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Best bruteforce plugins for WordPress

The most popular bruteforce plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Login Door leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Security-Protection (300+) and BruteGuard (100+). All 7 plugins tagged “BruteForce” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 6 bruteforce plugins

  1. 1.
    WP Login Door

    The most installed bruteforce plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  2. 2.
    Security-Protection

    300+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 11 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  3. 3.
    BruteGuard

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.

  4. 4.
    WebDmitriev Protection

    20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    WP-DenyHosts

    20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.

  6. 6.
    Guard

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

All 7 plugins tagged “BruteForce”