Support » Plugin: Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection » Unable to Deactivate/Disable (timeout) – How to remove & also revert HTAccess

  • Any attempt to deactivate iThemes Security fails as the plugin simply times out the server.
    If I delete the iThemes Security via FTP, the settings will remain intact.

    QUESTION: How can I remove the plugin and deactivate the settings so that my htaccess file will revert to pre-iThemes Security settings?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/

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  • dwinden

    (@dwinden)

    @rush Hour Marketing Technology

    Uhmm, restore the .htaccess and wp-config.php files and the database from a backup.

    If that is not an option you can manually remove anything between these lines in .htaccess:

    # BEGIN iThemes Security – Do not modify or remove this line

    # END iThemes Security – Do not modify or remove this line

    Similarly there could also be entries added to the wp-config.php file which can also be removed manually.

    After this you might be able to deactivate and delete the iTSec plugin from WP Dashboard. This will remove any settings in the database.

    Untested so try it at your own risk.

    dwinden

    Thread Starter RushHourMarketing

    (@appcheck)

    Thanks for the help. I manually deleted the plugin via Cpanel file editor.

    Now I will hunt those lines in .htaccess and wp-config.php files and manually remove them.

    Think that would take care of everything?

    dwinden

    (@dwinden)

    @rush Hour Marketing Technology

    No, probably not.
    The database settings are probably still there.

    Run this SQL command from phpMyAdmin to see whether the iTSec plugin options/transients still exist in the database:

    select * from wp_options where option_name like ‘%itsec%’;

    iTSec plugin deactivation and delete is the easiest way to clean up the database.

    dwinden

    dwinden

    (@dwinden)

    @rush Hour Marketing Technology

    If you require no further assistance please mark this topic as “resolved”.

    dwinden

    Thread Starter RushHourMarketing

    (@appcheck)

    iTSec plugin deactivation and delete is the easiest way to clean up the database.

    So should I reinstall the plugin….activate it….deactivate it…then delete it?

    Are those the steps you recommend? Thank you so much for the help.

    dwinden

    (@dwinden)

    @rush Hour Marketing Technology

    Did running the SQL command from phpMyAdmin as suggested in an earlier post result in any itsec_% settings ?

    If so, indeed reinstall, activate, deactivate and then delete plugin should do the trick. Hopefully deactivation works this time.

    If not then all the settings seem to be removed from the database and all is fine.

    dwinden

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