Cannot modify header error – accessing wp.admin

[Megan Newman Participant]

Attempting to login to wp-login.php i receive the following;

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by output started at….

[Richard Bach Keymaster]

Something is creating (error) output where it shouldn’t. I would try these steps again. In this order, try:

• 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”). 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 Sixteen 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 twentysixteen. That will force your site to use it.
• Manually upgrading. When all else fails, download a fresh copy of the latest.zip file of 4.5 (top right on this page) to your computer, and use that to copy up. You may need to delete the wp-admin and wp-includes folders on your server (NOTE: do not delete the wp-content directory or your wp-config.php file) Read the Manual Update directions first.

[Ethan Alsec Participant]

Thanks for that. Had the same issue.

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