Can’t login to WordPress in Chrome? Try Incognito Mode

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Last night I wasted 3 hours on this so I hope this post helps someone else faster.

First, the solution so you don’t have to read about my troubleshooting the “why” which is below the solution:

Scenario: If you can’t login to WordPress when you are in Chrome, but it works in another browser that you haven’t used in a while, and you are not getting any error messages (the screen just refreshes and asks you to login again), then it could be a cookie problem.

Troubleshooting Step: Try Incognito Mode (In windows it’s CTRL+SHIFT+N).

If it works in Incognito -> Delete the Website Cookie:

If it works in Incognito mode, it’s a browser issue – delete your cookie for the site you are trying to login to by first clicking on the Chrome Menu Chrome Menu then to go:

  • Settings > Show Advanced Settings > Content Settings >
  • Under Privacy Settings, click on the “Content Settings” button
  • Under Cookies, click on the “All Cookies and Site Data” button

Then Search for your website by a keyword in the search box:

Cookie Search Chrome
Cookie Search Chrome

Highlight your website and click Delete on your keyboard.

Click Done and try to login to your site again (in Normal mode .. ie. just exit out of Incognito mode by closing the window)

If you already had the site open in another tab, you’ll get an error like this:

Chrome Error WordPress Cookies Blocked

But I was able to login, by just logging in again.

Hope that helps someone who had the same issue as me.

Troubleshooting the “Why”…

Penny (PennyButler.com)
Penny (PennyButler.com)

Truth-seeker, ever-questioning, ever-learning, ever-researching, ever delving further and deeper, ever trying to 'figure it out'. This site is a legacy of sorts, a place to collect thoughts, notes, book summaries, & random points of interests.

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  1. Erika says:

    That was unbelievably helpful. Thank you for posting this.

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