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Limit Login Attempts
v1.7.2Not updated in over a year
Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
by Automattic · Website
authenticationloginsecurity
- Rank
- #199 24h 0 · 7d 0
- Est. installs
- 322,516 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 2.3M all time
- Rating
- 4.6 ★ 202 reviews
- Official installs
- 300,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 6.2.14 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
3.6 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 1.7.2
- Requires WP
- 2.8
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2009
About Limit Login Attempts
Limit Login Attempts is a WordPress plugin by Automattic, first published on WordPress.org in 2009. It has 300,000+ active installations and 2,311,169 downloads in total, and ranks #199 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Its directory rank held steady over the past week. Users rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 202 reviews. Version 1.7.2 was released 3.6 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 6.2.14 and requires WordPress 2.8 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under authentication, login and security. Plugins with a similar focus include WPS Limit Login, Google Authenticator and Hide My WP Ghost.
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