Login Lockdown & Protection

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1. ★★★★★ reverseflash

   1.3y ago

   This plugin keeps the wp-login.php locked indefinitely even if the 60 minutes have passed.

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2. ★★★★★ FolioVision

   2.5y ago

   WP Login Lockdown is free. At one point it did its work discreetly. It now auto installs a huge widget in the admin dashboard. In the back it covers the entire interface with huge ads. Almost all of the functionality is now pro and is front row and center, with an interface so covered in pro functions it’s impossible use the free plugin. Frankly this kind of simple functionality should not require a pro plugin at all. A sad example of the slow degradation of the wonderful WordPress developer community into adware and bloatware. Should mark WP Login Lockdown two stars really, but will leave it at three stars as it could be useful if way trimmed back again.

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3. ★★★★★ jonahcoyote

   2.6y ago

   This plugin works wonders to protect your WordPress website from brute force attacks. It literally saved my servers where before implementing I had high CPU and memory usage and after installing it cut CPU use by up to 100% and memory by 50%. It’s not perfect and still has some areas to improve (reporting & unblocking are two) but the core functionality works really really well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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4. ★★★★★ johnyyw

   2.8y ago

   The plugin looks promising, but things have started that aren’t quite finished… 1) Captcha – It doesn’t show captcha at “lost password”, “woocommerce product comment”, probably somewhere else and no option to enable or simple to show everywhere.. It shows only at login form.. 2) 2FA – Two Factor Authentication. There is only email 2FA.. this plugin did not offer the option with “2FA code generating apps such as Google Authenticator, Authy”.. which is very sad.. I always use 2FA code generating apps for everything, and I will never use 2FA email authentication by choice! It seems that the author is working on too many projects and this particular one doesn’t have too much time to make the plugin really great! These are the reasons why I don’t use this plugin, if they improve it with this and more other functions, I will give it a chance and install it again. Currently only 3 stars! ★★★✩✩

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5. ★★★★★ marcioshibukawa

   3.1y ago

   After I installed the plugin, I started getting login attempts by the user “Unknown” (on the 3 sites I installed), detected by Wordfence. This is why I changed the login path through the plugin, so in theory, only they could know the login address.

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6. ★★★★★ Jim Krenz

   3.2y ago

   Thus far, I am very happy with the pro version of Login Lockdown. It is not flawless, but the developers are responsive, and they are improving and updating the software regularly. Worth the money for pro!

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7. ★★★★★ csgaraglino

   3.3y ago

   Removed the ability for an admin to unlock in the latest update! It is extortion to sneak this in and for a payment o get an account unlocked. We will be removing from all 300+ sites!

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8. ★★★★★ dw4y

   3.3y ago

   I recommend it, developper is really active and it does the job nicely.

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5 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Login Lockdown & Protection <= 2.14 - IP Block Bypass ↗
   2025-12-12 CVE-2025-11707 Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affects <= 2.14 Patched in 2.15
2. Medium · 5.4 Login Lockdown & Protection <= 2.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary IP Whitelisting ↗
   2025-05-06 CVE-2025-3766 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.11 Patched in 2.12
3. Medium · 5.4 Login Lockdown – Protect Login Form <= 2.08 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-02-09 CVE-2024-1340 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.08 Patched in 2.09
4. Medium · 6.6 Login Lockdown – Protect Login Form <= 2.06 - Authenticated(Administrator+) SQL Injection ↗
   2023-12-21 CVE-2023-50837 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects < 2.07 Patched in 2.07
5. High · 7.2 Login Lockdown <= 2.06 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ↗
   2023-11-21 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 2.06 Patched in 2.07

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Translated into 10 languages, 8 at 90% or more

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Login Security Captcha 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Simple Login Captcha 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B

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Login Lockdown & Protection: 100K+ active installs, 4.3★ (60 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/login-lockdown