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Apocalypse Meow

A simple, light-weight collection of tools to harden WordPress security and help mitigate common types of attacks.

By Blobfolio·Login·Free
5(23 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 2 months ago
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As of April 2026, Apocalypse Meow is a WordPress login plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 68K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 7.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: WPS Hide Login.

5/523 reviews
400active installs
68K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Apocalypse Meow’s main focus is addressing WordPress security issues related to user accounts and logins. This includes things like:

  • Brute-force login-in protection;
  • Customizable password strength requirements;
  • XML-RPC access controls;
  • Account access alerts;
  • Searchable access logs (including failed login attempts and temporary bans);
  • User enumeration prevention;
  • Registration SPAM protection;
  • Miscellaneous Core and template options to make targeted hacks more difficult;
  • Anonymize/scrub leaky remote request headers;

Security is an admittedly technical subject, but Apocalypse Meow strives to help educate “normal” users about the nature of common web attacks, mitigation techniques, etc. Every option contains detailed explanations and links to external resources with additi…

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Ratings & Reviews

523 reviews
5 ★
23
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.3+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

23.0.0

  • [Remove] Translation support.
  • [Fix] Parameter sanitization on Activity page (thanks patrowl.io!).
  • [Fix] Search by subnet.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

BlobfolioBlobfolio
Plugin Info
Version
23.0.0
Last Updated
Jan 28, 2026
WP Requires
4.4+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.3+
Active Installs
400
Downloads
68K+
Added
Nov 11, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

loginsecuritybrute force

Developer

B
Blobfolio
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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