Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts

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1. ★★★★★ unkulunkulu

   8.8y ago

   This is a great added feature to Limit Login Attempts, which solves the problem of entire, trusted ip addresses getting blocked, just because someone messed up logging in. However, there’s quite a lot of self-promoting on the admin page of the plugin. This in itself is not that big a deal, but Chrome warns on the page that: “This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources”. Chrome blocks the scripts but this is still something that should not happen. I’m not against promoting on the page, but maybe it could be done in a way that doesn’t actively poll the developer’s servers before the user initiates an action.

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2. ★★★★★ schmickler83

   11.0y ago

   This plugin works. The reviewer named sem101 said it puts spam throughout your Admin settings screen, but he is wrong. I have not seen anything at all in the Admin panel that shouldn’t be there. Yes, the plugin author has his picture in the plugin’s setting page, it also has all his social media links… so what, what’s wrong with that? I’ve got this plugin in several of my sites. It’s very simple to use and it works great.

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3. ★★★★★ sem101

   11.4y ago

   This plugin injects external feeds and spam throughout your Admin settings screen. There’s also a HUGE photo of the developer hotlinking to his site. There’s a PHP Class all the way at the bottom that injects Javascript to dynamically render a widget on the Admin screen. How this got past WP plugin audit/approval beats me. I removed all the code except for the developers Twitter button. It’s small enough to rewrite -or- just delete.

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4. ★★★★★ General Seed

   12.6y ago

   Is ver useful, perfect combination whit ” limit login attemps” Thanks for your job

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5. ★★★★★ oldaccount

   13.0y ago

   Have been testing this plugin on multiple Websites for a couple of weeks and I have not encountered any problems with it. And neither have I found myself locked out of any sites. I love the LIMIT LOGIN ATTEMPTS plugin but the lack of a dashboard white list option really annoyed me. Having this Whitelist IP plugin makes the original more useful. I have tested some other bot-blocking plugins and was not impressed with the user interface and results. So far, I’m glad to recommend the dual plugin strategy.

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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. 2026-07-10 600+ → 500+ down after 14 days in tier
2. 2026-06-26 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-06-25 600+ → 500+ down after 254 days in tier
4. 2025-10-14 700+ → 600+ down after 13 days in tier
5. 2025-10-01 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-09-29 700+ → 600+ down after 255 days in tier
7. 2025-01-17 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-01-16 700+ → 800+ up after 22 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).

• L Limit Login Attempts 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• WPS Limit Login 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• 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

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Whitelist IP For Limit Login Attempts: 500+ active installs, 3.8★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/whitelist-ip-for-limit-login-attempts