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WP Limit Login Attempts

Limit rate of login attempts and block IP temporarily. Brute force attack protection. GDPR compliant. Captcha enabled.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.6.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.0 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update15 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.6 / 5 from 300 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records WP Limit Login Attempts version 2.6.6 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Brute Force Attack aims at being the simplest kind of method to gain access to a site: it tries usernames and passwords, over and over again, until it gets in. WP Limit Login Attempts plugin limit rate of login attempts and block IP temporarily. It is detecting bots by captcha verification.

Go to Settings > WP Limit Login.

Features

  • Login Security – Limit Login Attempts and track user login attempts
  • Captcha Verification
  • Light weight plugin
  • Mechanism for slow down brute force attack
  • Redirect to home page, when abnormal request (It will stop hacking tools)
  • GDPR compliant. With this feature turned on, all logged IPs get obfuscated (md5-hashed).

Limit Login Attempts

A brute force attack is a trial-and-error mеthоd uѕеd tо оbtаin infоrmаtiоn such аѕ a user раѕѕwоrd оr реrѕоnаl idеntifiсаtiоn number (PIN). In a brute force attack, аutоmаtеd software iѕ uѕеd tо gеnеrаtе a lаrgе numbеr оf соnѕесutivе guesses аѕ to thе value of thе desired data. Brute force attack may bе uѕеd by сriminаlѕ tо crack еnсrурtеd dаtа, оr bу security аnаlуѕtѕ to tеѕt an оrgаnizаtiоn’ѕ nеtwоrk security.

If уоu аdорt thе use оf this plugin, it will limit thе number оf timеѕ a uѕеr can аttеmрt tо log intо уоur ассоunt. Aftеr a сарtсhа verification would have bееn rеԛuеѕtеd, thе mесhаniѕm will ѕlоw dоwn brutе fоrсе аttасk hаving thе роwеr tо redirect tо home page аnd соmрlеtеlу аvоid intruder intо уоur рrесiоuѕ ассоunt.

Captcha Verification

WP Limit Login Attempts plugin provides an extra protection by Captcha.

Captcha Verification in seven attempts. It will be highly helpful for removing bots.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • limit login
  • authentication
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 5.6
Update activity15 Sept 20261mo ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version2.6.52.6.6
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1
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