Title: [Plugin: Lockdown WP Admin] Purpose?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Lockdown WP Admin] Purpose?

 *  [adamsmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamsmark/)
 * (@adamsmark)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/)
 * Does this plugin increase security? If so, how? Seems like a good idea, but not
   sure how it would increase security.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lockdown-wp-admin/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lockdown-wp-admin/)

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 *  [dakasky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dakasky/)
 * (@dakasky)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/page/2/#post-1856478)
 * Melody who is sweet. I would email him (address is in previous post) because 
   I don’t think he checks this page every day or gets notified. I had to tweet 
   him to start a dialog. 🙂
 *  [DanyD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danyd/)
 * (@danyd)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/page/2/#post-1856482)
 * Hello
 * there is a small bug, just modif lockdown-wp-admin.php at line 194
    with: `$base
   = sanitize_title_with_dashes( $base);`
 *  Plugin Author [Sean Fisher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sean212/)
 * (@sean212)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/page/2/#post-1856483)
 * Ah, I noticed this a few days ago. I just pushed it out; expect to see the update
   in your WP Admin soon (or you could just download 1.4.1 now at [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lockdown-wp-admin/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lockdown-wp-admin/))
 *  [sweetmelody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sweetmelody/)
 * (@sweetmelody)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/page/2/#post-1856484)
 * Yeah!!! Can change the login name already! Thank you [@sean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sean/)
   for protecting us. 😀
 * [@dakasky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dakasky/) Thanks to you too!!!
   Thanks for contacting [@sean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sean/). Happy
   day!
 *  [jxs714](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jxs714/)
 * (@jxs714)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/page/2/#post-1856512)
 * For some reason I cannot get this to work. I installed the latest version, chose
   the http auth option and I am locked out with no way to start my administration
   without deleting the plugin folder. I even deleted everything off my server and
   started from an old backup, reinstalled a fresh plugin and still get the same
   issue. Please help me. Thank you!

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 * [Lockdown WP Admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lockdown-wp-admin/)
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 * Last reply from: [jxs714](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jxs714/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-lockdown-wp-admin-purpose/page/2/#post-1856512)
 * Status: not resolved