by Galaxy Weblinks 4 (4 reviews)

WP Login Attempts

Name: WP Login Attempts
Rating: 4.0 (4 reviews)
Author: Galaxy Weblinks

WP login attempts is a very lightweight plugin that lets you customize your WordPress admin login page easily and safely.

WP Login Attempts ranks #10,784 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #276 of 1,578 in the Authentication category, a 4/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Apr 30, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v5.5 Current Version v5.5

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 30 Apr, 2025

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#276 of 1,578 in Authentication Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#10,784

-11 this week

Active Installs

300+

-8.5%

KW Avg Position

88.2

0.4 worse

Downloads

5.2K

+1 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (4 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 12%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

4 reviews

Overall 80%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.5
Last Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Requires WP: 4.5+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Galaxy Weblinks

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 4
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

WP Login Attempts is for WordPress site owners and administrators who want to secure and customize their login page. It solves the problem of brute force login attacks by limiting login attempts, adding Google reCAPTCHA verification, and letting admins hide or rename the login URL.

Limits maximum login attempts
Notifies remaining retries or lockout time
Monitors error logs and email notifications
Disables limit login feature separately
Google reCAPTCHA v2 support
Google reCAPTCHA v3 support
Hides wp-login.php and wp-admin
Custom logo and background on login form

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Login Attempts

Either wait or: If you have FTP / ssh access to the site rename the file "wp-content/plugins/wp-login-attempts" to deactivate the plugin. If you have access to the database (for example through phpMyAdmin) you can clear the wla_lim_lockouts_cal option in the wordpress options table. In a default setup this would work: "UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = '' WHERE option_name = 'wla_lim_lockouts_cal'"

You've tried to log in with the wrong password or username more than four times. Please wait for 20 minutes, then reset the password by clicking “Lost your password” link.

Either go to your MySQL database and look for the value of wla_lim_hide_login_page in the options table or remove the wp-login-attempts folder from your plugins folder, log in through wp-login.php and reinstall the plugin.

Yes, It will work on your local machine also.

1] To get the Site Key and Secret Key, go to the Google reCAPTCHA Admin Console. URL: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin#list 2] Sign into your Google account to proceed to the reCAPTCHA dashboard. 3] After Sign in, you will be redirected to your Google reCAPTCHA dashboard. 4] Now, you will need to provide your domain (website URL) and specify the reCAPTCHA version to create Site Key and Secret Key. 5] You can also read our Step-by-Step Instructions in Detail.

Go to the reCaptcha setting and click the Get the API key link. once you create a new key from google admin console [ https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin#list ] please don't forget to add your domain/site. Copy the Site and Secret key and paste them in our Google reCaptcha setting page.

Yes, there is an option to disable in the plugin attempts settings menu.