Firewall lockouts persist despite allowlisting
Firewall lockouts persist after plugin removal or despite allowlisted IPs, shutting admins out of their own sites.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 13 May 2026 · last reported 13 September 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners say Defender locked them out of their own WordPress admin area.
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 4 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.