Title: 2FA stopped working
Last modified: July 14, 2020

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# 2FA stopped working

 *  Resolved [Raval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravals/)
 * (@ravals)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2fa-stopped-working/)
 * Hello,
    2FA suddenly stopped working and I don’t know what’s going on. I have
   set verification only for the administrator. now when I want to activate verification,
   the message “An error was encountered while trying to activate two-factor authentication.
   Please try again.” please help

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 *  Thread Starter [Raval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravals/)
 * (@ravals)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2fa-stopped-working/#post-13123265)
 * I will add that I did not install anything new, I did not change anything on 
   the site.
 *  Thread Starter [Raval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravals/)
 * (@ravals)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2fa-stopped-working/#post-13123298)
 * I found a reason. 2FA does not work next to the tracking code
    Google Authenticator…
 *  [BenLinders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlinders/)
 * (@benlinders)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2fa-stopped-working/#post-13124916)
 * I seem to have the same problem. What has happened, why does 2FA with google 
   authenticator fail?

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 * Last reply from: [BenLinders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlinders/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2fa-stopped-working/#post-13124916)
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