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WP fail2ban – Advanced Security
v5.5.0
WP fail2ban uses fail2ban to protect your WordPress site.
Brute Forcefail2banloginsecuritysyslog
- Rank
- #631 24h 0 · 7d 3
- Est. installs
- 68,779 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 2.1M all time
- Rating
- 4.2 ★ 71 reviews
- Official installs
- 60,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 0% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
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Last release
- Version
- 5.5.0
- Requires WP
- 4.2
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- On WP.org since
- 2012
About WP fail2ban
WP fail2ban is a WordPress plugin by invisnet, first published on WordPress.org in 2012. It has 60,000+ active installations and 2,071,026 downloads in total, and ranks #631 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 3 places. Users rate it 4.2 out of 5 across 71 reviews. Version 5.5.0 was released 3 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 4.2 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (0%). It is listed under Brute Force, fail2ban, login, security and syslog. Plugins with a similar focus include WP Fail2Ban Redux, Hide My WP Ghost and XO Security.
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