10 Best Protection Against DDoS Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 23, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Protection Against DDoS has 3,000+ 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 Protection Against DDoS
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IP Geo Block
Closest match4.2 (95) 8,000+ active installsIt blocks spam posts, login attempts and malicious access to the back-end requested from the specific countries, and also prevents zero-day exploit.
Shares the Brute Force, login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, no update since January 22, 2019.
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WP fail2ban – Advanced Security
4.2 (71) 60,000+ active installsWP fail2ban uses fail2ban to protect your WordPress site.
Shares the Brute Force, login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall
4.5 (373) 100,000+ active installsHide My WP Ghost is a WordPress security plugin that hides WP paths and protects your site with Path Security, Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA
Shares the Brute Force, login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 33 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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Melapress Login Security
Paid version available4.8 (20) 3,000+ active installsEnforce WordPress login and password security policies to protect user accounts and prevent unauthorized logins.
Shares the Brute Force, login tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated September 17, 2026.
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Login With Ajax – Fast Logins, 2FA, Redirects
4.6 (167) 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, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated May 24, 2026.
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4.3 (135) 20,000+ active installsGoogle Authenticator for your WordPress blog.
Shares the login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated August 23, 2026.
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4.4 (95) 9,000+ active installsreCaptcha for login, signup, comment forms, Ninja Forms and woocommerce.
Shares the login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated October 29, 2025.
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5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsA simple client that provides SSO or opt-in authentication against a generic OAuth2 Server implementation.
Shares the login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 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, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login
4.1 (34) 10,000+ active installsTwo-factor authentication, passkeys, social login, magic login, limit login attempts, file change scanning and audit logs for WordPress.
Shares the login, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
Switching from Protection Against DDoS: common questions
What is the best alternative to Protection Against DDoS?
IP Geo Block is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 8,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Protection Against DDoS alternative has the most users?
Hide My WP, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Protection Against DDoS alternative is rated highest?
Login With Ajax, rated 4.6 out of 5 by 167 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Protection Against DDoS 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 Protection Against DDoS 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 Protection Against DDoS 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
IP Geo Block is the closest match to Protection Against DDoS by the data we track, and Hide My WP has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Hide My WP shipped the most recent release, on October 20, 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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