10 Best WP Limit Login Attempts Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 23, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Limit Login Attempts has 10,000+ 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 WP Limit Login Attempts
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WPS Limit Login
Closest match4.9 (83) 100,000+ active installsWPS Limit login limit connection attempts by IP address
Shares the authentication, limit login, login tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated September 18, 2026.
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Login for Google Apps by WPAuth
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 authentication, login tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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Login Lockdown & Protection
4.3 (61) 100,000+ active installsProtect, lockdown & secure login form by limiting login attempts from the same IP & banning IPs.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated 16 days ago.
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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. A similar number of installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Magic Login – Magic Link & Passwordless Authentication for WordPress – Login Without Password
4.8 (26) 3,000+ active installsPasswordless login for WordPress. Streamline the login process by sending magic links to your users.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated August 11, 2026.
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WP-Members Membership Plugin
4.6 (272) 50,000+ active installsThe original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.
Shares the authentication, login tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.3 (135) 20,000+ active installsGoogle Authenticator for your WordPress blog.
Shares the authentication, login tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated August 23, 2026.
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5.0 (20) 6,000+ active installsAuthorizer limits login attempts, restricts access to specific users, and authenticates against external sources (OAuth2, Google, LDAP, or CAS).
Shares the authentication, login tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated September 21, 2026.
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4.6 (202) 300,000+ active installsLimit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
Shares the authentication, login tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, no update since April 4, 2023.
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4.9 (23) 500+ active installsIP Based Login allows you to directly login from an authorized IP without password.
Shares the authentication, login tags on WordPress.org. 500+ installs against 10,000+, last updated June 1, 2026.
Switching from WP Limit Login Attempts: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Limit Login Attempts?
WPS Limit Login is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Limit Login Attempts alternative has the most users?
Limit Login Attempts, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Limit Login Attempts alternative is rated highest?
WPS Limit Login, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 83 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Limit Login Attempts 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 WP Limit Login Attempts 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 WP Limit Login Attempts 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
WPS Limit Login is the closest match to WP Limit Login Attempts by the data we track, and Limit Login Attempts has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. WP-Members shipped the most recent release, on October 19, 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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