Hi, thank you for reaching out to us.
To completely delete the plugin and install a fresh copy follow the instructions below.
– FTP to your host and delete the plugin’s folder. Although this is normally carried out when you deactivate and delete the plugin as the website administrator.
– FTP the .htaccess file from your site to your computer and edit and remove all the code between and including the following tags: Make sure you upload the .htaccess file back into the same location you downloaded the file from via FTP.
# BEGIN All In One WP Security
# END All In One WP Security
– Log into phpMyAdmin and locate the database for the website you are working on. Look for any table entry with the following name aiowps and delete those tables. There should be 6 tables associated with this plugin, in addition to the options settings. There will also be other entries for transients and plugin version etc. The following is a list of tables and entries found in the database.
| aiowps_events |
| aiowps_failed_logins |
| aiowps_global_meta |
| aiowps_login_activity |
| aiowps_login_lockdown |
| aiowps_permanent_block |
| commentmeta |
| comments |
-There are other aiowps settings saved in the WordPress “options” table, under the option name “aio_wp_security_configs”. You should also delete the “aio_wp_security_configs” row in the options table.
The above steps will delete the plugin completely from your database and allow you to start from scratch.
Let me know how you go.
Kind regards
Hi! Thanks for this. I never did clean up the htaccess/myphp. I just did that, and reinstalled a clean version of the plugin. When I went to activate it the exact same thing happened.
Any other workarounds?
Thank you!
Hi, did you also delete the plugins tables from your database as per my instructions above?
Regards
Hi,
Now, when I go to install a freshly Dl’ed version of this plugin and hit “activate” my site crashes because the old settings lock me out.
That means that one of the settings is still active in your site. Try the following reset addon.
Let me know if this helps you.
Kind regards
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This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by mbrsolution.
Solved it. Thanks so much! I really appreciate the help!