My WordPress login page is broken. How do I fix it?
I can't access my WordPress admin panel. When I go to my site.com/wp-admin it just shows a blank white page. No error message, nothing. I've tried clearing my cache and different browsers. I'm locked out of my own site. Help!
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A white screen on the login page is one of the most common WordPress issues and it's usually fixable. First, try accessing wp-login.php directly — go to my site.com/wp-login.php instead of /wp-admin. Sometimes that bypasses whatever is causing the blank screen.
If that doesn't work, the issue is almost certainly a plugin conflict. You can fix this via FTP or your hosting file manager. Navigate to wp-content/plugins and rename the entire plugins folder to "plugins_old." This disables all plugins without deleting them. Try logging in again. If it works, a plugin was the culprit. Rename the folder back to "plugins" and rename each plugin folder inside one by one until you find the bad one.
If plugins aren't the issue, check your theme. Switch to a default theme like Twenty Twenty-Four the same way — rename your theme folder in wp-content/themes.
Also check your PHP memory limit. Sometimes it just needs to be increased to 256M in your wp-config.php file. If nothing works, contact your host — they can check server logs for the exact error.