http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Topic: WordPress cookie secret key - why don't I have one? en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:28:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-cookie-secret-key-why-dont-i-have-one#post-15143 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:27 +0000 RyanNutt 15143@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>When I added the key to wp-config it wouldn't let me login into the wp admin either. What I had done was put the define() line at the end thinking that would work. I moved it up under the other define() line instead of the very end and the permissions problem went away. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-cookie-secret-key-why-dont-i-have-one#post-15128 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:22:49 +0000 sambauers 15128@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>You need to create the Secret Key in your WordPress config.</p> <p>Read the WordPress Codex for more info.</p> <p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Secret_key_for_salting_password" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Secret_key_for_salting_password</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-cookie-secret-key-why-dont-i-have-one#post-15113 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:15:27 +0000 snoon 15113@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I don't have one either. And I am totally perplexed as to where you found documentation about creating one. My wp-config has no such animal and my bbpress install is blocked. I'm stopped until I get my mind around this one. HELP!</p> <p>Scott<br /> <a href="mailto:scott@scottnoon.com">scott@scottnoon.com</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-cookie-secret-key-why-dont-i-have-one#post-14984 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:11:52 +0000 lostdeviant 14984@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>my question is what happens to bbPress when I remove the key from wp-config? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-cookie-secret-key-why-dont-i-have-one#post-14983 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:01:36 +0000 lostdeviant 14983@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>FYI - I tried creating a secret-key according to what I read which lets me finish the install of bbPress however when I try to log in to wordpress I can't. In fact, I get a message saying that I don't have permissions!</p> <p>When I remove my invented secret key, I can login like normal... </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-cookie-secret-key-why-dont-i-have-one#post-14976 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:56:20 +0000 lostdeviant 14976@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I just went to add a bbpress forum to a site I upgraded from 2.3.3 to 2.5. On step 2 of the bbpress install, it requests a "cookie secret key" which is supposedly in my wp-config. </p> <p>I don't see a secret key there so what am I supposed to do?</p> <p>"This value must match the value of the constant named "SECRET_KEY" in your WordPress wp-config.php file. This will replace the bbPress cookie secret key set in the first step." </p>