WPS Limit Login

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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131 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 80 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 24 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ madukdiver

   11mo ago

   Seemed a useful plugin but after a few months it stopped working. The support forum is virtually void of any developer comment so it looks like this plugin is abandoned. Kind of them to make it free but pointless if it doesn’t work.

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2. ★★★★★ rushoverinc

   1.7y ago

   VASTLY SUPERIOR to Limit Login Attempts Reloaded, which constantly locked me and my clients out of websites when correct login was submitted. Also have you seen their plugin config screen? Nothing tons of pointless spammy “options” that no one ever asked for. This plugin doesn’t do that. It gets to the point. No false positives so far.

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3. ★★★★★ Chris Lovie-Tyler

   2.5y ago

   Thanks for allowing me to make site more secure!

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4. ★★★★★ weigertj

   2.6y ago

   I was looking for something simple, still effective. This plugin does exactly what it has to do.

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5. ★★★★★ dw4y

   3.1y ago

   As opposed to other plugins, this one does just what we need, without the bloated premium features. It’s fast and efficient. Thx to the developpers ! This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by dw4y.

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6. ★★★★★ gillespatrick

   4.6y ago

   Great Plugin for WP Security! Thanks for your hard works and efforts!

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7. ★★★★★ tjdyo

   4.6y ago

   Thanks for such a great plugin

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8. ★★★★★ freezer27

   5.0y ago

   This plugin is very good, but there is not option to add all the blocked ip (in logs) to the blacklist section or some option for automatic IP blocking. The logs can’t be exported to Excel for the ip extraction to add them to blacklist manually. This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by freezer27.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.5.9.2 Tested up to 6.8 1.5.9.2
2. — Version 1.5.9.1 Fix Fatal Error 1.5.9.1
3. — Version 1.5.9 Tested up to 6.5 Add pub WPBoutik 1.5.9
4. — Version 1.5.8.1 Fix : Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Typed property WPS\WPS_Limit_Login\Plugin::$allow_local_options must be an instance of WPS\WPS_Limit_Login\mixed, bool used 1.5.8.1
5. — Version 1.5.8 Tested up to 6.4 Fix Deprecated with PHP 8.3 1.5.8
6. — Version 1.5.7 Tested up to 6.3 1.5.7

All 4 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5.9.4). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched High · 7.2 WPS Limit Login <= 1.5.9.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-09-23 CVE-2026-93622 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.5.9.3 Patched in 1.5.9.4
2. Patched High · 7.2 WPS Limit Login < 1.4.6.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2019-07-23 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.4.6.1 Patched in 1.4.6.1
3. Patched Critical · 9.8 WPS Limit Login < 1.4.6.1 - Authorization Bypass via IP Spoofing ↗
   2019-07-23 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Affects < 1.4.6.1 Patched in 1.4.6.1
4. Patched High · 8.8 WPS Limit Login < 1.4.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2019-07-23 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects < 1.4.6.1 Patched in 1.4.6.1

Translated into 30 languages, 12 at 90% or more

Plus 6 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-11-16 90K+ → 100K+ up after 23 days in tier
2. 2024-10-24 80K+ → 90K+ up after 23 days in tier
3. 2024-10-01 70K+ → 80K+ up after 308 days in tier
4. 2023-11-28 60K+ → 70K+ up after 56 days in tier
5. 2023-10-03 70K+ → 60K+ down after 8 days in tier
6. 2023-09-25 60K+ → 70K+ up after 286 days in tier
7. 2022-12-13 50K+ → 60K+ up after 160 days in tier
8. 2022-07-06 40K+ → 50K+ up after 282 days in tier

Competes with

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WPS Limit Login: 100K+ active installs, 4.9★ (83 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wps-limit-login