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Captcha lockout blocks WordPress admin login

Captcha and javascript-protection rules lock site owners out of the WordPress admin login, and disabling the plugin needs a login they no longer have.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 20 November 2025 · last reported 31 March 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who run the SilentShield captcha plugin on WordPress report being locked out of their own admin login screens.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.