Title: WordPress admin panel password protection disabled!
Last modified: September 6, 2021

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# WordPress admin panel password protection disabled!

 *  [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/)
 * (@hack3rcon)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/)
 * Hello,
    I set a password for my WordPress admin panel and its worked, but stopped
   suddenly! I opened “.htaccess” file and added below lines to it:
 *     ```
       ### BEGIN DIGEST BLOCK
       <Files wp-login.php>
       AuthType Digest
       AuthName "Protected by AskApache"
       AuthDigestDomain /wp-login.php https://My_Web_Site.com/wp-login.php
       AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/.WP-htpasswd
       Require valid-user
       Satisfy All
       </Files>
       ### END DIGEST BLOCK
       ```
   
 * Then, used “htpasswd” command to create a panel username and password:
    `htpasswd-
   c /etc/httpd/.WP "Panel User"` And restarted my Apache service and everything
   worked, but stopped suddenly. Why?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [corusx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corusx/)
 * (@corusx)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/#post-14841792)
 * > And restarted my Apache service and everything worked, but stopped suddenly.
   > 
   > Why?
 * stopped suddenly means stopped asking for a password when you tried to log in
   second time?
 *  Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/)
 * (@hack3rcon)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/#post-14842035)
 * Yes.
 *  [corusx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corusx/)
 * (@corusx)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/#post-14842392)
 * did you try from a different browser or in incognito?
 *  Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/)
 * (@hack3rcon)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/#post-14842468)
 * Yes. I used Brave and Google Chrome.
    Can it because of WordPress update?
 *  Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/)
 * (@hack3rcon)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/#post-14864932)
 * Hello,
    I think that I must not update my WordPress!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-panel-password-protection-disabled/#post-14864932)
 * Status: not resolved

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