Simple Login Guard – Monitor & Block Attempts

Simple Login Guard – Monitor & Block Attempts

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Simple Login Guard is a lightweight login security plugin designed to protect your WordPress website from brute-force attacks.
It monitors every login attempt, logs failed and successful logins, tracks suspicious behavior, and automatically blocks IP addresses that exceed your configured threshold — keeping your site safe without slowing it down.

No confusing settings. No bulky security suite.
Just simple, effective login protection.

🔐 Key Features

  • Monitor Failed & Successful Login Attempts
    Logs every attempt with username, IP, timestamp, and status.

  • Automatic IP Blocking
    Block IPs that exceed a defined number of failed attempts within a time window.

  • Customizable Security Rules

    • Failed attempts threshold
    • Lockout duration
    • Time window for counting attempts
    • Retention period for logs
  • Manual Block / Unblock IPs
    Block or unblock IP addresses from the admin dashboard.

  • Lightweight and Fast
    Uses optimized database queries and caching to avoid performance issues.

  • Safe Logging Table
    Creates a separate database table for login attempts, leaving core tables untouched.

📊 Admin Dashboard

The plugin includes an easy-to-use interface under:

Tools Simple Login Guard

Sections include:

  • Settings
  • Blocked IPs List

Details

Plugin code:
simple-login-guard
Plugin version:
1.0.1
Author:
Outdated:
No
WP version:
5.5 or higher
PHP version:
7.4 or higher
Test up to WP version:
6.8.3
Total installations:
0
Last updated:
2025-11-27
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