I’ve been doing a lot of web site work lately. I even have one site where the “boss” wants me to use website. I’ve been typing two words since the 1990s. Maybe someday I’ll switch.

I always set up WordPress in its own folder. Well, I guess that’s not really true for a couple of my sites now. I usually set up WordPress in its own folder. It keeps things cleaner. I don’t like tons of files in my root directory.

I just moved one site out from a folder to run in the root directory. I followed the directions from WordPress.org. It worked great.

The one part that didn’t work was the admin access. While that was still in the same place as before, the admin bar was missing, as were the edit links on the individual pages. I really like those links; it’s easier to find the pages I want with those most of the time. But WordPress didn’t know I was logged in anymore.

So I searched all over for the solution. How do I get it back? Did I have to move the login file or something? Nobody said anything. I searched through at least a dozen pages until I finally found someone who mentioned the problem and gave a far too simple solution. Ready?

Log out.

Log back in.

Oy vey. Problem solved. Now I’ll be ready for the other site when I finally get that one moved.