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WP Ultimate Security

<h4>WORDPRESS SECURITY PLUGIN — PROTECTION WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY</h4>
<p>Automated bots probe WordPress logins and forms around the clock. Ultimate Security shuts that down — with two-factor authentication, brute-force lockouts, anti-spam CAPTCHA, a hidden login URL, session controls, and security maintenance tools — all from a clean dashboard you do not need to be a security expert to run.</p>
<p>🎥 <strong>Watch a 2-minute intro:</strong></p>
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<p>🛡️ <strong>Lightweight. Privacy-first. No bloat.</strong></p>
<h4>Why Ultimate Security?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>It just works.</strong> Sensible defaults out of the box — turn it on, you are safer in minutes.</li>
<li><strong>Built for real attacks.</strong> Stops the automated login, brute-force and spam traffic that actually hits WordPress sites.</li>
<li><strong>Zero learning curve.</strong> Plain-English settings, a Test Mode to preview rules before they go live.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy-respecting.</strong> No tracking, no data collection. Pro features are clearly labelled.</li>
</ul>
<p>🎥 <strong>Full Overview of Ultimate Security’s Dashboard:</strong></p>
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<h4>🔐 Login & Two-Factor Authentication</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)</strong> — Email one-time codes <strong>and</strong> authenticator apps via TOTP/HOTP. <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Setup docs</a> · <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">Video</a></li>
<li><strong>Per-user 2FA with role-based configuration options</strong> — Let users enable 2FA and configure which roles should use email or app-based 2FA.</li>
<li><strong>Brute-force login lockout</strong> — Limit failed attempts, auto-lock offenders, auto-reset retries, block specific users, and keep a recovery URL for emergencies.</li>
<li><strong>Custom login URL</strong> — Hide <code>wp-admin</code> / <code>wp-login.php</code> behind a secret address so bots cannot find it.</li>
<li><strong>Strong password policies</strong> — Enforce length, complexity, expiry and password history.</li>
<li><strong>Session control</strong> — Limit concurrent logins per user and harden auth cookies.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🤖 Bot & Brute-Force Protection</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Anti-spam CAPTCHA</strong> — Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 <strong>and</strong> Cloudflare Turnstile.</li>
<li><strong>Form coverage</strong> — Protect WordPress login, registration and lost-password forms; Turnstile also supports comment forms; WooCommerce login/register forms are supported when enabled.</li>
<li><strong>No-conflict mode</strong> — Plays nicely alongside other CAPTCHA setups.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🧱 Security Maintenance & Controls</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rotate WordPress security keys / salts on demand.</li>
<li>Use the Update Manager to control WordPress core, plugin and theme update behavior.</li>
<li>Connect Cloudflare and deploy configurable WAF rule groups from the dashboard.</li>
<li>Review a basic Security Score with prioritized security checks.</li>
<li>Advanced hardening toggles, API privacy filtering and scheduled salt rotation are available in Pro.</li>
</ul>
<h4>📊 Monitoring & Tools</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Login Activity snapshot</strong> — Review recent successful and failed login activity from the dashboard.</li>
<li><strong>Basic Security Score</strong> — See a scored security posture based on enabled protections.</li>
<li><strong>Site Health snapshot</strong> — WordPress/PHP versions, memory, active plugins and theme at a glance.</li>
<li><strong>Test Mode</strong> — Simulate security rules and review what <em>would</em> have been blocked before enforcing.</li>
<li><strong>Settings backup & restore</strong> — Export/import your configuration as JSON for migrations or disaster recovery.</li>
</ul>
<p>👉 <strong><a href="https://www.wpultimatesecurity.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Check Out »</a></strong></p>
<h4>🛠️ Recommended setups by use case</h4>
<p>Different sites face different threats. Start with the profile that matches you, then layer on more from the <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Solo blogger / personal site</strong> — Enable Email 2FA on the admin account, set a 5-attempt login lockout with a 15-minute cooldown, set a custom login URL, and add Cloudflare Turnstile to the comment form.</li>
<li><strong>Small agency / multi-author site</strong> — Require authenticator-app 2FA per role for editor and above, enforce password length + history, cap concurrent logins per user, and enable Test Mode before tightening rules.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce store</strong> — Add reCAPTCHA or Turnstile to login, registration and lost-password forms, set a custom login URL, enable brute-force lockout, and review Site Health weekly.</li>
<li><strong>Membership / community site</strong> — Per-user 2FA enabled site-wide, strong password policy, session limits to block account sharing, and CAPTCHA on registration to keep bot signups out.</li>
</ul>
<p>Each setup uses only free features. See the <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">full setup guides</a> for step-by-step instructions.</p>
<h3>📖 Security terms in plain English</h3>
<p>New to WordPress security? Here is what the jargon means and why each one matters.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/login-authentication/email-otp/" rel="nofollow ugc">Two-Factor Authentication</a> (<a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/login-authentication/authentication-apps/" rel="nofollow ugc">2FA</a>)</strong> — A second proof of identity (a one-time code) on top of your password, so a stolen password alone cannot log in.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/brute-force-protection/login-attempts/" rel="nofollow ugc">Brute force</a></strong> — Automated tools that guess thousands of password combinations against your login form; lockouts cut them off after a few failures.</li>
