Security-Protection

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Vladi Vasilev

   11.3y ago

   attacks continued after installing it… totally useless

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2. ★★★★★ BatchHeader

   11.7y ago

   Very simple idea well executed.

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3. ★★★★★ aguett

   11.8y ago

   I have a profound love-hate relationship with most “monsters” security plugins a la wordfence & co… and this plugin is exactly the opposite : it does ONE thing but does it WELL !!! A big thanks to the developer.

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4. ★★★★★ Timvg

   11.9y ago

   I tried numerous other plugins without result. After I installed Security-protection, the continuous attacks stopped. Thank you for developing and sharing such a great plugin, great work!

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5. ★★★★★ Adriano

   12.1y ago

   This plugin fights against brute force attacks using a very inteligent solution. It is like a Martial Arts Master. Congratulations to Webvitaly! (I recommend Anti-Spam too, it works by the same principle)

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6. ★★★★★ karelv

   12.1y ago

   I cannot tell how happy I am! My site was under a bruteforce attack for over 28 hours. I used limited login attemps plugin and I have Wordfence installed, but none of these where able to stop the brute force attacker from trying to hack my site. I got several login attempts per minute. Luckily I found this plugin and guess what, right after I installed it, no more brute force hacking. Great work developer thank you so much!!

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7. ★★★★★ ilushkin

   12.1y ago

   Probably the easiest and non-commercial plugin to stop the botnet attack. Unfortunately, it might eat up the server resources. Great support on the developer side.

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8. ★★★★★ mdunham

   12.3y ago

   I’m on WordPress multisite with mapped domains. I have WordFence running and set to alert on failed logins and block additional attempts after a small number of failures from the same IP. I set this plugin on two sites. This morning, emails from WordFence confirm those sites were hit by successive attempts from a bot network along with the other sites in the network. The theory sounds good, but in fact, if it works like it is supposed to, I believe it should have kept the bots from attempting to login at all. It did not. Hopefully there will be a better version or someone else who finds a fix for botnets. So far, this doesn’t seem to be it.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-01 500+ → 400+ down after 333 days in tier
2. 2024-12-03 600+ → 500+ down after 260 days in tier
3. 2024-03-18 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-03-17 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-03-16 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2024-03-14 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2024-03-12 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-03-11 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier

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).

• AJAX Login and Registration modal popup + inline form 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP fail2ban – Advanced Security 60K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
• Theme My Login 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP-Members Membership Plugin 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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Security-Protection: 400+ active installs, 4.3★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/security-protection