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Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention
A sturdy digital bouncer that sometimes mistakes legitimate guests for intruders.
HealthyGrowing
91/100
This plugin offers solid brute force protection and a generous free tier despite occasional false lockouts.
Active installs
~4.0 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 1.0M+
Rating
4.9★
1,457 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+68%
Growing fast
8,822 → 14,835 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +68% in the last year
8,822/day a year ago→14,835/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLimit Login Attempts Security is well-regarded as a straightforward, effective brute-force and login protection plugin, though a small number of users report frustrating false lockouts and a desire for more granular configuration control.
What people like
- +Effectively blocks bots and brute-force login attempts×5
- +Quick and simple setup×4
- +Provides useful visibility into login attempts via logs and notifications×3
- +Works well alongside other security plugins
- +Email support is helpful for recognizing threats
Common complaints
- −False lockouts reported, locking out legitimate users
- −Limited flexibility and control over configuration settings×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.72★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 21%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-06-092025-12-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,457 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★I never knew there were so many login attemptsdavidbfox
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Good software.xmagentur
- 2026-05-22★★★★★a must for every website.webmastersm5yrase
- 2026-05-20★★★★★blocked so many botsriana71
- 2026-05-04★★★★★très efficace et rassurantmcaudibert
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Great plugintonyburgess1001-shot
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Very glad to have thisplannerk1-shot
- 2026-04-28★★★★★it worksnasy8
- 2026-04-21★★★★★Works but Annoyinghunterfox3
- 2026-04-21★★★★★Excellentqykzoo
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Limit Login Attempts Security
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
15,075
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
12,551
Prior 7-day baseline
12,462
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
427,073
Mean release-day peak (30d)
12,432
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+20.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.31
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
21%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-7%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.73 → 4.72★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered