About this plugin
Simple Login Guard is a lightweight login security plugin designed to protect your WordPress website from brute-force attacks.
It monitors every login attempt, logs failed and successful logins, tracks suspicious behavior, and automatically blocks IP addresses that exceed your configured threshold — keeping your site safe without slowing it down.
No confusing settings. No bulky security suite.
Just simple, effective login protection.
🔐 Key Features
Monitor Failed & Successful Login Attempts
– Logs every attempt with username, IP, timestamp, and status.
Automatic IP Blocking
– Block IPs that exceed a defined number of failed attempts within a time window.
Customizable Security Rules
– Failed attempts threshold
– Lockout duration
– Time window for counting attempts
– Retention period for logs
Manual Block / Unblock IPs
– Block or unblock IP addresses from the admin dashboard.
Lightweight and Fast
– Uses optimized database queries and caching to avoid performance issues.
Safe Logging Table
– Creates a separate database table for login attempts, leaving core tables untouched.
📊 Admin Dashboard
The plugin includes an easy-to-use interface under:
Tools → Simple Login Guard
Sections include:
- Settings
- Blocked IPs List