Title: Plugin: All in One WP Security problems
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin: All in One WP Security problems

 *  [ferbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferbert/)
 * (@ferbert)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-all-in-one-wp-security-problems/)
 * Hello All – I have been using the “All in One WP Security” plugin for some time.
   Upgraded to WordPress 3.9 – and then the latest version of “All in One WP Security”,
   and it is now sending me e-mails of people trying to hack into the admin part
   of my site – which is good. They will never succeed as my admin account has been
   renamed. But – here is my problem. When the hackers try and fail 3 times – it
   is locking down the whole admin site. I cannot get into it from the local network,
   or on the local server. It says that the IP’s are locked out. I tried to whitelist
   these networks in the plugin – and they are listed – but when I save it says 
   that it cannt save the .htaccess file – and for me to edit it manually. Well –
   I go look at the file – and I have no idea what to put in it. The plug in also
   does not know my IP address – whether I access it from the local network (192.168)
   or on the server (127.0). One last thing – in this plug in – it says that I can
   change the name of the admin site to something else. I am a little afraid to 
   do so – in case it doesn’t work – then I might not be able to get in to the admin
   site again – is it safe? Don’t get me wrong – I love the plugin – the protection–
   the the flexability and security – I just need some guidance. Thanks!

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