
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Yes indeed, it was the iThemes plugin. Arrgh. I disabled it (in FTP, I logged in and changed the plugin folder name) and then was able to log in.
I should have tried that even before I asked. This iThemes security plugin provides useful security features and has many good reviews and seems to be widely used. I use this iThemes plugin on about ten different wordpress sites. On this particular site, and on one more site, I routinely get locked out from the login page. Only on those sites. It is weird.
I really appreciate your quick and expert answer -- as usual.
I'll come back and close this question in a while. Hope you are well.
Eric