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Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms

by bestwebsoft · Login & Users

Protect your WordPress website from brute force attacks by limiting the number of failed login attempts. Improve security and stop bots.

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83 Health · B
Maintenance 87
Rating quality 88
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-14%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “4K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.3.2
Last updated
6mo ago
Added
2014-07-28
Requires WP
6.2
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-07-14 5K+ → 4K+ down after 8 days in band
  2. 2025-07-06 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2025-07-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 171 days in band
  4. 2025-01-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 377 days in band
  5. 2024-01-04 7K+ → 6K+ down after 206 days in band
  6. 2023-06-12 8K+ → 7K+ down after 219 days in band
  7. 2022-11-05 9K+ → 8K+ down

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Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms: 4K+ active installs, 4.6★ (37 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/limit-attempts