Block Default Login Attempts

Completely block default admin user login attempts in WordPress.

By Beej

5.0 (1 ratings)
Version 1.3.1 Active Installs 10+ Updated 12 years ago 11 years old

Description

The greatest hack focus on a WordPress site seems to be trying to log in with
the default username “admin”. This plugin detects all login attempts with that
username and exits with a 403 Forbidden header. This should eventually
discourage login bots from continuing to pound your site.

All attempts are logged inside the /wp-content/plugin-data folder, just in case
you need the info. Logs are kept for up to 30 days.

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