Ralf Naumann

eSherpa Login Guard effectively and intelligently protects your WordPress site from brute-force attacks – Swiss precision, completely without external dependencies.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Honeypot-first bot defense: JavaScript Honeypot detects non-browser bots and triggers immediate lockout logic.</li>
<li>Protected username trap: Immediate lockout for defined usernames (e.g., “admin”, “test”), independent of the regular counter.</li>
<li>Proactive User-Agent blocking: Block known bot signatures before login processing (exact match or substring mode).</li>
<li>Blocked User-Agent attempt log: Separate log table for blocked User-Agent requests including matching pattern.</li>
<li>WordPress hardening options: Disable XML-RPC (with fake-user honeypot response), hide REST user endpoint, and block author archive enumeration.</li>
<li>Optional bot password capture: Store attempted passwords from detected JS-honeypot bots for incident analysis.</li>
<li>Neutral login error option: Hide username enumeration by using neutral WordPress login error responses.</li>
<li>Live security visibility: Live alarm in admin, lockout badge in menu, and detailed failed-attempt logs with IP/User-Agent filters.</li>
<li>Progressive lockout durations: Lockout time increases on repeat offenses (e.g., 15 → 30 → 60 → 120 minutes).</li>
<li>Login page guidance: Clear countdown and “X attempts remaining” notice for transparent lock state.</li>
<li>Privacy-compliant: IPs stored only as anonymized hashes.</li>
<li>Automatic cleanup of old failed attempts (configurable).</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly admin tables: Horizontal scrolling for wide security tables on small screens, including swipe hint.</li>
<li>Email notification to admin on attacks against existing users.</li>
</ul>
Developed in Switzerland – fast, clean, performant, and multilingual ready.
Compatible with WordPress 6.9 and tested up to PHP 8.5.3.

eSherpa Login Guard

Intelligent login protection with honeypot detection, WordPress hardening, and a clear security admin overview.

dessky

Dessky Security is the ultralight plugin for basic Security Hardening. It is specially designed not to drain any resources from your website. Once you enable all major security measures your input is no longer required. Features include upload directory restriction, disabling of plugin/theme editor, admin username check and more.
This plugin was developed by <a href="https://dessky.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dessky Team</a>.
Dessky Team does not provide support for the Dessky Security on the WordPress.org forums. In order to get support or make a suggestion from a Dessky Team you will have to Join Our Open Community and <a href="https://discuss.dessky.org/t/dessky-security" rel="nofollow ugc">Start a Discussion</a>.
<a href="https://discuss.dessky.org/t/dessky-security" rel="nofollow ugc">DISCUSS WITH THE DESSKY TEAM</a>
<a href="https://discuss.dessky.org/t/dessky-security" rel="nofollow ugc">JOIN OUR OPEN COMMUNITY</a>: The purpose of this open community is to have a collective place where the community can help each other, and we can get some feedback to improve Dessky Security as well. Joining the community is also a great way to connect with like-minded people and share your experience.
You can also <a href="https://dessky.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">GET THE PREMIUM SUPPORT</a>
<a href="https://dessky.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Documentation</a>: Although Dessky Security is already easy to set up, we’ve put together tutorials, guides, and some knowledge bases to help you set up and get started with it.
I have further questions, how do I contact you?
Please fill up the <a href="https://dessky.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact form</a> and we would be more than happy to assist.
Credits: Dessky Security is based on the ‘Sucuri WordPress Security’ plugin developed by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/ddsucurinet/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Cid</a>.

Dessky Security

Dessky Security is the ultralight plugin for basic Security Hardening. It is specially designed not to drain any resources from your website.

eSherpa Login Guard vs Dessky Security