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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.

By Arshid·Hack·Free
4.6(300 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, WP Limit Login Attempts is a WordPress hack plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 300 reviews. It has been downloaded 442K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 7% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Exploit Scanner.

4.6/5300 reviews
10K+active installs
0%resolved
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Limit Login Attempts for login protection, protect site from brute force attacks.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-an…

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Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

4.6300 reviews
5 ★
263
4 ★
4
3 ★
3
2 ★
6
1 ★
24

Recent Reviews

Sehr gut
by merovci·9 months ago

Es lohnt sich.

Works nicely, thanks!
by lukasdobes·2 years ago

Works nicely, thanks!

top
by gertjan1954·2 years ago

helemaal goed

Good App
by rvjenterprises·3 years ago

Works as it should with no problems.
Highly recommended.

I do not recommend!
by digitocz·3 years ago

If you don’t pay for the PRO version, the plugin is useless. I do not recommend!

Download Trends

Today: 19Yesterday: 24This week: 131Period total: 7K

Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v2.6
98.3%
v2.4
1.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

First version of plugin.

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

ArshidArshid
Plugin Info
Version
2.6.5
Last Updated
Aug 4, 2024
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
442K+
Added
Aug 19, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

hackloginsecurityloginizerauthentication

Developer

A
Arshid
6 plugins0.6M+ total installs
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