Title: Cannot login as Admin
Last modified: October 3, 2024

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# Cannot login as Admin

 *  Resolved [lovelacedee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovelacedee/)
 * (@lovelacedee)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-login-as-admin-6/)
 * I enabled Wordfence for our website’s security since it has been hacked twice.
   When enabled, I configured settings and now the day after, I cannot log in as
   admin. I ask my colleague to disable the wordfence and I got in but when we try
   to enable it back, it keeps loading. What could be the cause of this? I already
   checked the blocked IPs, my IP wasn’t there even the user blocklist. So the best
   solution was to disable wordfence temporarily. Please help.
 * FYI: The website has 3 security plugins, WPSecurity, ALLinOne Security and Wordfence
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-login-as-admin-6%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-login-as-admin-6/#post-18052887)
 * Hi [@lovelacedee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovelacedee/), sorry to
   see you’re having trouble.
 * Overlapping features _could_ result in more of your site’s resources being used
   during scans etc. when installing more than one security suite/firewall. You 
   may also experience conflicts or more than one plugin trying to check logins 
   etc. Wordfence does have some modules that can be disabled but not all products
   do so be careful in which features you like/dislike from each.
 * There are ways to check if Wordfence was blocking the action of another plugin
   or a firewall had been triggered but it may be difficult if the site isn’t usable
   whenever you enable it. The best test for me would be to see if your site behaves
   as intended when Wordfence is your only active plugin. If it does, reenable your
   other plugins one-by-one to see when the loading/timeout problem reoccurs. This
   may hint to an incompatibility or conflict so will help with troubleshooting 
   a potential issue.
 * Our documentation around Live Traffic could help you look for false-positive 
   blocks where Wordfence may be blocking the action of another plugin but would
   require the site to be working with Wordfence active to try: [https://www.wordfence.com/help/tools/live-traffic/](https://www.wordfence.com/help/tools/live-traffic/)
 * Product documentation: [https://www.wordfence.com/help/](https://www.wordfence.com/help/)
   
   Our free learning center: [https://www.wordfence.com/learn/](https://www.wordfence.com/learn/)
 * Also note that our 2FA/reCAPTCHA when enabled are designed to work with the default
   WordPress and WooCommerce login/registration pages only so compatibility issues
   may occur with custom login pages or ones generated by other plugins.
 * Many thanks,
   Peter.

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## Tags

 * [admin lockout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin-lockout/)
 * [can't log in](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cant-log-in/)
 * [wordpress site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-site/)

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 * Last reply from: [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-login-as-admin-6/#post-18052887)
 * Status: resolved