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Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms

v1.3.1
by bestwebsoft · 4.6 (37 reviews)

Protect WordPress website against brute force attacks. Limit rate of login attempts.

5K+ active installs Updated Nov 21, 2024 Tested to 6.7.2
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Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms

About Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms

The Limit Attempts plugin for WordPress is a security tool that helps protect your website from spam and brute-force attacks. It allows you to limit the number of failed login attempts per user and block user IP addresses for a certain period of time. This plugin also offers advanced features such as managing deny and allow lists, receiving email notifications, and hiding website forms for blocked or denied IPs.

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Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot
Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft – WordPress Anti-Bot and Security Plugin for Login and Forms screenshot

Changelog

V1.3.1 – 30.04.2024

  • Update : Security fixes.
  • Update : BWS panel section was updated.
  • Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.

V1.3.0 – 08.03.2024

  • Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.4.
  • Update : BWS panel section was updated.
  • Pro: Limit Attempts Captcha for default forms was added.
  • Bugfix : Database queries have been optimized.

V1.2.9 – 19.05.2021

  • Pro : Email priority Deny and Allow lists issue has been fixed.
  • Bugfix : The issue with displaying pagination on tables has been fixed.
  • Update : Adding items to Deny and Allow lists has been moved to a separate page.
  • Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.
  • Update : BWS panel section was updated.
  • Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.2.

V1.2.8 – 24.11.2020

  • Bugfix : Database queries have been optimized.
  • Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
  • Update : Blacklist and whitelist replaced with deny list and allow list.

V1.2.7 – 15.07.2020

  • NEW : Ability to block emails sent from certain email address via Contact Form by BestWebSoft was added.
  • Bugfix : Fixed small bags.
  • Update : BWS panel section was updated.

V1.2.6 – 04.09.2019

  • Update : The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.

V1.2.5 – 04.06.2019

  • PRO : Ability to add the email address to the Whitelist has been added.
  • Bugfix : Fixed small bags.
  • Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V1.2.4 – 04.03.2019

  • PRO : Ability to save the “Username” and “Password” which were used in the failed login attempts.

V1.2.3 – 15.01.2019

  • Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.2.
  • Bugfix : Fixed small bags.

V1.2.2 – 19.10.2017

  • Update : The Compatibility with Captcha Pro by BestWebSoft has been improved.

V1.2.1 – 01.03.2017

  • Bugfix : The bug with saving settings on the multisite was fixed.
  • Bugfix : The bug with saving IP to whitelist or blacklist was fixed.
  • PRO : The bug with updating lists was fixed.
  • PRO : The bug with adding IP to Htaccess by BestWebSoft plugin has been fixed.

V1.2.0 – 13.10.2017

  • Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.8.2 has been updated.
  • PRO : Compatibility with the Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) by BestWebSoft has been added.

V1.1.9 – 19.06.2017

  • Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.8 was updated.
  • Pro : Statistic displaying has been updated.

V1.1.8 – 17.03.2017

  • NEW: An ability to add IP address to the Whitelist from the Blocked List.
  • Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.

V1.1.7 – 06.10.2016

  • Update : Block and blacklist functionality improved.
  • Pro : An ability to edit the reason of adding to black- or whitelist has been added.
  • Pro : Compatibility with the Captcha Pro by BestWebSoft plugin has been updated. WooCommerce plugin support has been added.

V1.1.6 – 08.08.2016

  • Update : All functionality for WordPress 4.6 was updated.

V1.1.5 – 27.06.2016

  • Update : The Polish language file has been updated.
  • Update : BWS Panel section is updated.

V1.1.4 – 08.04.2016

  • Update : The Polish language file has been updated.
  • Bugfix : The bug with the displaying of the HTML tags in error messages has been fixed.
  • Bugfix : The bug with the automatic unblocking of users has been fixed.
  • Bugfix : The bug with the automatic blacklisting of users has been fixed.
  • Bugfix : The bug with the creating of plugin’s database tables has been fixed.

V1.1.3 – 26.01.2016

  • NEW : Ability to hide the login form, the registration form and the lost password form for blocked or blacklisted IPs.
  • Bugfix : Bug with displaying of list of blocked IPs has been fixed.
  • Bugfix : Bugs with the recording/removing of statistical data in the database have been fixed.
  • Bugfix : Bugs with the pagination on plugin`s settings pages have been fixed.
  • Update : Compatibility with the Htaccess by BestWebSoft plugin has been updated.
  • Update : Functionality for the login form, the registration form and the lost password form has been updated.
  • Update : Functionality for wordpress 4.4.1 has been updated.

V1.1.2 – 21.10.2015

  • Bugfix : We fixed the bug with adding IP to the blacklist.
  • Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V1.1.1 – 09.10.2015

  • NEW : Ability to add your IP in to the whitelist.
  • Update : We updated the list with IP addresses displaying in the black- and whitelist.
  • Bugfix : We fixed SQL injection vulnerability in the function of obtaining IP-address of the user.
  • Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.1.

V1.1.0 – 21.07.2015

  • NEW : Ability to restore default settings.

V1.0.9 – 12.06.2015

  • Bugfix: We changed the mechanism of unlocking IP addresses on the timer.

V1.0.8 – 14.05.2015

  • NEW : The Polish language file is added.
  • Bugfix: Undefined user blocking after plugin activation is fixed.
  • Bugfix: Access priority when IP is included to the black- and whitelist at the same time (blacklist has higher priority).
  • NEW: Ability to search by part IP.
  • NEW: Additional notifications on the plugin pages.

V1.0.7 – 30.01.2015

  • Update : Compatibility with new Htaccess was added.
  • Update : The work of IP unblocking function was improved.

V1.0.6 – 30.12.2014

  • Update : Settings tab on plugin settings page was updated (interactivity was improved).
  • Update : The name of the ‘Log’ tab on the plugin settings page was changed to ‘Statistics’.
  • Bugfix : Performance issue on ‘Statistics’ page was fixed.

V1.0.5 – 11.09.2014

  • Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0.
  • Bugfix : Added missing closing tags .

V1.0.4 – 08.08.2014

  • Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.

V1.0.3 – 04.08.2014

  • Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0-beta2.
  • Bugfix : Bug with Number of failed attempts is fixed.

V1.0.2 – 19.06.2014

  • Bugfix : Added support for working with multisite.
  • NEW : Added the ability to customize error messages in login form.
  • NEW : Added the ability to customize customize email messages.
  • NEW : Java scripts was added.

V1.0.1 – 27.05.2014

  • Bugfix : Deleting unused sql query.
  • NEW : Added messages in admin page.

V1.0.0 – 05.05.2014

  • Bugfix : The code refactoring was performed.
  • NEW : Css-style was added.
  • NEW : Added messages in login form.

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