Title: Reset Plugin
Last modified: April 19, 2019

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# Reset Plugin

 *  [vin234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vin234/)
 * (@vin234)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-4/)
 * Hi,
 * I installed this plugin and it broke my access to the admin. I don’t quite remember
   which settings I activated but the admin URL redirects to homepage of the site.
   All I am looking to do is to reset the plugin so that I can start over. Please
   let me know how I can do it. I’ve been through the FAQ and other support threads
   but couldn’t find anything on it.

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 *  [Sysadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palanthir/)
 * (@palanthir)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-4/#post-11446721)
 * Hi,
 * The only way is to get to the server and remove the part responsible for this
   redirect in .htaccess file. You will see the name you provided instead the wp-
   login.php in this file. It should look similar to this. newadmin is a replacement
   for wp-login.php in this case. .htaccess whould be located in public_html folder
   on your server. If you have an access to ftp through WinSCP (remember to show
   hidden files), you can access this file, edit it and change.
    BEGIN WordPress
   RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L] RewriteRule ^newadmin/?
   $ /wp-login.php [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^newadmin/register/?$ /wp-login.php?action
   =register [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^newadmin/lostpassword/?$ /wp-login.php?action=
   lostpassword [QSA,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 * END WordPress
 *  Thread Starter [vin234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vin234/)
 * (@vin234)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-4/#post-11446756)
 * Hi,
 * I couldn’t find similar lines in my htaccess file.
 * I’m sharing my htaccess file here without any personal information included.
 *     ```
       # BEGIN All In One WP Security
       #AIOWPS_BASIC_HTACCESS_RULES_START
       <Files .htaccess>
       <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
       Require all denied
       </IfModule>
       <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
       Order deny,allow
       Deny from all
       </IfModule>
       </Files>
       ServerSignature Off
       LimitRequestBody 10240000
       <Files wp-config.php>
       <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
       Require all denied
       </IfModule>
       <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
       Order deny,allow
       Deny from all
       </IfModule>
       </Files>
       #AIOWPS_BASIC_HTACCESS_RULES_END
       #AIOWPS_PINGBACK_HTACCESS_RULES_START
       <Files xmlrpc.php>
       <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
       Require all denied
       </IfModule>
       <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
       Order deny,allow
       Deny from all
       </IfModule>
       </Files>
       #AIOWPS_PINGBACK_HTACCESS_RULES_END
       #AIOWPS_DEBUG_LOG_BLOCK_HTACCESS_RULES_START
       <Files debug.log>
       <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
       Require all denied
       </IfModule>
       <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
       Order deny,allow
       Deny from all
       </IfModule>
       </Files>
       #AIOWPS_DEBUG_LOG_BLOCK_HTACCESS_RULES_END
       #AIOWPS_BLOCK_SPAMBOTS_START
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)?wp-comments-post\.php(.*)$
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://mysite\.com [NC,OR]
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
       RewriteRule .* http://127.0.0.1 [L]
       </IfModule>
       #AIOWPS_BLOCK_SPAMBOTS_END
       # END All In One WP Security
       ```
   
 * What do you think I can do to reset the plugin and get wp-admin access as normal?
   Thanks. vin
 *  [Sysadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palanthir/)
 * (@palanthir)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-4/#post-11447155)
 * The only solution in this case is go to wp-content/plugins folder and rename 
   Protect Your Admin folder to Protect Your Admin Old or even damaged-plugin. It
   does not matter how you rename the folder. After that try to login via [https://www.mywebsite/wp-login.php](https://www.mywebsite/wp-login.php)
 *  Thread Starter [vin234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vin234/)
 * (@vin234)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-4/#post-11447161)
 * Yes I’ve done that now and it did reset itself. Now I can log in using /wp-admin
   
   Thanks.
 *  [Sysadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palanthir/)
 * (@palanthir)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-4/#post-11447851)
 * Now you can go to plugins and see does it see the plugin as inactive. If yes,
   you can remove the plugin from WordPress level. You welcome. Have a nice Easter.

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