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  • Member Since: April 10th, 2017
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  • Posted a reply to Lockout “admin”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @fscbmwcca The software is a little clumsy in how it generates it's messages, but…

  • Posted a reply to My site stop working this afternoon and by deactivating iThemes its ok, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @ouiouiphoto I have had the exact same problem (with the free version of iThemes…

  • Created a topic, It Does What It Says On The Tin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Great backup product, it does what it says on the tin

  • Posted a reply to Permanently ban “admin” attempts?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good morning John, The software does this, sort of. If a hacker is particularly persistent…

  • Posted a reply to No luck for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @tjf85 - One last thought, have you installed 2 factor authentication such as Google Authenticator?…

  • Posted a reply to No luck for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @tjf85, You need to scale your "banned users" list - I have over 2900…

  • Posted a reply to How To Get Rid of Itheme Security, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @82-eridani Yes, you can delete the WP-Better Security folder and that gets rid of…

  • Posted a reply to Banned Users Blacklist seems not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @sandhyaycc To restore access to the Google crawler across your sites, remove the following…

  • Created a topic, /ghfhvvaw.php/ Exploit?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have had 2 hackers over the last 24 hours probing my…

  • Posted a reply to 403 for blogs folder caused by Disable Directory Browsing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I just checked my own settings in Security > Settings > System Tweaks > Directory…

  • Posted a reply to 403 for blogs folder caused by Disable Directory Browsing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @conorfi How's it going? I just installed the ScreamingFrog SEO tool and ran it…

  • Posted a reply to Ban everyone except whitelist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @flemmo Fair play to you, that's an elegant solution to a complex problem, well…

  • Posted a reply to You have been locked out due to too many invalid login attempts., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looks like someone has guessed one of your usernames so. I'd suggest installing 2 factor…

  • Posted a reply to You have been locked out due to too many invalid login attempts., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @jgjh151 Is there any possibility that you still have a user called "admin" or…

  • Posted a reply to Ban everyone except whitelist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @flemmo If iThemes throws up an error about IP ranges that are "whitelisted" but you…

  • Posted a reply to Ban everyone except whitelist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @flemmo It would look something like this; 1.0.0.0/8 2.0.0.0/12 2.15.255.254/15 2.16.0.0/13 2.24.0.0/14 2.28.0.0/17 2.28.128.0/19…

  • Posted a reply to Ban everyone except whitelist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @flemmo Yes, you could achieve this by listing every /8 IP address block in…

  • Posted a reply to How to lock out a country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @norwood451 - Glad to be of service sir :-)

  • Posted a reply to How to lock out a country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @dnorwood Your ISP WPengine use an outfit called Cloudflare for their IP transit and…

  • Posted a reply to How to lock out a country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @norwood451 how are you doing today? I'm probably blocking your ISP, what's your IP…

  • Posted a reply to How to lock out a country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good evening @norwood451 - IP addresses are assigned by RIPE in Amsterdam to each ISP…

  • Posted a reply to How to lock out a country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good evening @norwood451, The reality of running a Wordpress site is that there are people…

  • Posted a reply to Too Many Redirects Error Multisite Hosting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @joshua3333 To fully rule out iThemes Security you'll need to either remove or rename…

  • Posted a reply to Which 404page plugin is compatible with iThemes Secutity?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I use the "404 To 301" plugin with a custom 404 page that I created.…

  • Posted a reply to File Change Warnig, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @hatschiii I haven't got my head around this particular measurement, but I guess You…

  • Posted a reply to SSL on by default, except specific pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jdingman - Sorry mate, I'm at the limit of my expertise, I don't have the…

  • Posted a reply to SSL on by default, except specific pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Have a look at http://blackhillswebworks.com/2013/10/30/redirect-wordpress-front-end-https-urls-to-http-without-a-plugin/ - this might give you some ideas Kind regards

  • Posted a reply to Remember To Restart The iThemes Security Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @pronl I logged a trouble ticket and it's not a known issue but as I'm…

  • Posted a reply to File Change Warnig, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @hatschiii I think the memory value represents the RAM consumed by the .htaccess wp-config.php…

  • Posted a reply to SSL on by default, except specific pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @jdingman - The guys at Yoast have an SSL capability in the PRO version…

  • Posted a reply to Ithemes security disables my login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @martinibates What specifically has been disabled, your admin account or just the iThemes Security…

  • Posted a reply to Site Lockout Notification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @photoshopace Yes, someone is trying to break in to your site. If you look…

  • Posted a reply to Removing IP addresses from Blacklist., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @integratutions If your "banned users" section wasn't activated then your users IP addresses weren't…

  • Posted a reply to Remember To Restart The iThemes Security Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good morning @pronl That's a good question, I don't know if it breaks the .htaccess…

  • Created a topic, Remember To Restart The iThemes Security Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey folks, I have found that you need to restart the …

  • Posted a reply to ithemes preventing login page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @juliebalto I have found that you need to restart the iThemes Security plugin if…

  • Posted a reply to Removing IP addresses from Blacklist., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @integratutions You may not want to remove an IP address that has been automatically…

  • Posted a reply to Locked Out but don’t mind about reasons, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @guizillanet iplocation.net will give you all of the IP address ranges assigned to your…

  • Posted a reply to Releasing Lockout when you’re Locked out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @s4emedia always happy to help :-) Ok, two questions for you, do you have…

  • Posted a reply to Locked Out but don’t mind about reasons, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @guizillanet Installing the plugin just isn't enough, you need to configure it. To avoid having…

  • Posted a reply to Hacked site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @50falsue89 Sorry to hear your site got hacked, it's a pain in the arse. A…

  • Posted a reply to Releasing Lockout when you’re Locked out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @bchabot I forgot to add that you should whitelist your IP addresses at home/work in…

  • Posted a reply to Releasing Lockout when you’re Locked out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @bchabot, I had the same problem and Gerroald from iThemes support helped me resolve it.…