Back Up Codes
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How do I perform a back up code in case I ever lose access to my phone and my blog?
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Howdy!
You can visit https://wordpress.com/settings/security/ and click on the “Generate Backup Codes” button. Please be sure to print out and keep secure those backup codes!
If you have any questions or need anything else, please let us know!
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Hi again,
Pressing the button will enable a pop-up to appear with your codes. Could you check to ensure you’re not blocking pop-ups and try again? Here is a set of instructions from Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95472?hl=en
Thanks!
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I got them. That worked thank you. So I wrote down all of them, will I need everyone of them to get back in if that is the situation?
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No, you’ll need just one and then that one will be retired, leaving the remaining nine and so on. The idea is that if you lost your phone, for example, you might need to login a few different times before replacing the device, or before shutting off two-step, or to allow for human error, etc without making you have to generate and write down new ones each time.
If you generate new ones though, all remaining old ones will expire. In your case, the codes that were generated when the popup was blocked were all cancelled when you generated your last batch, so only ten codes are active for your account currently.
I hope that isn’t overkill on explaining that; sometimes there can be a lot of confusion regarding that piece of the pie!
Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything else!
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