Title: ip-block "admin" does not work
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# ip-block "admin" does not work

 *  Resolved [Thibor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thibor/)
 * (@thibor)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/)
 * I´ve tried to ip-block the username ‘admin’ with the feature “Immediately block
   the IP of users who try to sign in as these usernames” but the are still multiple‘
   admin’login-attempts.
 * Is there a problem with this feature?
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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913215)
 * Hi,
 * Under options, how long to you have “Amount of time a user is locked out” set
   to? The locks could be expiring. Also, the lock is per IP address. Multiple attackers
   could be trying to use “admin” from different IP addresses. You’d see multiple
   locks from this.
 * Hope that helps,
    Brian
 *  Thread Starter [Thibor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thibor/)
 * (@thibor)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913232)
 * Hi WFBrian,
 * thank you for your answer.
 * It is not a problem of “time”. Despite using the “username-Block”-Feature I still
   see multiple login attempts (in Live Traffic –> Login/logouts) under a single
   IP-Adress (till the block after X Login-Attempts takes effect).
 * So there must be another reason. Any other idea?
 * THX
 * PS: “Amount of time a user is locked out” is 1 day
 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913298)
 * [@thibor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thibor/):
 * Are you using any other captcha or security plugins? Captcha plugins often change
   the error response from WordPress to their own message, instead of letting WordPress’s“
   invalid user” response come through like it normally would, which can cause this
   problem.
 * -Matt R
 *  Thread Starter [Thibor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thibor/)
 * (@thibor)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913299)
 * Hi Matt,
 * yes I´m using “Captcha by BestWebSoft” … but only for the registration-page. 
   Is there any solution for this problem? Unfortunately, not using captcha is no
   solution for me.
 * Many Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913302)
 * Right now, that feature isn’t compatible with captcha plugins that work that 
   way, and I don’t know of a workaround. The “Immediately lock out invalid usernames”
   options also may not work correctly with that type of captcha, but login security
   options that don’t depend on the status of a particular username should still
   work with it.
 * The other plugin author may know of a workaround, or may be willing to change
   the plugin’s operation so it does not change the WordPress error internally. 
   We’ll keep an eye on this issue, and also may work on compatibility in a future
   version.
 * Thanks!
 * -Matt R
 *  Thread Starter [Thibor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thibor/)
 * (@thibor)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913303)
 * Thank You!

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 * [IP block](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ip-block/)

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 * Last reply from: [Thibor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thibor/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-block-admin-does-not-work/#post-6913303)
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