Disable 2fa without admin access – locked out

  • Resolved wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)


    2 years, 9 months ago

    I inadvertently enabled 2fa without setting up an app on my device! So I’m locked out of my admin console. Is there a way to disable 2fa in PhpMyAdmin?

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  • Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Hi, add  define(‘TWO_FACTOR_DISABLE’, true); in wp-config.php file. This will disable 2FA. When you want to enable 2FA again remove the code or set it to false.

    Kind regards.

    Thread Starter wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you for your quick reply.

    I tried that, before I posted my question. It doesn’t seem to work.

    Thread Starter wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve emptied the cache in my browser(s). I’m running the lates WP. I get an alert at the top of the login window: “TWO_FACTOR_DISABLE’ – assumed ‘‘TWO_FACTOR_DISABLE’’ (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /volume1/web/chewit/wp-config.php on line 93”

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Hi, do you also have a cache plugin running in your site? Does your server run any cache system? Are you using a CDN service by any chance?

    Kind regards.

    Thread Starter wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    I the relevant (I think) plugins i’m running are wp-fastest-cache and health-check. I’m not sure what a CDN is, I googled it, and my guess in no, I’m not.

    Thanks again.

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you for providing more information. I think your best option is to try and reset the plugin. This will help with the issue you are having now with the 2FA setting. Please check the following documentation.

    https://mbrsolution.com/wordpress/how-to-reset-aiowps-plugin.php

    Let me know how you go.

    Kind regards.

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by mbrsolution.
    Thread Starter wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve tried that too. When I get to step 3 and navigate to installed plugins, I get prompted to login again with this message:

    Your session has expired because it has been over 600 minutes since your last login. Please log back in to continue.

    But it hasn’t been 600 minutes. Anyway, I login again, and am still prompted for 2FA.

    I really appreciate your work on this.

    b

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Hi, did you try step 7 ) in the documentation I shared above? The following instructions in step 7 ) can help you further.

    https://mbrsolution.com/wordpress/remove-all-in-one-wp-security-database-tables.php

    Kind regards.

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by mbrsolution.
    Thread Starter wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    I tried some of this previously. But you loose me at the middle of step 6. You tell me how to click Edit. But you don’t tell me how to search in there. I’ve tried a few things in “Edit” but I can’t find anything. Can you please elaborate on what go do after I click Edit.

    Attached are the remaining entries that I don’t know how to search into:

    GRRRRR!

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by wowmomcs. Reason: Why can't I just upload an image!?
    Thread Starter wowmomcs

    (@wowmomcs)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Ok. Well, at first it didn’t work. But now it has. I was able to login and shut off 2FA for my account.

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    My apologies if my instructions are not 100% correct. I will try and edit them so they make more sense. I am also glad you were able to fix your issue. Enjoy the plugin.

    Kind regards.

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by mbrsolution.
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