10 Best Persistent Login Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Persistent Login has 6,000+ 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 Persistent Login
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Login With Ajax
Closest matchLogin 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 1.7 times the installs, last updated May 24, 2026.
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4.3 (43) 6,000+ active installsMove your WordPress login page to protect it from bots. This plugin contains the Move Login module from SecuPress. Other security modules are availabl …
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated December 2, 2025.
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4.7 (143) 6,000+ active installsCustom frontend login, registration, user profile and password reset forms via shortcodes — no coding required. WPML certified, reCAPTCHA and WooComme …
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 5, 2026.
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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 1.7 times the installs, last updated May 20, 2026.
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4.4 (43) 20,000+ active installsHide wp-login.php file, prevent attacks on login form, hide login & increase security. No files are changed.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.8 (390) 40,000+ active installsProtect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks & suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA & vulnerability checks.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.8 (23) 20,000+ active installsAdd a dynamic "Login" or "Logout" menu item to any WordPress Menu and control redirects.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated May 28, 2026.
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Custom Login Page Customizer – Login Designer
4.8 (150) 30,000+ active installsLogin Designer is the best way to style a custom login page for your WordPress login, register and forgot password forms, right from the live-action W …
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated November 11, 2025.
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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 1.7 times the installs, last updated today.
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Login as User: See the Site as Any User
4.8 (41) 30,000+ active installsLog in as any WordPress user with one click. Troubleshoot issues and support customers without asking for their password.
Shares the login tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated today.
Switching from Persistent Login: common questions
What is the best alternative to Persistent Login?
Login With Ajax is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Persistent Login alternative has the most users?
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Persistent Login alternative is rated highest?
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 390 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Persistent Login 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 Persistent Login 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 Persistent Login 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
Login With Ajax is the closest match to Persistent Login by the data we track, and Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal has the widest reach with 40,000+ 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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