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Mark Maunder

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<h3>WORDFENCE LOGIN SECURITY</h3>
<p>Wordfence Login Security contains a subset of the functionality found in the full Wordfence plugin: Two-factor Authentication, XML-RPC Protection, and Login Page CAPTCHA.</p>
<p><strong>This plugin is being discontinued on or around July 1, 2026.</strong></p>
<p>All of its features are already included in the main Wordfence plugin, which is also available to use for free. We recommend installing Wordfence to continue receiving updates, security improvements, and full functionality.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/" rel="ugc">Install the full Wordfence plugin</a></p>
<h4>TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION</h4>
<ul>
<li>Two-factor authentication (2FA), one of the most secure forms of remote system authentication available.</li>
<li>Use any TOTP-based authenticator app or service like Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password or FreeOTP.</li>
<li>Enable 2FA for any WordPress user role.</li>
<li>Completely free to use, no limits or restrictions of any kind.</li>
</ul>
<h4>LOGIN PAGE CAPTCHA</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easily enable Google ReCAPTCHA v3 on your login and registration pages.</li>
<li>Stops bots from logging in without inconveniencing your site visitors.</li>
<li>Robust protection against password guessing and credential stuffing attacks distributed across large IP pools</li>
</ul>
<h4>XML-RPC PROTECTION</h4>
<ul>
<li>XML-RPC is the biggest target for WordPress attacks, but is often overlooked.</li>
<li>Protect XML-RPC with 2FA or disable it altogether if it’s not needed.</li>
</ul>


Wordfence Login Security

The Plugin works and integrates nicely into wordfence security and wp itself. TOTP works great, and the captcha integration works too. Sadly it doesn't support multiple 2fa methods like TOTP & "backup codes" as well as email as backup. Other 2fa methods like U2F are not supported. This Plugin doesn't work with the yubico yubikey hardware keys. 

Good, but somewhat limited

Good compliment to Wordfence, but please add login URL obfuscation!

Because you do not do this either I take another plugin as well like WPS Hide Login, or I just take WP Cerber which does everything!

Great, but...

Easy to use


Does not include the ability to limit login attempts, add password complexity requirements, or anything that would comprise modern security best practices. It's strictly a 2FA plugin, which is done more simply and better by other plugins. It does work tho.


Too much load for a simple 2FA plugin

Secure your website with Wordfence Login Security, providing two-factor authentication, login and registration CAPTCHA, and XML-RPC protection.

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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.

Wordfence Login Security vs DoLogin Security