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WordPress<\/span> is no doubt better than many other blogging platforms<\/a>. As it is a self-hosted CMS, you’ll have to manage the site yourself. When you encounter technical issues, you or any other person with good knowledge of PHP<\/span>, WP, htaccess, CSS<\/span> should solve the problem. Blogger is user-friendly but it cannot be customized as WordPress<\/span>. Technical issues in Blogger platform is handled by Google<\/span> engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we’ll share 3 working solutions to one of the most frustrating WordPress<\/span> issue i.e. locked or slow dashboard<\/span>. If your WordPress<\/span> site’s dashboard<\/span> is not working, loading or showing up or if it is loading slow<\/a>, don’t worry! Just follow the below instructions to restore access to the dashboard<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fixing WordPress<\/span> dashboard<\/span> issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Disable caching:<\/strong> Caching<\/span> is the main reason why many webmasters<\/span> see a blank page<\/span> instead of WordPress<\/span> dashboard<\/span>. If you’re facing this issue, deactivate WP-Super cache, W3TC<\/a>, WP-fastest cache or any other WordPress<\/span> plugin<\/span>. To deactivate, simply navigate to WP-Plugins folder by opening the file<\/span> manager through your hosting’s Cpanel tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you find the plugin<\/span> folder, rename it. This will turn off WordPress<\/span> caching. Now, find and delete cache folder in the wp-content<\/span> directory. Blank page in WordPress<\/span> is a strong indication of poor server<\/span> specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To avoid this problem in the future, make sure that you switch to another hosting<\/span> provider. We recommend you to sign up with Hostgator <\/a>or Bluehost<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disable all plugins:<\/strong> If the above method doesn’t work for you, open the CPanel or log into the VPS, find the wp-plugins folder in wp-content folder and rename it. Now, open the login URL of your WordPress site, enter your username, password or mail address and click on submit button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress<\/span> dashboard<\/span> will now show up. This indicates that a plugin<\/span> is conflicting with another plugin<\/span> which in turn is blocking WP-Admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get rid of the problem, you’ll have to find the problematic plugin<\/span>. Restore the original name of the plugin<\/span> folder. Now, rename all the folders in the plugin<\/span> directory and restore the name of the 1st plugin<\/span> and try to login to your dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the dashboard is working, this plugin<\/span> is not causing any problem. Repeat the above step for all the plugins<\/span>. If you find the problematic plugin<\/span>, remove it. If this doesn’t solve the issue, follow the next method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.htaccess file<\/span> (when WordPress<\/span> dashboard<\/span> or WP-Admin redirects to 404 not found page<\/span> or any other post):<\/strong> Open the root directory of your hosting provider and open the .hatccess file<\/span>. Now, search<\/span> for the code containing the wp-admin word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove this code and save the .htaccess file<\/span>. Open your login URL and try to sign into your account. If the dashboard shows up, your problem is solved. In case the htaccess file<\/span> doesn’t have the wp-admin<\/span> word, open the directory where WordPress<\/span> has been installed<\/span> and check for the existence of the wp-admin<\/span> PHP<\/span> file<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the file<\/span> is absent, download WordPress<\/span> installation<\/span> file<\/span> to your desktop. Extract the file<\/span> and upload the wp-admin<\/span> file<\/span> to the WordPress<\/span> installation<\/span> directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the wp-admin file<\/span> exists, re-install<\/span> WordPress<\/span>. This will replace all old and corrupt installation<\/span> files<\/span>. Before installing<\/span> WP again, backup your DB and all theme, image files<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that you’ve found these 3 solutions useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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