WordPress Admin Login Cookies Blocked Error Message If you have a caching plugin installed on your WordPress website, chances are that you will experience a “Cookies Blocked” error message while trying to log into the WordPress admin dashboard at some point in your life. I’ve seen this since we begin implementing caching and security plugins more heavily on our websites.
Enable or disable cookies on google Chrome: To enable cookies chrome, select Allow local data to be set. To disable cookies, select Block sites from setting any data. Click Done to save.
Honestly, I haven’t narrowed the problem down to the point where I know exactly which plugin or setting is causing the issue. I have, however, found two quick methods for how to fix a “cookies blocked” error on WordPress admin dashboard. If you’re seeing this alert, this article may be for you: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress. I don’t believe the problem is actually that cookies are blocked by your browser — I use Chrome for Mac and cookies are not being blocked. I think that WordPress is looking for a test cookie, which is being blocked or not shown by the caching plugin.
Could be wrong here, but that’s my current theory. Cookies Blocked Error Quick “Fix” #1 I read many forums where people described elaborate methods of getting into their WordPress admin dashboard after seeing the “Cookies Blocked” error message.
Some people uninstalled and reinstalled WordPress, reinstalled all their plugins, paid wild amounts to developers, etc. If you’re just trying to get into your site in a hurry (drumroll please) hit refresh. I’ve been able to get into every one of my website dashboards after seeing this message, simply by refreshing the browser. Somehow, the cookie that was missing is then picked up and you are allowed in. Cookies Blocked Error “Permanent” Fix Now, the first solution doesn’t remove the error.
Enable Cookies in Chrome This guide will step you through the process of enabling Cookies in Google Chrome. These screenshots are taken in Chrome on Windows but the process is identical on Mac and Linux computers. Click the 'Customize and Control' button This will reveal a menu with lots of options. One of them will be named ' Settings'.
Select the 'Settings' menu item The Settings screen will now appear. Search for the Cookies settings The main interface for Chrome's settings will appear, with a dark blue search box at the very top. (If you only see the magnifying glass icon, either click it or drag your browser window a bit wider to make the search box appear). Chrome has hundreds of different configuration options, so to quickly go to the Cookies settings, type the word 'cookie' into the search box and Chrome will filter out options which don't match. Scroll down to 'Content settings' and click it After you've typed 'cookie' in the search, there will still be a number of different options listed, so you need to scroll down to the bottom of the settings screen where you will see a section named Content settings. Click the 'Cookies' item Now that you've gone into the Content settings section, you'll see the first option there is Cookies.
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You'll notice that it's still highlighted yellow due to your search for it. Click it to see your Cookies settings. Choose your preferred Cookies settings You can now change your Cookies setting to what you want. Typically (especially if you are already following this guide!) you want to enable cookies in Chrome by selecting the first option - ' Allow sites to save and read cookie data (recommended)'. This will allow websites to store cookies (and other data!) on your computer for as long as the websites want to.
If you want to disable cookies the set that option to Off (slid to the left and greyed out). An possibilty to consider is keeping cookies enabled but also turning on ' Keep local data only until you quit your browser'. This will allow normal cookie functionality (eg. Logging into websites with a username and password), however every time you close and reopen your web browser, you would need to log in to the website again. This setting can also help (but not necessarily eliminate) advertising companies tracking your behaviour across various browsing sessions. One other option to consider is to ' Block third-party cookies and site data'.
If you have cookies enabled and also have this option enabled it means (basically) that any website you directly visit is allowed to store cookies on your computer, but any 'third-party' website (eg the server that places advertising banners on the site) is not allowed to place a cookie to track you. Note that this will not stop the advertising appearing, just (hopefully) decrease the amount of tracking they perform. Close the settings tab The settings you change take effect immediately, and when you're finished changing the options you can simply close the Settings tab that contained these options and resume browsing. Congratulations, you just configured Cookies in Chrome. You may also want to take a moment to.