• I installed wordpress on an El Capitan Mac Mini running the server app. I’m able to install wordpress and set everything up, and I’m able to see my basic site served up when I access my IP address from another computer, but I’m not able to log into wp-login and make changes. Each time I do, the webpage merely refreshes. I’m pretty sure it’s an .htaccess issue but I’m not sure how to fix it in this particular setup. Can’t even find the .htaccess file.

    Please advise!

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  • Hi @dne202,

    Have you tried:

    1. Flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches. Not just your browser, but any op cache or content network cache as well such as Cloudflare. That will solve many weird Javascript issues.
    If your host provider has a “Purge Varnish” option or if you can ask your provider to flush memcache on your server.
    Troubleshooting with your browser. Your browser can help you identify JavaScript issues or conflicts and this article can assist you in doing that diagnosis. This could help identify Visual Editor issues as well.

    Deactivating all plugins (yes, all) to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin (read “How to deactivate all plugins when you can’t log in to wp-admin” if you need help). Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the mu-plugins folder. The easiest way is to rename that folder to mu-plugins-old
    Switching to the Twenty Fifteen theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. If you can’t log in to change themes, you can remove the theme folders via FTP so the only one is twentyfifteen. That will force your site to use it.

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