How to Limit Login Attempts
on Your WordPress Page
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By default, WordPress allows users to try different login passwords as many times as they want.
By limiting the number of invalid login attempts, you can protect your site from brute force attacks.
Why Is It important to Limit the number of login attempts?
WordPress websites are a popular target for hackers.
That’s a fact.
If you think that your site is too small or too new to get hackers’ attention, think again. There are 90,978 security attacks that take place every minute of every day.
There are many different reasons why hackers may target your WordPress site.
We’ve listed some common examples of potential reasons to give you a better idea as to why your site may be targeted:
- Inject Malicious Content
Steal Money
Steal Visitors’ Personal Information
Spread Viruses
Steal Private Business Information
Use Your Web Server to Host Phishing Pages
Steal Your Server Bandwidth
Overload Your Web Server
Vandalize Your Website
For Fun or to Get Attention
Disrupt Service
How do Hackers Gain Access?
They try various username and password combinations, again and again, until eventually finding the one that works and getting in.
You should know that, by default, WordPress allows unlimited login attempts through the login page.
90,978 security attacks take place
every minute of every day.
How to Limit Login Attempts
using the Hide My WP Ghost Plugin
Using the Hide My WP Ghost Plugin, you can:
- Activate Brute Force Protection.
- Choose the CAPTCHA protection you want: Math Check or Google.
- Set how many failed attempts should be allowed on the Login page.
- Select the number of hours during which the potential hacker should be blocked.
To prevent your IP from being blocked, you can whitelist your IP (you can also whitelist a range of IPs).
Hide My WP Ghost Brute Force Protection
Whitelists IP Addresses
Whitelisting is a very effective defensive technique.
In this process, you only select specific IP addresses and enable them to access your dashboard.
This is a great solution, as it gives you increased control. It’s also particularly useful if you operate using only a small team.
With Hide My WP Ghost, you can Whitelist the IP addresses or the range of IP addresses that you want to have access to the login page on your website.
You don’t need any developer skills for this.
Identify the IP Addresses from Failed Login Attempts
The typical method for attacking websites via login attempts is with automated bots. This accounts for a large percentage of unsuccessful login attempts.
Hackers target: WordPress websites that have insufficiently strong login credentials.
With Hide My WP Ghost, you can:
- Track who has logged in and identify the IP address.
- View successful/failed attempts.
- Log the IP address on successful and failed attempts.
- If necessary, you can blacklist certain IP addresses.
Blacklist IP Addresses
If you notice unauthorized IP addresses trying to access your WordPress admin, you can go ahead and block unwanted users.
Blocking IP addresses is used as a solution to block spam and thwart hacking attacks on your website.
Change the Wp-Login URL
Brute forcing a login page is one of the most common types of web attacks that your website is likely to face.
Changing your login page URL is a simple yet effective security technique that can help keep hackers out.
A unique, difficult-to-guess URL is harder to locate.
WordPress’ default login URL is /wp-login.php. By using the Hide My WP Ghost Plugin, you can change it with a different URL.
Similar to the login page, the wp-admin directory also needs to be protected.
Just by changing some default permalinks, you may be able to provide an extra layer of security for your site.
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