Title: Some setup queries/observations
Last modified: June 12, 2017

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# Some setup queries/observations

 *  Resolved [the_lar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the_lar/)
 * (@the_lar)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-setup-queriesobservations/)
 * Hi,
 * Love the plugin! I just have a couple of things which I’ve noticed and am wondering
   if it’s normal or whether I’ve got something misconfigured…
 * So I disabled /wp-login.php and created a custom login page, I’m using the 404
   page from my theme, but when I try and go /wp-login.php the 404 is displaying
   with no styling, looking at the source it’s like it’s not including any header
   or footer, just the middle section of the html?
 * When I first got blocked, instead of immediately redirecting me to the 404 page,
   I got the login page with an empty error message on without the username/password
   fields which seems a bit odd?
 * I tried logging in a few times to get myself blocked, then I removed my block
   and now when I go to my login page in a the same browser, with a new session,
   I’m immediately getting a message saying I only have one attempt remaining even
   though my settings allow for 3 – is this intentional?
 * Many thanks
    Kevin

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 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-setup-queriesobservations/#post-9223463)
 * Hi!
 * 1. That means your theme is unable to render normal 404 page when the plugin 
   invokes it standard WordPress way. Unfortunately, sometimes it happens and it
   depends on what mindset the developer of the theme had when developing the theme.
   You can select “Display simple 404 page” instead.
    2. This is a tiny bug. Will
   be fixed soon. 3. It’s normal. The counter of all wrong attempts will not be 
   reset after removing a lockout or a successful login. This was made intentionally
   to prevent a malicious user from obtaining an admin account password by using
   successful login attempts to reset the counter.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-setup-queriesobservations/#post-9223463)
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