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WPS Limit Login
Minimalist security that might be ghosting you.
Declining
68/100
Users love the simple security but fear the developer has moved on.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.9★
83 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-26%
Declining fast
522 → 385 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 26% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 12 months
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
Declining fast · -26% in the last year
522/day a year ago→385/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWPS Limit Login is a well-regarded lightweight brute-force protection plugin appreciated for its simplicity and lack of bloat, though concerns about abandonment and lack of developer support cast doubt on its long-term reliability.
What people like
- +Lightweight and minimal footprint, does not add unnecessary features or UI clutter×2
- +Simple to configure and use×4
- +Effectively reduces brute-force login attacks with no reported false positives×2
Common complaints
- −Plugin stopped working after a period of use, suggesting reliability issues
- −Developer appears absent from the support forum, with the plugin potentially abandoned
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.93★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 83 total
Latest reviews · 83 analyzed
- 2025-12-02★★★★★Worked for a while then stopped, no supportmadukdiver
- 2025-03-06★★★★★SUPERIOR to Limit Login Attempts Reloadedrushoverinc
- 2024-04-19★★★★★Another simple but essential pluginChris Lovie-Tyler
- 2024-04-09★★★★★Great lightweight pluginweigertj
- 2023-10-10★★★★★Great and minimalisticdw4y
- 2022-04-05★★★★★Great Plugin for WP Security!gillespatrick
- 2022-04-01★★★★★It's wonderfultjdyo
- 2021-11-02★★★★★Excellent plugin but…freezer271-shot
- 2021-09-02★★★★★Works finebelmaroc1-shot
- 2021-06-27★★★★★Excellentrawny
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
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.
375
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
372
Prior 7-day baseline
284
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
398
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+0.8%
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.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.37
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
95%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.92 → 4.93★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered