You have been locked out due to too many invalid login attempts.

  • I received this message “You have been locked out due to too many invalid login attempts.” last night so I went into the DB and removed the blocked entires, then I was able to login. I went to login this morning and got the same message. How can this be if I use a random username no one would try using and I haven’t had any unsuccessful logins since I removed the banned entires? I have to do it all over again.

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  • Hey @jgjh151

    Is there any possibility that you still have a user called “admin” or other such common user name still active in your users table?

    Thread Starter jgjh151

    (@jgjh151)

    Two users only, no ‘admin’ or common name.

    Looks like someone has guessed one of your usernames so. I’d suggest installing 2 factor authentication such as Rublon or Google Authenticator

    How can you add a plug in when you have been locked out….seems you need to offer a solution that allows the person to get back to the dashboard before suggesting the next step. I am locked out of my WP install and I know I didn’t log in incorrectly. I was logged in just a few days ago just fine, and today, I got that error.

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