Title: Useful security plug
Last modified: September 25, 2019

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# Useful security plug

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 * (@alexrowancom)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-security-plug/)
 * I like this plugin and use it on a number of websites I am a webmaster for.
 * In case it helps, here are some thoughts on how/why I have configured the plugin.
 * I leave the first 3 entries as default (3,5,60). They seem ideal to me.
 * I set Lockout Invalid Usernames? to YES. If they don’t know the Username, why
   are they trying to login? I am careful, so I won’t lock myself out.
 * I set Mask Login Errors? to YES. Denies useful intelligence to people who are
   trying to login when they shouldn’t. Why help them?
 * I set Show Credit Link? to NO. I love helping people – and as it happens it’s
   my professional work – however telling people about the plugin so they can protect
   their blogs also tells people who are trying to login when they shouldn’t what
   security I am using. This is a more minor point, however it also falls under 
   the ‘need to know policy’ – they don’t.

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