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WP had no bearing whatsoever on where the htaccess is, some plugins just add and edit the file, non create or move the htaccess

You did not get the entry below i posted

“i have a WP main site with WP in two sub dir and each has its own .htaccess and has different settings in each”

I have a WP main site (1 htaccess)

i also have WP in two sub dir ( 2 more htaccess file)

each has ITS OWN .htaccess file and EACH had its own settings

is one of my many site setups clearer now?

What i am saying is that it sounds like since WP is in the sub dir that it sees the .htaccess there and edits that one and not the one in the root dir

i have a beta site and will test this now and confirm the above

As part of my test i will have no htaccess file except in the root dir and see what happens, i have 36 sites so i can test multiple setups and variations to see what happens

when you can get back in adjust your lockout period accordingly since it blocks by IP in case you get blocked again, also check the logs to see why you were blocked, most likely due to accessing a page that no longer exists

for me i can have that checked and turn SSL off and i get my error messages back, un checking the box with SSL on will give back the messages

do you have SSL enabled for admin or login page?

delete the BWS plugin folder then try

you may also have to check your .htaccess but thats rare and most can rename or remove the plugin folder

you dont rename the plugin folder itself, just the plugin you are having issues with

<?php
$tmestamp = time();
$datum = date(“Y-m-d (D) H:i:s”,$tmestamp);
echo $datum;
?>

Also have auto backups enabled via email and it will on the server side show what time it was created, mine is off my a few min

you use the feature to lock out or make the backend away during times you would not use it like 12AM 3AM etc….