Best login plugins for WordPress
The most popular login plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPS Hide Login leads with 2M+ active installs, ahead of Loginizer (1M+) and Security Optimizer (1M+). All 1,008 plugins tagged “login” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 login plugins
- 1.
WPS Hide LoginThe most installed login plugin, with 2M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 2,111 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Loginizer1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,033 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Security Optimizer1M+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 158 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.Limit Login Attempts
300K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 202 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 5.
LoginPress200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,077 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
WPS Limit Login100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 83 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Login Lockdown & Protection100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 61 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Hide My WP Ghost100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 373 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 9.
Custom Login Page Customizer80K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 410 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
WP fail2ban60K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 1,008 plugins tagged “login”

WPS Hide Login
#27by Remy Perona2 months ago
Change wp-login.php to anything you want.
- Installs
- 2M+
- Rating
- 4.8(2.1K)
- Downloads
- 8.6K/day

Loginizer
#46by Softaculous10 days ago
Loginizer is a WordPress security plugin which helps you fight against bruteforce attacks.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.8(1K)
- Downloads
- 10.4K/day

Security Optimizer
#51by SiteGround4 days ago
Secure your WordPress site from brute-force attacks, threats, malware, and bots. Free to use and easy to set up.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.5(158)
- Downloads
- 7.8K/day
Limit Login Attempts
Down in the last 7 days:1#201by Automattic3 years ago
Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.6(202)
- Downloads
- 282/day

LoginPress
#218by Adnan4 months ago
LoginPress is a Custom Login Page Customizer plugin allows you to easily customize the layout of login, admin login, client login, register pages.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 788/day

WPS Limit Login
Down in the last 7 days:1#315by NicolasKulka1 month ago
WPS Limit login limit connection attempts by IP address
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(83)
- Downloads
- 687/day

Login Lockdown & Protection
Up in the last 7 days:2#370by WebFactory1 month ago
Protect, lockdown & secure login form by limiting login attempts from the same IP & banning IPs.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(61)
- Downloads
- 785/day

Hide My WP Ghost
Down in the last 7 days:9#418by John Darrel1 day ago
Hide My WP Ghost is a WordPress security plugin that hides WP paths and protects your site with Path Security, Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(373)
- Downloads
- 1.6K/day

Custom Login Page Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:2#498by Adnan10 months ago
Custom Login Customizer allows you to easily customize your admin login page, straight from your WordPress Customizer!
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.8(410)
- Downloads
- 187/day

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
Theme My Login
Up in the last 7 days:3#704by Jeff Farthing26 days ago
Frontend login, registration and password reset pages that match your theme, at your own URLs, instead of the default wp-login.php screen.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 3.7(460)
- Downloads
- 461/day

WP-Members Membership Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:5#748by Chad Butler12 days ago
The original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.6(272)
- Downloads
- 769/day

WP Hide & Security Enhancer
Up in the last 7 days:1#756by nsp-code1 month ago
Protect your website by concealing vulnerable WordPress traces, plugins, themes, login/admin url. 2FA, Captcha, Firewall, Security Headers etc.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.3(275)
- Downloads
- 330/day
One Time Login
Up in the last 7 days:3#848by Daniel Bachhuber10 months ago
Use WP-CLI to generate a one-time login URL for any user
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 130/day

Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal
Down in the last 7 days:3#886by CleanTalk Inc12 days ago
Protect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks & suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA & vulnerability checks.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(398)
- Downloads
- 783/day
Username Changer
Up in the last 7 days:2#895by DigitalME2 months ago
Unlock the power to change WordPress usernames with complete security and data integrity.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.3(77)
- Downloads
- 198/day
Login Logo
Up in the last 7 days:2#907by Mark Jaquith2 years ago
Customize the logo on the WP login screen by simply dropping a file named login-logo.png into your WP content directory. CSS is automatic!
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.9(62)
- Downloads
- 76/day
Temporary Login
Up in the last 7 days:1#919by Elementor1 year ago
Create a secure, temporary URL for easy access to your WP admin.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 94/day

XO Security
Up in the last 7 days:3#971by ishitaka3 months ago
XO Security is a plugin to enhance login related security.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 158/day

Remove Dashboard Access
Down in the last 7 days:1#991by TrustedLogin5 months ago
Disable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(78)
- Downloads
- 169/day

Login as User
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,013by Web3574 days ago
Log in as any WordPress user with one click. Troubleshoot issues and support customers without asking for their password.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(41)
- Downloads
- 675/day

Google Authenticator
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,149by Ivan2 months ago
Google Authenticator for your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(135)
- Downloads
- 336/day
Auto Login for Sakura Rental Server
Up in the last 7 days:22#1,214by sakurainternet7 months ago
Provides one-time auto-login URLs with HMAC signatures and time limits.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 175/day

