Title: ip or user lock out?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# ip or user lock out?

 *  [AmandaEve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandaeve/)
 * (@amandaeve)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-or-user-lock-out/)
 * I’m getting an insane amount of emails about my users and failed attempts to 
   log on to the site. This are obviously not my users – I”m assuming it is a bot
   or a malicious person seeking entry … does this mean that the legiimate person
   can’t log in for 15 minutes after the username has been locked out – or is it
   the ip address that has been locked out?
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## Tags

 * [Failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/failed/)
 * [locked out](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/locked-out/)
 * [users](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/users/)

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 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [AmandaEve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandaeve/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-or-user-lock-out/)
 * Status: not resolved