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having trouble logging into wordpress.com on firefox

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bethly126
bethly126
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I'm not sure how to explain. I prefer firefox over chrome. For some reason in the last week, I haven't been able to log into my wordpress.com when I'm on firefox but I still can on chrome. I've been emailing back and forth with wordpress and they tech person can log into my account with firefox but I still can't. so as far as they are concerned, it's not them it's me or my firefox that is too blame. their last advice was to uninstall firefox and reinstall or just use chrome. So I did uninstall and reinstall firefox and I'm still having the same issues. I really rather not have to use chrome to update my website. What else can I do?

I'm not sure how to explain. I prefer firefox over chrome. For some reason in the last week, I haven't been able to log into my wordpress.com when I'm on firefox but I still can on chrome. I've been emailing back and forth with wordpress and they tech person can log into my account with firefox but I still can't. so as far as they are concerned, it's not them it's me or my firefox that is too blame. their last advice was to uninstall firefox and reinstall or just use chrome. So I did uninstall and reinstall firefox and I'm still having the same issues. I really rather not have to use chrome to update my website. What else can I do?

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options) key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies
    Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

cor-el
cor-el
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This issue can be caused by corrupted cookies or cookies that are blocked.

If clearing cookies didn't help then it is possible that the cookies.sqlite file that stores the cookies got corrupted.

  • Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and if present delete cookies.sqlite-shm and cookies.sqlite-wal in the Firefox profile folder in case cookies.sqlite got corrupted.

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder: