Plugin updates lock admins out of wp-admin
A plugin update leaves the site unreachable, with redirect loops, 404s on wp-admin or a site-not-found error until the plugin is removed.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 20 September 2016 · last reported 18 August 2025
What's going wrong
After updating this WordPress plugin, several site owners found their login page redirecting in a loop, wp-admin returning a 404, or the whole site showing a not-found error.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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