[johnhiler]

Ah yah Vizworld, I think you nailed it.

I took a look at ck’s original plugin and it mentions support for WordPress 2.8 (as of 3/13/09):

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/freshly-baked-cookies/

But this post (from 4/3/2009) on ck’s blog points out that WordPress 2.8 changed their login model:

http://ckon.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/wordpress-28-might-break-login-compatibility-again/

Sounds like WordPress may have changed it after the Freshly Baked Cookies plugin was released, breaking the FBC plugin?