by Automattic 4.6 (202 reviews)

Limit Login Attempts

Name: Limit Login Attempts
Rating: 4.6 (202 reviews)
Author: Automattic

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

Limit Login Attempts ranks #196 among WordPress.org plugins with 300,000+ active installations, is #10 of 1,576 in the Authentication category, a 4.6/5 rating from 202 reviews, and was last updated Apr 4, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.2 (Current: 7.1)

v1.7.2 Current Version v1.7.2

Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 04 Apr, 2023

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#10 of 1,576 in Authentication Top 1% by installs Downloads -17.1% this week No update in over a year

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Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (202 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Apr 10, 2023

Limit Login Attempts [limit-login-attempts] < 1.7.2 (closed)

CVE-2023-1861 · Fixed in v1.7.2
Apr 6, 2023

Limit Login Attempts [limit-login-attempts] < 1.7.2 (closed)

CVE-2023-1912 · Fixed in v1.7.2
Jun 1, 2012

Limit Login Attempts [limit-login-attempts] < 1.7.1 (closed)

CVE-2012-10001 · Fixed in v1.7.1
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Limit Login Attempts [limit-login-attempts] <= 1.7.2 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2023-40666 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7.2
Last Updated: Apr 04, 2023
Requires WP: 2.8+
Tested Up To: 6.2
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Automattic

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 202
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who want to protect their login page from brute-force attacks. It limits the number of login attempts (including via auth cookies) allowed per IP address, blocking further attempts once a set limit is reached.

Limits login retry attempts
Limits auth cookie attempts
Shows remaining retries or lockout time
Optional login attempt logging
Optional email notifications
Supports reverse proxy setups
Whitelist IPs via filter
Uses standard actions and filters

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Limit Login Attempts

This is very much by design. Otherwise you could brute force the "admin" password by logging in as your own user every 4th attempt.

A reverse proxy is a server in between the site and the Internet (perhaps handling caching or load-balancing). This makes getting the correct client IP to block slightly more complicated. The option default to NOT being behind a proxy -- which should be by far the common case.

You probably are not or you would know. We show a pretty good guess on the option page. Set the option using this unless you are sure you know better.

First please consider if you really need this. Generally speaking it is not a good idea to have exceptions to your security policies. That said, there is now a filter which allows you to do it: "limit_login_whitelist_ip". Example: function my_ip_whitelist($allow, $ip) { return ($ip == 'my-ip') ? true : $allow; } add_filter('limit_login_whitelist_ip', 'my_ip_whitelist', 10, 2); Note that we still do notification and logging as usual. This is meant to allow you to be aware of any suspicious activity from whitelisted IPs.

Either wait, or: If you know how to edit / add to PHP files you can use the IP whitelist functionality described above. You should then use the "Restore Lockouts" button on the plugin settings page and remove the whitelist function again. If you have ftp / ssh access to the site rename the file "wp-content/plugins/limit-login-attempts/limit-login-attempts.php" to deactivate the plugin. If you have access to the database (for example through phpMyAdmin) you can clear the limit_login_lockouts option in the wordpress options table. In a default setup this would work: "UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = '' WHERE option_name = 'limit_login_lockouts'"