10 Best Authenticator Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Authenticator has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Authenticator
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Remove Dashboard Access
Closest match4.6 (78) 30,000+ active installsDisable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds.
Shares the access, login tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated May 22, 2026.
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4.8 (1,031) 1 million+ active installsLoginizer is a WordPress security plugin which helps you fight against bruteforce attacks.
Shares the access, login tags on WordPress.org. About 1,000 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Login With Ajax – Fast Logins, 2FA, Redirects
4.6 (166) 10,000+ active installsAdd beautiful login forms with smooth AJAX login/registration effects, 2FA support, custom redrection options and many more login-related features!
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 24, 2026.
- 4
4.9 (41) 10,000+ active installsA simple, lightweight WordPress plugin to change your login logo.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.6 (64) 10,000+ active installsSimple secure login and user management through your Google Workspace for WordPress (using oAuth2 and MFA if enabled).
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 8, 2025.
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4.6 (300) 10,000+ active installsLimit rate of login attempts and block IP temporarily. Brute force attack protection. GDPR compliant. Captcha enabled.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 20, 2026.
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4.4 (38) 10,000+ active installsLet your users reset their forgotten passwords from the frontend of your website.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated January 30, 2026.
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4.9 (54) 10,000+ active installsWPS Bidouille provides information about your WordPress and contains optimization tools.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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5.0 (20) 10,000+ active installsA simple client that provides SSO or opt-in authentication against a generic OAuth2 Server implementation.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated February 13, 2026.
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Login Security Captcha
Paid version available4.9 (20) 10,000+ active installsSecure WordPress login, registration, and comment form with Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile. Prevent Brute-force attacks and more.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated today.
Switching from Authenticator: common questions
What is the best alternative to Authenticator?
Remove Dashboard Access is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Authenticator alternative has the most users?
Loginizer, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Authenticator alternative is rated highest?
WPS Bidouille, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 54 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Authenticator alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Authenticator score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Authenticator on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Remove Dashboard Access is the closest match to Authenticator by the data we track, and Loginizer has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Login Security Captcha shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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