Some strangeness here.
So I have build a custom theme for a client about a year ago and all has worked perfectly till about 3 days ago when I noticed that I could not login to the website. I kept and still keep getting the '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Cookies are blocked' warning on the website.
At the time my client still had access but now he no longer has access and is just getting the same warning!
I had the Cerber plugin running on the site and I had a custom login url namely example.com/myadminlogin/ also when both of us tried to goto example.com/wp-admin/ it redirected us to the 404 page as it should. I went about to use the fix Cerber provides called WP Cerber Reset provided on its website <a href="http://wpcerber.com/quickhelp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">quickhelp</a> page.
This changed the login link to the default /wp-login.php and I tried again and I still got the '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Cookies are blocked' warning! I tried again on 4 different machines and on three different browsers namely FF, Chrome and Edge. Weirdly when I tried to goto the /wp-admin/ it redirected me back to the login page with this link:
<a href="https://www.example.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https://www.example.com/wp-admin/&reauth=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.example.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https://www.example.com/wp-admin/&reauth=1</a>
I then google searched a fix for the ERROR cookies a blocked warning and found this <a href="https://www.steckinsights.com/how-t...or-on-wordpress-admin-dashboard/#.WWXH49Eo9QJ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">fix</a>. Which I implemented on my functions.php file again I am still getting the Same error and both my client and I are still getting the same issues.
I have checked the .htaccess file and that looks perfectly fine with just the default WordPress code within it.
I put in a support ticket to my hosting company explaining all of this and after close to 16 hours I get this reply...
<blockquote>
I have spent a while trying a number of different things to resolve
this however I havn't been successful in logging into the WordPress
admin section. I have tried disabled all plugins for the site which
hasn't resolved this problem and most of the suggestion on WordPress
forum.
I would recommend changing to one of the default WordPress themes and
then try logging into the wp-admin section, as it's the only other
option I can think of.
</blockquote>
How do I go about changing to a default WordPress theme when I cannot even login is my main question?. Also I have re-uploaded a fresh new copy of WordPress to the site via ftp and again this has made zero difference.
Many thanks and any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Phillip Dews
So I have build a custom theme for a client about a year ago and all has worked perfectly till about 3 days ago when I noticed that I could not login to the website. I kept and still keep getting the '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Cookies are blocked' warning on the website.
At the time my client still had access but now he no longer has access and is just getting the same warning!
I had the Cerber plugin running on the site and I had a custom login url namely example.com/myadminlogin/ also when both of us tried to goto example.com/wp-admin/ it redirected us to the 404 page as it should. I went about to use the fix Cerber provides called WP Cerber Reset provided on its website <a href="http://wpcerber.com/quickhelp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">quickhelp</a> page.
This changed the login link to the default /wp-login.php and I tried again and I still got the '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Cookies are blocked' warning! I tried again on 4 different machines and on three different browsers namely FF, Chrome and Edge. Weirdly when I tried to goto the /wp-admin/ it redirected me back to the login page with this link:
<a href="https://www.example.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https://www.example.com/wp-admin/&reauth=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.example.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https://www.example.com/wp-admin/&reauth=1</a>
I then google searched a fix for the ERROR cookies a blocked warning and found this <a href="https://www.steckinsights.com/how-t...or-on-wordpress-admin-dashboard/#.WWXH49Eo9QJ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">fix</a>. Which I implemented on my functions.php file again I am still getting the Same error and both my client and I are still getting the same issues.
I have checked the .htaccess file and that looks perfectly fine with just the default WordPress code within it.
I put in a support ticket to my hosting company explaining all of this and after close to 16 hours I get this reply...
<blockquote>
I have spent a while trying a number of different things to resolve
this however I havn't been successful in logging into the WordPress
admin section. I have tried disabled all plugins for the site which
hasn't resolved this problem and most of the suggestion on WordPress
forum.
I would recommend changing to one of the default WordPress themes and
then try logging into the wp-admin section, as it's the only other
option I can think of.
</blockquote>
How do I go about changing to a default WordPress theme when I cannot even login is my main question?. Also I have re-uploaded a fresh new copy of WordPress to the site via ftp and again this has made zero difference.
Many thanks and any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Phillip Dews