Comments on: Limit Login Attempts

By: Mitch Mitchell

Mitch Mitchell — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:38:13 +0000

Definitely Mex. In the last week I’ve had attacks on both fronts, some trying to get in through my password, and some trying to get in other ways that Sire was talking about. Too bad these people don’t just find legitimate work.

By: Mex

Mex — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:13:06 +0000

I just came over from wassup blog, where he was making reference to your site.
This plugin is quite essential that every blogger should have it or some other form of protection

By: Mitch Mitchell

Mitch Mitchell — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:51:47 +0000

Affan, I don’t know enough to know how to do that; I would if I knew how. As to the other, in the last 2 days I’ve been notified of 5 attempts to break into this blog, and the plugin has stopped each one of them. I now trust this plugin immensely!

By: Affan

Affan — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:51:16 +0000

never tried it before, but i think it’s such a good plugin.
by the way, i suggest you to also limit the ip where people can login to your account.

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Protecting Your Blog Against Hackers | WassupBlog — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:26:46 +0000

[...] my passwords. I also remembered a post Mitch did about securing your blog where he mentioned the Limit Login Attempts plugin. I should have installed then and there but I didn’t because I was sure no one would [...]

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:56:37 +0000

Yep I got a few of those myself. lol
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By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:38:07 +0000

Then you definitely need to use that plugin, and you should check out the others that were in this post, though with you using the older version they might not all work for you. The reason I upgraded to 2.8.4 to begin with was suddenly there was a rash of blogs being hacked, and some of them were major players who decided not to upgrade. I’m just not taking that kind of risk.

By: Internet Home Business

Internet Home Business — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:28:47 +0000

No Mitch, since that last failed upgrade attempt I have never tried to do any more upgrades. I’m happy with my old version and just don’t want to take any risk doing so. I can live without the new features, if any. Like they say “if it ain’t broken don’t fix it”.
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By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:59:51 +0000

Didn’t want to make you cringe, Peter, but it just stuck in my mind when it happened to you and Yan, and when I learned about this plugin I just needed to tell everyone about it. Speaking of things, have you ever upgraded your WordPress? I see above in my Admin that they’re just releasing 2.9.

By: Internet Home Business

Internet Home Business — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:40:49 +0000

Hi Mitch,
Thanks for making me cringe thinking about my blog hack.Although it didn’t quite qualify as a real hack, the fear is always there as I’ve been also hacked on my email account right before my very eyes. There are just too many people out there who choose to use their good skills for the wrong purpose. There is never enough protection for anything nowadays. But your plugin sounds good to take a look.
-Peter
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