Locked out of my Admin panel

  • Amanda

    (@goldmare)


    5 years ago

    I used to use a different plugin to hide my login page, until the custom URL stopped working and I was locked out. I had to delete that plugin’s folder via cPanel in order to regain access to my admin panel. Naturally, I proceeded to look for a better option. I decided on this one because it had all 5-star reviews.

    Imagine my surprise and disappointment when the exact same problem occurred once again. The custom login page gives me a 404 and the default login page gives me a 403. I can’t login at all. The worst part? Even the recovery link provided by the plugin gives me a 404. Normally, I always have at least one tab open to the admin panel and it just has the little window pop up asking me to login again when my session times out, but for some reason that isn’t popping up this time. So, I’m officially locked out from every angle.

    I suppose I will have to use my cPanel to disable the plugin again. But I want to know if there is anything I did wrong that I could do differently so that this doesn’t happen again. If not, I will have to give up on this kind of plugin and just stick with the default login page.

    FYI, in case it is relevant, I use WordFence as my security plugin.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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