<li><strong>CAPTCHA</strong> — A <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/bot-protection/google-recaptcha/" rel="nofollow ugc">small puzzle</a> or <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/bot-protection/cloudflare-turnstile/" rel="nofollow ugc">invisible check</a> that confirms a real human is filling out a form, blocking most spam bots.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/login-authentication/custom-login-url/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom login URL</a></strong> — Moving your login page from the well-known <code>/wp-login.php</code> to a secret path so automated scanners cannot find it.</li>
<li><strong>Hardening</strong> — Turning off WordPress features attackers abuse but most sites do not need (file editor, XML-RPC, user enumeration, directory browsing).</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/docs/security-keys/wordpress-security-keys/" rel="nofollow ugc">Salt rotation</a></strong> — Replacing the random secret keys in <code>wp-config.php</code> to invalidate stolen sessions and force re-login everywhere.</li>
<li><strong>Session control</strong> — Limiting how many places one account can be logged in at once and hardening the auth cookie.</li>
<li><strong>Test Mode</strong> — Previewing which requests a new rule would have blocked, before the rule starts blocking anything for real.</li>
</ul>
<p>Each term links to deeper reading in the <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.</p>
<h4>📚 Learn more</h4>
<ul>
<li>🌐 <a href="https://www.wpultimatesecurity.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Website</a> — features, articles and more.</li>
<li>📘 <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> — setup guides, troubleshooting, and how-tos.</li>
<li>🎥 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube channel</a> — video walkthroughs and tutorials.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎯 Featured guides</h4>
<p>Short, focused reads that get most sites secure in under an hour. All link into the <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Set up Email 2FA for your admin account</strong> — the fastest single thing you can do to block account takeover.</li>
<li><strong>Add an authenticator app (TOTP/HOTP) for stronger 2FA</strong> — Google Authenticator, Authy, Microsoft Authenticator.</li>
<li><strong>Pick a safe custom login URL</strong> — what to choose, what to avoid, how to recover if you forget it.</li>
<li><strong>Add reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile to your forms</strong> — including WooCommerce login and registration.</li>
<li><strong>Tune brute-force lockout without locking yourself out</strong> — sane attempt limits, lockout duration, allowlists.</li>
<li><strong>Rotate WordPress security keys (salts) safely</strong> — when to rotate, what it logs everyone out of, and how to schedule it.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔗 Follow Ultimate Security</h3>
<ul>
<li>Website: <a href="https://www.wpultimatesecurity.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://wpultimatesecurity.com/</a></li>
<li>Documentation: <a href="https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://docs.wpultimatesecurity.com/</a></li>
<li>Blog: <a href="https://wpultimatesecurity.com/blogs" rel="nofollow ugc">https://wpultimatesecurity.com/blogs/</a></li>
<li>X (Twitter): <a href="https://x.com/WPUSecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/WPUSecurity</a></li>
<li>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">https://facebook.com/wpultimatesecurity/</a></li>
<li>YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/@wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">https://youtube.com/@wpultimatesecurity/</a></li>
<li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">https://instagram.com/wpultimatesecurity/</a></li>
<li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://linkedin.com/company/wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">https://linkedin.com/company/wpultimatesecurity/</a></li>
<li>Threads: <a href="https://threads.com/@wpultimatesecurity" rel="nofollow ugc">https://threads.com/@wpultimatesecurity/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following third-party services, and only when you explicitly enable the related feature:</p>
<h4>Google reCAPTCHA</h4>
<ul>
<li>When: reCAPTCHA CAPTCHA protection is enabled.</li>
<li>Data sent: the visitor’s reCAPTCHA response token and your site secret key.</li>
<li>Endpoint: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify</li>
<li>Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms — Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile</h4>
<ul>
<li>When: Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA protection is enabled.</li>
<li>Data sent: the visitor’s Turnstile response token and your site secret key.</li>
<li>Endpoint: https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify</li>
<li>Terms: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/ — Privacy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress.org Secret-Key (Salt) API</h4>
<ul>
<li>When: you request rotation of WordPress security keys/salts.</li>
<li>Data sent: a request for randomly generated salt strings (no site or user data).</li>
<li>Endpoint: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/</li>
<li>Privacy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress.org Core Version Check</h4>
<ul>
<li>When: the Update Manager checks for available WordPress core updates.</li>
<li>Data sent: a standard WordPress core version-check request (no user data).</li>
<li>Endpoint: https://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.7/</li>
<li>Privacy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Cloudflare API</h4>
<ul>
<li>When: you connect Cloudflare or deploy/view WAF rules.</li>
<li>Data sent: Cloudflare credentials/token, selected zone/rule data, and Cloudflare API requests needed for verification, deployment and analytics.</li>
<li>Endpoint: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/</li>
<li>Terms: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/ — Privacy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</li>
</ul>


