by Arshid 4.6 (300 reviews)

WP Limit Login Attempts

Name: WP Limit Login Attempts
Rating: 4.6 (300 reviews)
Author: Arshid

Limit rate of login attempts and block IP temporarily. Brute force attack protection. GDPR compliant. Captcha enabled.

WP Limit Login Attempts ranks #1,766 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #12 of 520 in the Accessibility category, a 4.6/5 rating from 300 reviews, and was last updated May 20, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7

v2.6.5 Current Version v2.6.5

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 20 May, 2026

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#12 of 520 in Accessibility Top 5% by installs Downloads -16.7% this week

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#1,766

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Active Installs

10K+

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KW Avg Position

42.3

1 better

Downloads

442K

+1 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (300 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 58.5%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

300 reviews

Overall 92%

263 (88%)

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6 (2%)

24 (8%)

Tracked Keywords

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
limit login	9	—	Tag	1 day ago
authentication	49	—	Tag	1 day ago
login	69	—	Tag	1 day ago

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 12 hours ago

Dec 27, 2022 UNPATCHED

WP Limit Login Attempts [wp-limit-login-attempts] <= 2.6.5 (unfixed)

CVE-2022-4303 · No fix released
Sep 5, 2015

WP Limit Login Attempts [wp-limit-login-attempts] < 2.0.1

CVE-2015-6829 · Fixed in v2.0.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.6.5
Last Updated: May 20, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Arshid

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 300
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Limit Login Attempts

You are tried to login with wrong password or username more than five times. So please wait 10 minutes, then reset password by clicking "lost your password" link.

Yes.. It will work in your local machine also.

Just make captcha.php file accessible in .htaccess file located in root or wp-contet or plugin folder then try. Enable GD extention in php.ini Uncomment this line in php.ini file: extension=php_gd2.dll (remove the leading ;) Or just contact hosting provider (They will enable GD extension)