Protects your website against brute force login attacks using .htaccess
Author: | Fresh-Media (profile at wordpress.org) |
WordPress version required: | 2.7.0 |
WordPress version tested: | 4.8.17 |
Plugin version: | 1.5.3 |
Added to WordPress repository: | 25-06-2014 |
Last updated: | 29-06-2017
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Rating, %: | 82 |
Rated by: | 18 |
Plugin URI: | http://wordpress.org/plugins/brute-force-logi... |
Total downloads: | 87 774 |
Active installs: | 10 000+ |
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A 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.
Brute Force Login Protection is a lightweight plugin that protects your website against brute force login attacks using .htaccess.
After a specified limit of login attempts within a specified time, the IP address of the hacker will be blocked.
Features
- Limit the number of allowed login attempts using normal login form
- Limit the number of allowed login attempts using Auth Cookies
- Manually block/unblock IP addresses
- Manually whitelist trusted IP addresses
- Delay execution after a failed login attempt (to slow down brute force attack)
- Option to inform user about remaining attempts on login page
- Option to email administrator when an IP has been blocked
- Custom message to show to blocked users
Contribute
If you’d like to make a contribution to the Brute Force Login Protection plugin, you can submit a pull request to our GitHub Repository.
You can also create a thread in our Support Forum.
Your feedback is highly appreciated!
Donate
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