MelaPress Login Security

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Implement customized secure WordPress login policies with efficiency

Author:Melapress (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.0
WordPress version tested:6.5.2
Plugin version:1.3.0
Added to WordPress repository:23-02-2023
Last updated:30-04-2024
Rating, %:100
Rated by:6
Plugin URI:https://melapress.com/wordpress-login-securit...
Total downloads:3 490
Active installs:500+
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IMPLEMENT CUSTOMIZED SECURE WORDPRESS LOGIN POLICIES WITH EFFICIENCY

Achieve better WordPress login and password security through policies that put you firmly in the driver’s seat. With high customizability and granularity, login security policies can be implemented by user role or site-wide for complete control over the security of your websites’ login process.

FEATURES & BENEFITS | UPGRADE TO PREMIUM | GETTING STARTED

Use the free edition of Melapress Login Security to implement WordPress password minimum length and complexity. The plugin also allows you to set expiration policies, prevent users from recycling old passwords, limit failed login attempts, and automatically disable inactive user accounts, among other things.

MAINTAINED & SUPPORTED BY MELAPRESS

Melapress builds high-quality WordPress security & admin plugins such as WP 2FA, CAPTCHA 4WP,and WP Activity Log, the #1 user-rated activity log plugin for WordPress.

Visit our website to see how our plugins can help you better manage and improve the security and administration of your WordPress websites and users.

Features

Ensure your WordPress users use the most secure password policies through the following plugin features:

Features list

  • Limit failed login attempts and automatically disable user accounts after a number of failed login attempts
  • Set policies by role or site-wide
  • Provide users with helpful instructions during password configuration to meet set policy
  • Set minimum password length
  • Mandate the use of upper and lower case characters, numeric digits, and special characters
  • Set an automatic password expiration policy
  • Disallow users from recycling old passwords
  • Disable password reset links
  • Mandate WordPress password reset on the first login
  • Define policy priority for users with multiple roles
  • Reset all users’ passwords with just one click

Upgrade to Melapress Login Security and get more

The premium edition of Melapress Login Security comes bundled with even more features, which enable you to take your WordPress website login security to the next level. Disable inactive WordPress user accounts and force passwords to be reset once accounts have been unlocked. Inactive accounts can be managed within a single dashboard for increased efficiency and faster response times. Moreover, you can set accounts to be locked out after a number of failed login attempts and customize the duration and method of unlocking them.

Features list

  • Everything in the free version
  • One-click integration with third-party plugins such as WooCommerce, LearnDash, Memberpress, and many others
  • Automatically disable inactive WordPress users after a set time
  • Change the WordPress login page URL (and set a 404 for the old page)
  • Add Geo-blocking rules to restrict login page traffic to specific countries, or block traffic from specific countries
  • Restrict every user’s login to an IP address, or a configurable number of IP addresses
  • Restrict WordPress users’ login time by day and/or hours
  • See reports of when users were last active, what’s their password age, and whose password is expired
  • Receive detailed weekly summary reports over email of password resets and changes, user account lockouts, and more

Free and premium support

Support for MelaPress Login Security is free on the WordPress support forums.

Premium world-class support is available via email to all Melapress Login Security users

Note: Customer support for customers on a premium plan is given priority and is provided via one-to-one email. Upgrade to premium to benefit from priority support.

For any other queries, feedback, or if you simply want to get in touch with us, please use our contact form.

Further reading and documentation

You can find more detailed information about WordPress website security, password security and user management, security best practices, and much more in the recommended reads linked below.

WordPress password protection – a complete guide
WordPress security & hardening – the definitive guide
The definitive guide to WordPress security plugins

Install the plugin from within WordPress

  1. Navigate to Plugins > Add New
  2. Search for “Melapress Login Security”
  3. Install & activate Melapress Login Security from your Plugins page

Install the plugin manually (via file upload)

  1. Download the plugin from the WordPress plugins repository
  2. Unzip the zip file and upload the folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  3. Activate the Melapress Login Security plugin through the Plugins page in WordPress

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