Ultimate Security – Login Protection, 2FA, Anti-Spam CAPTCHA, Brute-Force & Security Tools

Block hackers, bots and brute-force attacks with 2FA, CAPTCHA, login protection, session controls, security tools and more.

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<p>In one click, your WordPress login page will be pretected with the smart brute force attack protection! Any login attempts more than 6 in 10 minutes (default value) will be limited.</p>
<p>Limit the number of login attempts through both the login and the auth cookies.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Two-factor Authentication login.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Text SMS message passcode for 2nd step verification support.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Cloudflare Turnstile (better than Google reCAPTCHA).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>GeoLocation (Continent/Country/City) or IP range to limit login attempts.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Passwordless login link.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Support Whitelist and Blacklist.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>GDPR compliant. With this feature turned on, all logged IPs get obfuscated (md5-hashed).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>WooCommerce Login supported.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>XMLRPC gateway protection.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>API</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Call the function <code>$link = function_exists( 'dologin_gen_link' ) ? dologin_gen_link( 'your plugin name or tag' ) : '';</code> to generate one passwordless login link for the current user.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Call the function <code>$link = function_exists( 'dologin_gen_link' ) ? dologin_gen_link( 'note/tip for this generation', $user_id ) : '';</code> to generate a passwordless login link for the user which ID is <code>$user_id</code>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The generated one-time used link will be expired after 7 days.</p>
<ul>
<li>Define const <code>SILENCE_INSTALL</code> to avoid redirecting to setting page after installtion.</li>
</ul>
<h4>CLI</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p>List all passwordless links: <code>wp dologin list</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Generate a passwordless link for one username (for the login name <code>root</code>): <code>wp dologin gen root</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Delete a passwordless link w/ the ID in list (for the record w/ ID 5): <code>wp dologin del 5</code></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>How GeoLocation works</h4>
<p>When visitors hit the login page, this plugin will lookup the Geolocation info from API, compare the Geolocation setting (if has) with the whitelist/blacklist to decide if allow login attempts.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>The online IP lookup service is provided by https://www.doapi.us. The provider’s privacy policy is https://www.doapi.us/privacy.</p>
<p>Based on the original code from Limit Login Attemps plugin and Limit Login Attemps Reloaded plugin.</p>


DoLogin Security

Easy Login. 2FA login. Passwordless login. Cloudflare Turnstile reCAPTCHA. GeoLocation (Continent/Country/City)/IP range to limit login attempts.

Ultimate Security – Login Protection, 2FA, Anti-Spam CAPTCHA, Brute-Force & Security Tools vs DoLogin Security