Wordpress, being the most used content management system, is attacked by security breaching tools or hackers many times per day. By using simple tools and techniques you can solve the problem of getting breached and hacked. Preventing illegal login attempts for wordpress admin panel can help you to do one of the effective technique to stop brute forcing on your wordpress admin logins.
Things You Should Have
- You must be an authorized Administrator or owner of the Wordpress Site Login Panel.
- Login Lockdown Wordpress Plugin
Instructions
- Login your admin panel or authorized panel.
- From Plugins Menu > Add a new Plugin > In the search bar enter "Login LockDown" > Hit Enter > Install Login LockDown Plugin.
- From Settings > Login LockDown > Configure Settings.
- Recommended Settings: Set Max Login Retries to 3 > Restriction Time to 5 > Lockout Length to 60 > Lockout Invalid usernames to Yes. (You can set your own too)
- Click Save / Update Setting.
Tips and Warnings
- Adding a plugin which may or not be vulnerable itself, is not a proper solution to prevent illegal access to your website. Its better to use strong passwords, keep your theme and wordpress up-to-date for new security updates, keep your files hosting at your server manually checked for vulnerabilities, try using .htaccess file effectively etc.
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