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Limit the number of login attempts possible both through normal login as well as using auth cookies.
By default WordPress allows unlimited login attempts either through the login page or by sending special cookies. This allows passwords (or hashes) to be brute-force cracked with relative ease.
Limit Login Attempts blocks an Internet address from making further attempts after a specified limit on retries is reached, making a brute-force attack difficult or impossible.
Features
<ul>
<li>Limit the number of retry attempts when logging in (for each IP). Fully customizable</li>
<li>Limit the number of attempts to log in using auth cookies in same way</li>
<li>Informs user about remaining retries or lockout time on login page</li>
<li>Optional logging, optional email notification</li>
<li>Handles server behind reverse proxy</li>
<li>It is possible to whitelist IPs using a filter. But you probably shouldn’t. 🙂</li>
</ul>
Translations: Bulgarian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Plugin uses standard actions and filters only.

Limit Login Attempts

bad role

We had initial issues and tried again and it is working better.

Getting a lot better.


I absolutely hate bloated plugins, so I love this one. It's simple and works as expected. Guess it's wise to use a plugin such as this one, against brute force attacks.



Guido


Love this plugin

Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.

Ivan

The Google Authenticator plugin for WordPress gives you two-factor authentication using the Google Authenticator app for Android/iPhone/Blackberry.
If you are security aware, you may already have the Google Authenticator app installed on your smartphone, using it for two-factor authentication on Gmail/Dropbox/Lastpass/Amazon etc.
The two-factor authentication requirement can be enabled on a per-user basis. You could enable it for your administrator account, but log in as usual with less privileged accounts.
If You need to maintain your blog using an Android/iPhone app, or any other software using the XMLRPC interface, you can enable the App password feature in this plugin, 
but please note that enabling the App password feature will make your blog less secure.
<h3>Credits</h3>
Thanks to:
<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/evinak/" rel="nofollow ugc">Oleksiy</a> for a bugfix in multisite.
<a href="https://github.com/pancek" rel="nofollow ugc">Paweł Nowacki</a> for the Polish translation
<a href="https://github.com/FabioZumbi12" rel="nofollow ugc">Fabio Zumbi</a> for the Portuguese translation
<a href="https://www.guidoschalkx.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Guido Schalkx</a> for the Dutch translation.
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=henrik%40schack%2edk&lc=US&item_name=Google%20Authenticator&item_number=Google%20Authenticator&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8" rel="nofollow ugc">Henrik.Schack</a> for writing/maintaining versions 0.20 through 0.48
<a href="http://tobias.baethge.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Tobias Bäthge</a> for his code rewrite and German translation.
<a href="http://blog.pcode.nl/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pascal de Bruijn</a> for his “relaxed mode” idea.
<a href="http://technobabbl.es/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Werl</a> for his usability tips.
<a href="http://dd32.id.au/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dion Hulse</a> for his bugfixes.
<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/users/aldolat/" rel="nofollow ugc">Aldo Latino</a> for his Italian translation.
<a href="http://www.kaijia.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">Kaijia Feng</a> for his Simplified Chinese translation.
<a href="http://www.buayacorp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Alex Concha</a> for his security tips.
<a href="http://jetienne.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jerome Etienne</a> for his jquery-qrcode plugin.
<a href="http://orizhial.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sébastien Prunier</a> for his Spanish and French translation.

Google Authenticator

Personally I feel 2FA should be a part of WordPress core. But since it isn't, plugins like this one are a must-have to secure your sites.

The configuration interface is clearly layed out and the login page fits in perfectly with the default WP login page styling.

This plugin is light-weight, unobtrusive, free and adds that extra layer of security. Should your admin credentials ever be compromised, 2FA will keep your site secure.

Must-have security plugin

Awesome plugin, which is almost always in first group of plugin I've install on new website. Thank you for create and maintain it.

One on few my first-to-install plugin

Google Authenticator for your WordPress blog.

Limit Login Attempts vs Google Authenticator