Can’t log in after merging users

  • I’ve just merged users from an old site into a new one with SQL on the database. I was told that the hash values in wp-config.php have nothing to do with login and that i’d be good to go after the merge. I find that i’m not – users can’t log in with their old credentials.

    Can you explain this phenomenon and perhaps suggest a way out of the predicament?
    Thanks

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    You can’t login? Or users can’t. Who was giving you this advice, was it your hosting providers? Are you referring to the dashboard itself or another login area of your site?

    Thread Starter g00se

    (@g00se)

    Well i created a new user to test this on the old site. I then copied that row of wp_users into the new one and found i couldn’t log in. The location for the login attempt? That was the plugins one, not the WP login.

    lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    did you copy all information related to user into new site?
    was there any user meta too?

    Thread Starter g00se

    (@g00se)

    I didn’t copy user meta. That’s not needed for login is it?

    Thread Starter g00se

    (@g00se)

    I’m hoping that there’s someone here who actually knows about how the login works in relation to the hashed password in wp_users. My alternative is probably to reverse engineer the code, which i obviously want to avoid.

    Thread Starter g00se

    (@g00se)

    Sorry it appears there might be an issue caused by partial disabling of scripting where i’m trying it

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