HELP – Reset

You can also reset the menu by uninstalling and reinstalling the plugin.

I messed up my settings also, and now when I try to login with my admin account it says “Forbidden”. I tried renaming the plugin file to disable the plugin, but I’m still getting the “Forbidden” message when I try to login. Do I need to delete the plugin file entirely?

*Edit* I just deleted the plugin files and it’s still saying Forbidden when I try to login. Great.

In that case, that “Forbidden” error is probably caused by a different plugin or setting. AME does not make permanent changes to user permissions. Deleting it would fix any problems it may have caused.

After speaking to my host I realized that they blacklisted my ip because, according to them, “my password was too weak and they thought my login was an attempted brute force attack”.

My password consisted of capital & lower case letters, special characters, and numbers, and WordPress indicated it was strong. Regardless, I thought that was strange.

I think it may have been because I was switching between my admin account and another account to test the user role settings. Have you ever heard of that happening before, out of curiosity?

No, I’ve never heard of something like that. It’s strange they’d blacklist your IP based on (I assume) multiple successful logins. Real brute force attacks usually generate a bunch of failed login attempts.

I didn’t think that explanation made sense, but I wasn’t sure. There was a language barrier too, so that made clarifying things more difficult.

Anyway, thank you for your quick replies here! I have another question related to the plugin, but I will open a new ticket for easier maintenance.