Title: Login Security doesn't work
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Login Security doesn't work

 *  Resolved [thob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thob/)
 * (@thob)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-security-doesnt-work/)
 * Whereas it track logins? it doesnt intercept (deliberat) login attemps with wrong
   passwords. If I set it to 3 login attempts it should slow down and list it, right.
 * Or do I miss something
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/)

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 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-security-doesnt-work/#post-4322805)
 * Are you using any other Login Security plugins or login security features in 
   other plugins? If so, then if both plugins or plugin features are using the same
   WordPress hooks – actions/filters then they will compete with each other and 
   one will override the other or worse they will cancel each other out.
 * Not sure what you mean by slow down. We researched and tested limiting the amount
   of logins based on a time period and found that approach to be completely unnecessary.
   We instead created an account lockout based purely on failed login attempts. 
   3 failed attempts with a setting of lock out on 3 failed attempts no matter when
   those failed login attempts occur means the user account is locked out. Any further
   failed login attempts are not processed – no DB connection is made or allowed
   if the account is locked out – no website/Server resources used for failed login
   attempts when a user account is locked out. Login Processing is completely halted.
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-security-doesnt-work/#post-4322808)
 * Also it is important to mention that we were able to overload and crash testing
   Servers (DoS/DDoS) by allowing additional login processing after a user account
   was locked out so it was a no-brainer as far as the best approach to take – do
   not allow processing or log anything unnecessarily that could use/waste website/
   Server resources and do not create the possibility for DoS/DDoS vulnerabilities.
 *  Thread Starter [thob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thob/)
 * (@thob)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-security-doesnt-work/#post-4322904)
 * I was using a login limiter before but none currently. Stil it should show me
   the attempt in the log, right?
 *  Thread Starter [thob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thob/)
 * (@thob)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-security-doesnt-work/#post-4322906)
 * got it.

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