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Reset 2FA Grace Period in WordFence from the database/phpmyadmin
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If you find yourself locked out due to no 2FA, but you have access to your WordPress database you can increase your WordFence 2FA grace period by following the instructions below.

Needed items:

  • Your user ID (find in the wp_users table)
  1. Go to phpmyadmin, view the wp_usermeta table.
  2. Do a search for meta_key = wfls-grace-period-reset and user_id = [your user id]
  3. Update the value of this row to a future unix timestamp like now + 3600 seconds to give you a 1 hour grace period.
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