Title: Authorization required….when using the plugin
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Authorization required….when using the plugin

 *  Resolved [iritst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iritst/)
 * (@iritst)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorization-requiredwhen-using-the-plugin/)
 * Hi
 * Using WP for Hebrew, installed the Force Login plugin, it did exactly what I 
   wanted and after using it the first time it locked me out of the site with Authorization
   required….message. I did not change any coding, just installed the plugin. I 
   deleted it from the plugin directory using FTP to use my own site….. Any reason
   for that ?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-force-login/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-force-login/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Vess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinvess/)
 * (@kevinvess)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorization-requiredwhen-using-the-plugin/#post-7119962)
 * I’m not sure why you got an “Authorization required” message but it sounds like
   an issue caused by your hosting.
 * Some host providers block access to _wp-login.php_ because of large distributed
   brute force attacks against WordPress sites.
 * Here is a thread about a similar issue to yours:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-problem-12?replies=9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-problem-12?replies=9)
 * Here is an article that walks though how to setup your server to require authorization
   for specific folders and files:
    [https://zhuji91.com.hk/stop-unauthorized-login-attempts-in-wordpress/](https://zhuji91.com.hk/stop-unauthorized-login-attempts-in-wordpress/)

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 * Last reply from: [Kevin Vess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinvess/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authorization-requiredwhen-using-the-plugin/#post-7119962)
 * Status: resolved