jamestag

Things finally did correct themselves. I don’t know why. The plugin was still behaving poorly even after all the actions listed above were taken. Apparently, something just needed more time to clear out.

I reinstalled Limit Login Attempts Reloaded and W3 Total Cache. To test the issue was fixed I enter a wrong password once, I would receive the correct behavior from Limit Login Attempts Reloaded, and the next attempt I entered the correct password and I was successfully logged in (after 1 failed login attempt).

For the next test I entered the wrong password 3 times (3 failed login attempts, possibly only 2) and that was it. It didn’t matter what I did from there out. Correct username and password – “failed login attempt”. Took the corrective actions listed above – “failed login attempt”.

If it helps figure out the root cause of this, I’m using Dreamhost and a custom login url “/bi-login/”. I don’t know if this would matter.

Also, after uninstalling Limit Login Attempts Reloaded, the error message changed to “Max failed logins. Please wait about 30 minutes and try again.” I don’t know where it got 30 minutes from. None of my settings were set to 30 minutes before I deleted the plugin.

Lastly, after reinstalling Limit Login Attempts Reloaded I noticed the dashboard showed failed login attempts from before I deleted and reinstalled the plugin. Obviously not all plugin data was removed. How do I manually delete Limit Login Attempts Reloaded and all it’s data?

Thank you very much for your help with this. I really would like to use this plugin.

Also, I am not using GoDaddy. I am using Dreamhost.

The plugin is not installed in the wp-content/plugins directory.

The plugin is not installed in the wp-content/mu-plugins directory.

There are no subdirectories in the wp-content/mu-plugins directory.