As of April 2026, Project Force Field is a WordPress Apache plugin with 20 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Redirection.
4.6/516 reviews
20active installs
3.5K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Faison Zutavern, Jon Valcq, and Emma Edgar, from Orion Group LLC, bring superior Brute Force Attack protection to WordPress with their new plugin, Project Force Field. By tracking failed login attempts and taking advantage of Apache’s mod_rewrite module, Project Force Field stops Brute Force Attacks from bogging down your sites and servers.
Special thanks to Chris Aykroid for the plugin banner 😀
Contributing
If you would like to contribute or fork Project Force Field, we currently have a repo on Bitbucket. You can find it here
Features!
- Sends a 403 error code to anyone visiting /wp-login.php – All brute force attacks we’ve seen target /wp-login.php. By responding with a 403 error, your WordPress files aren’t loaded, the Database isn’t queried, and the attac…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.616 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.6.1
- Bugfix: Delayed checking if permalinks are used until the action ‘init’. This fixes warnings when updating or activating Project Force Field.
Contributors
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