How to Limit Login Attempts on WP Sites to Prevent Hacking

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I contacted WA Support and asked them which was the best WP plugin for Wordpress 4.2.2, (the latest one at time of writing), to limit login attempts and thereby reduce the risk posed by hackers. I also asked about changing the username.

WA Support were brilliant and I was really grateful for their reply.

I have copied and pasted their response below, as I suspect that I am probably not the only person concerned about this matter and other people will no doubt find it reassuring and helpful:

"Hi Brandon. We already have many sophisticated measures in place on our servers to limit login attempts and block botnet dictionary attacks against your wordpress admin area. These measures are already far more effective than any wordpress plugin you could obtain.

You need not install any plugin for that we already have that security measure configured on our server and regarding the username you can create another user and give it Administrator privileges."

I hope people find this helpful.

All the best,

Brandon

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that is reassuring to know thank you

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You are welcome Katie.
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Seems like almost everyday we learn something that demonstrates why WA is a world class internet business training platform. K&C quietly live up to their commitment of continuous improvement, and I'm expecting to hear from them pretty soon about what's new in 2015.

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They certainly do Dennis.
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Very cool!

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It's very reassuring that WA are on top of it.
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WA rocks.☺ ~Marion

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Hi Marion,
Certainly does! The tech support alone is worth the membership, quite apart from everything else.
All the best,
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Thanks for this Brandon, it's very reassuring.

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Hi Veteran,
You are welcome.
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Great info, I have thought about it too, so this is perfect. thanks!

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Thank you Lilla, you are welcome.
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