My log-in and admin links are gone so I can't get into my site

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  sitkahealthsummit · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 7:13 pm

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  Help. My log-in and admin links have disappeared from my Sitka Health Summit blog, and I need to get into the site so I can do some updating. The links are no longer in the bottom right corner of the gateway page. This is a blog using the Twenty Eleven theme, and it doesn’t seem to be affecting my other sites which use different themes. (I rarely check this site, so please e-mail (email visible only to moderators and staff) if you have any fixes). Thanks.

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 7:16 pm

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  No email. Only forum support.

  You should see a link to this blog in the Admin Bar, on the top right under the menu that will open if you hover over your username. Does it not appear there?

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  sitkahealthsummit · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 7:38 pm

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  I wasn’t logged in, since I bounce around between working on different sites and they all go to different e-mail addresses for admin use. I was able to back-door my way into the site by typing out the extensions (http://sitkahealthsummit.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php). But normally, there is a panel in the bottom of the right column that has the site admin and log-in links, and that’s not there.

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 7:49 pm

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  That’s actually the front door to the Dashboard and the “panel” you are referring to is the Meta Widget.

  Are you the sole Admin on the site? If so, I would carefully check that the Admin email has not been changed and to change your password. There are other security measures one should take as well. See tt’s suggestions here: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-16?replies=6#post-962375

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  sitkahealthsummit · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 10:16 pm

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  At this point I am the sole admin for this site (I eventually plan to give someone else access once I get the site set up the way I want it). I always work in secure mode (https), and I did update my password recently. Now that you mention the Meta Widget, I checked my appearances and saw that it wasn’t active, so I activated it. That seems to have cleared up the problem.