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Posted by Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

How do i log in to the wordpress?

Hi,

I had been on wordpress yesterday , and i want to log in again. But i can't find the c panel or whatever. Theres like no way to get there.

Do anyone knows how to log in?

3 Answers

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi,

Do you mean the URL?

If so, try /wp-admin on the end of your URL.

-Rich

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hi this doesnt work. I did went on localhost:8888 and i got my wbepage but i can't log in to my space .

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

it did work , thank you for all the help . I was just getting it wrong, but i tried it once again another time and it worked perfectly ^^

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Aurelian,

Originally I had this issue when I set the Document Root in the MAMP preferences to be the website folder.

Once I changed the Document Root to be the parent folder I could click through from the list of websites and it worked fine.

For example, if the path was:

Parent Folder > Local WP Website Folder

I would set the document root to point to Parent Folder instead of Local WP Website Folder. You should then have no problem finding wp-admin.

Hope that makes sense.

-Rich

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hi,

What I'm trying to do is to log in to the website . To the Dashboard.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi,

Have you tried the above? It sounds like your pointing your MAMP directory root to the local WordPress folder rather than the parent folder. I had the same problem and the above was the solution.

Thanks

-Rich

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

What do you mean?

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

You have your website set up in a folder (for example named "localwp.com").

That "localwp.com" folder is in a parent folder, let's call it "websites".

In your MAMP Preferences click on the Web Server tab. There will be an option for Document Root.

In there does it show this to be the path to your website folder, e.g.

websites > localwp.com

or does it show it as just

websites

?

You will need it to point to the parent "websites" folder rather than direct to your website folder.

Hope that makes sense.

-Rich

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Macintosh HD > Applications > MAMP > htdocs ( and inside it ) wordpress

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

I'm not sure how to explain it then I'm afraid. If it's pointing to the folder above the WordPress folder it should work fine.

If it's currently pointing to the following:

Macintosh HD > Applications > MAMP > htdocs

and this isn't working try this as the Document Root instead:

Macintosh HD > Applications > MAMP

-Rich

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hoe do you change it ?

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

In your MAMP Preferences click on the Web Server tab. There will be an option for Document Root > Click on the folder icon with a '...' in it.

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

I can't see it, theres nothing like it.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Ok, in that case I'm not sure I can be any more help I'm afraid.

I followed the Local WordPress Development course.

Hope you manage to sort it.

-Rich

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Well, thank you for your time , and i guess this will work. :)

Marlon Henry
Marlon Henry
6,885 Points
Marlon Henry
Marlon Henry
6,885 Points

http://localhost:8888/directoryName/wp-admin.php as long as mysql is running you should be able to have it pop right up.

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hi, it doesnt work, i have mamp. It worked yesterday when i downloaded it and all set up but then later it connected me to the Dashboard where i need to go . But i can't find c panel, anything.