by webvitalii 4.3 (11 reviews)

Security-Protection

Name: Security-Protection
Rating: 4.3 (11 reviews)
Author: webvitalii

Protection from login, registration and reset-password brute-force attacks. No captcha.

Security-Protection ranks #10,042 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #278 of 1,659 in the Authentication category, a 4.3/5 rating from 11 reviews, and was last updated Sep 5, 2020. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.5.24 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.3 Current Version v2.3

Updated 6 years ago Last Update on 05 Sep, 2020

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#278 of 1,659 in Authentication Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Review 4.3 out of 5

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3
Last Updated: Sep 05, 2020
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 5.5.24
PHP Version: N/A
Author: webvitalii

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 11
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to stop brute-force login attacks without inconveniencing users. It blocks brute-force attempts on login, registration, and password-reset forms without using captchas or configuration options.

Blocks login brute-force attacks
Blocks registration brute-force attacks
Blocks reset-password brute-force attacks
No captcha required
No configuration options

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Security-Protection

The blocking algorithm is based on 2 methods: 'invisible js-captcha' and 'invisible input trap'. The 'invisible js-captcha' method is based on fact that bots does not have javascript on their user-agents. The 'invisible input trap' method is based on fact that almost all the bots will fill inputs with name 'email' or 'url'.

Two extra hidden fields are added to login, register and reset-password forms. First field is the invisible captcha (copy and paste the code). Second field should be empty. If the user visits site, than first field is answered automatically with javascript, second field left blank and both fields are hidden by javascript and css and invisible for the user. If the brute-forcer tries to submit the form, he will make a mistake with answer on first field or tries to submit an empty field and brute-force attack will be automatically rejected.

If Security-Protection check was not passed than it is brute-force request and the login attempt (or registration, or reset password) is blocked even if username and password are correct. Plugin sends fake WordPress login cookies to the brute-force bot and redirects it to the admin section to emulate that the password is cracked and many brute-forcers stop their attacks after this. It is really awesome :)

You may enable sending info about blocked brute-force attacks to admin email. Edit security-protection.php file and find "$secprot_send_brute_force_log_to_admin" and make it "true".

If all plugins does not help you to stop brute-force attacks - you can simply rename wp-login.php file (for example 'wp-login-new.php') for now and maybe this can help you to reduce load on your site. And also create empty wp-login.php file for not raising WordPress 404 error because it will start whole WordPress site again during each wp-login.php access. While wp-login.php renamed - users cannot login, register and reset password. If you want to have ability to login while you renamed wp-login.php file you should replace all 'wp-login.php' strings inside of the wp-login.php file to your new filename (for example 'wp-login-new.php').