Best fail2ban plugins for WordPress
The most popular fail2ban plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP fail2ban leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Stop User Enumeration (60K+) and WP Fail2Ban Redux (7K+). All 10 plugins tagged “fail2ban” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 fail2ban plugins
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WP fail2banThe most installed fail2ban plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Stop User Enumeration60K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 132 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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WP Fail2Ban Redux7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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WP fail2ban Blocklist3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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WP fail2ban Add-on for Contact Form 7700+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
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WP fail2ban Add-on for Gravity Forms400+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
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HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden header on a failed login200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Nginx Cache Purge Preload200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
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Fail2WP100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Authentication and xmlrpc log writer60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 10 plugins tagged “fail2ban”
WP fail2ban
Down in the last 7 days:8#636by invisnet19 days ago
WP fail2ban uses fail2ban to protect your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.2(71)
- Downloads
- 862/day
Stop User Enumeration
Up in the last 7 days:4#671by fullworks16 days ago
Helps secure your site against hacking attacks through detecting User Enumeration
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.9(132)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
WP Fail2Ban Redux
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,489by Brandon Allen1 year ago
Records various WordPress events to your server's system log for integration with Fail2Ban.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 44/day
WP fail2ban Blocklist
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,730by invisnet1 year ago
WP fail2ban Blocklist is a collaborative preemptive blocklist for WordPress.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 25/day
WP fail2ban Add-on for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:50#7,666by invisnet2 years ago
WP fail2ban Integration with Contact Form 7 to log spam form submissions.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
WP fail2ban Add-on for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:753#9,182by invisnet2 years ago
WP fail2ban integration with Gravity Forms to log spam form submissions.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden header on a failed login
Up in the last 7 days:32#11,369by atmosphear10 years ago
Send an "HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden" header on a failed login instead of the default "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Nginx Cache Purge Preload
Up in the last 7 days:181#11,624by Hasan CALISIR1 month ago
Nginx cache purge and preload for WordPress (FastCGI, Proxy, SCGI, uWSGI), plus a live Fail2Ban dashboard with attack maps and abuse reports.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Fail2WP
Down in the last 7 days:3#13,947by joho6820 days ago
WordPress security plugin. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Authentication and xmlrpc log writer
Down in the last 7 days:91#19,531by Federico Rota10 years ago
Log of failed access, pingbacks, user enumeration, disable xmlrpc authenticated methods, kill xmlrpc request on authentication error.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day