Oops! I locked myself out of Wordpress

[Aiden Roberts]

Does anyone know how to unblock myself from "login lockdown"?

I; in a moment of madness set it to lock out for 1000 hours on the first wrong attempt; then put the wrong password in and locked myself out

Can I change it via cPanel?

Any ideas, thanks.
Rob

 

[retired_member36]

Depending on the plugin used, normally the bad ip (yours) will be listed in the htaccess file. just go in via cpanel and remove your ip address

 

[Aiden Roberts]

Depending on the plugin used, normally the bad ip (yours) will be listed in the htaccess file. just go in via cpanel and remove your ip address

Cheers Lee

I think I can delete the plugin then reinstall it - oh joy!!

 

[spiderspider]

If you have mySQL access, it stores all the banned IPs in the database. Just delete the record for your IP address.

 

[Aiden Roberts]

If you have mySQL access, it stores all the banned IPs in the database. Just delete the record for your IP address.

cheers I'll let you know how I get on!

 

[Aiden Roberts]

cheers I'll let you know how I get on!

Thanks guys fixed it! Deleted plugin via files then reinstalled it when logged in

Note to self: calm down when logging in!!!

 

[Admin]

If ever you have trouble with a WP plugin, just rename the whole plugin folder via ftp and log in. All the plugins will be there but disabled ;-)

You can then rename it back and do what you need to do.

Admin

 

[Aiden Roberts]

If ever you have trouble with a WP plugin, just rename the whole plugin folder via ftp and log in. All the plugins will be there but disabled ;-)

You can then rename it back and do what you need to do.

Admin

Thanks Admin, useful!