# Username and Password for /wp-admin/

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468>\
**Category:** Application Support\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468 "2021-03-03T00:29:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RyanPearson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/ryanpearson/32/336_2.png) [@RyanPearson](https://community.kinsta.com/u/RyanPearson)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468/1 "2021-03-03T00:29:55Z")

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@michael I’m attempting to login to the Wordpress dashboard to change a few things on my local version on the site. I’m a new developer for a business so I’m using DevKinsta to access the staging version of the company site.

When I click the “WP Admin” button it takes me to the correct login screen, but I can’t login with my usual username/password.

Does this local instance have a different username/password I’m not aware of? Or did DevKinsta not create a local instance of Wordpress for me to login to (or make a user for me?)

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468/2 "2021-03-03T16:26:38Z")

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Welcome to DevKinsta @RyanPearson. I moved your post into a new thread to help you 🙂

The username and password should be the same as the one that was pulled. If you’re having trouble logging in, I recommend resetting your password via the Forgot Password link in /wp-admin/. The email will be delivered to your [DevKinsta Email Inbox](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/devkinsta/email-inbox/). Let me know if that helps!

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**Author:** ![RyanPearson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/ryanpearson/32/336_2.png) [@RyanPearson](https://community.kinsta.com/u/RyanPearson)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468/3 "2021-03-03T17:42:22Z")

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Thanks, I just realized the error message is actually for “cookies not being allowed on the browser”

I’ve tried to login in 3 different browsers and I’m getting the same error message. Maybe this is a DevKinsta or maybe Docker’s version of WordPress issue? I know my browsers are allowing cookies. . .

 ![Screen Shot 2021-03-03 at 9.39.33 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/1X/8490f84ff35404a56771ee2f580eb4cd79a8f29b.png)

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468/4 "2021-03-03T17:47:46Z")

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@RyanPearson Try setting inside your `wp-config.php` file `define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');`.

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**Author:** ![RyanPearson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/ryanpearson/32/336_2.png) [@RyanPearson](https://community.kinsta.com/u/RyanPearson)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468/5 "2021-03-03T22:42:07Z")

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I don’t understand it, but that worked. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/username-and-password-for-wp-admin/468/6 "2021-03-03T23:43:13Z")

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