Easy Hide Login
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,232by WebFactory1 month ago
Hide wp-login.php file, prevent attacks on login form, hide login & increase security. No files are changed.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(43)
- Downloads
- 162/day

Login or Logout Menu Item
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,271by cartpauj5 months ago
Add a dynamic "Login" or "Logout" menu item to any WordPress Menu and control redirects.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 83/day

Login With Ajax
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,489by Marcus (aka @msykes)5 months ago
Add beautiful login forms with smooth AJAX login/registration effects, 2FA support, custom redrection options and many more login-related features!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(167)
- Downloads
- 79/day
Simple Membership After Login Redirection
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,529by wp.insider4 days ago
An addon for the simple membership plugin to configure after login redirection to a specific page based on the member's level.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 88/day
OpenID Connect Generic Client
Up in the last 7 days:29#1,628by Jonathan Daggerhart8 months ago
A simple client that provides SSO or opt-in authentication against a generic OAuth2 Server implementation.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 635/day
FluentAuth
Up in the last 7 days:17#1,667by WPManageNinja5 days ago
Two-factor authentication, passkeys, social login, magic login, limit login attempts, file change scanning and audit logs for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(36)
- Downloads
- 654/day

WP Limit Login Attempts
#1,788by Arshid1 month ago
Limit rate of login attempts and block IP temporarily. Brute force attack protection. GDPR compliant. Captcha enabled.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(300)
- Downloads
- 95/day
Uber Login Logo
#1,871by uberweb9 years ago
A simple, lightweight WordPress plugin to change your login logo.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(41)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Login for Google Apps by WPAuth
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,904by Syed Balkhi1 month ago
Simple secure login and user management through your Google Workspace for WordPress (using oAuth2 and MFA if enabled).
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(64)
- Downloads
- 117/day

Simple Login Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,951by Nikolay Nikolov2 months ago
Adds a simple 3-digit number captcha on the login form.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(17)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Frontend Reset Password
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,972by Wp Enhanced9 months ago
Let your users reset their forgotten passwords from the frontend of your website.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(38)
- Downloads
- 66/day
WP Last Login
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,983by Konstantin Obenland29 days ago
Adds a sortable "Last Login" column to the Users screen — spot inactive accounts and see who's actually using your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.8(26)
- Downloads
- 132/day

Login Security Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,094by ScriptsTown1 month ago
Secure WordPress login, registration, and comment form with Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile. Prevent Brute-force attacks and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 120/day
WPS Bidouille
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,185by NicolasKulka2 months ago
WPS Bidouille provides information about your WordPress and contains optimization tools.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(54)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Sidebar Login
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,202by Mike Jolley27 days ago
Easily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.5(78)
- Downloads
- 71/day

ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,233by weDevs1 year ago
reCaptcha for login, signup, comment forms, Ninja Forms and woocommerce.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(95)
- Downloads
- 44/day

Rename wp-admin login
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,240by Nuno Sarmento18 days ago
Rename wp-admin login* is a plugin that allows us to rename wp-admin login URL to anything you want
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Autologin Links
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,393by WPAutoLogin5 years ago
WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 46/day

IP Geo Block
#2,484by tokkonopapa7 years ago
It blocks spam posts, login attempts and malicious access to the back-end requested from the specific countries, and also prevents zero-day exploit.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(95)
- Downloads
- 22/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

Erident Custom Login and Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,550by David Vongries2 years ago
Fully customize the WordPress Login Screen.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.9(150)
- Downloads
- 29/day

WP Login Form
#2,558by Noor Alam2 months ago
Create a WordPress login form and add it to your post, page or sidebar
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.6(13)
- Downloads
- 55/day

Authorizer
Up in the last 7 days:73#2,645by Paul Ryan1 month ago
Authorizer limits login attempts, restricts access to specific users, and authenticates against external sources (OAuth2, Google, LDAP, or CAS).
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 149/day

OAuth Single Sign On
#2,690by miniOrange6 days ago
WordPress OAuth SSO (Single Sign On) with Azure, Okta, Cognito, Keycloak, OAuth & OpenID Providers. Free Unlimited SSO Authentication [24/7 Support]
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(327)
- Downloads
- 186/day
Add Logo to Admin
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,761by bandicootmarketing9 years ago
Add a custom logo to your wp-admin and login page.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(12)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Disable User Login
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,824by Saint Systems7 months ago
Disable user accounts without deleting them. One-click enable/disable, bulk actions, force logout, and customizable disabled message.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 60/day
SP Move Login
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,886by SecuPress11 months ago
Move your WordPress login page to protect it from bots. This plugin contains the Move Login module from SecuPress. Other security modules are availabl …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.3(43)
- Downloads
- 31/day