Title: WordPress superadmin
Last modified: June 9, 2021

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# WordPress superadmin

 *  [Ford12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ford12/)
 * (@ford12)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-superadmin/)
 * Hi
    Since installing Country Blocker it reports a lot of failed logins from different
   IP addresses. All of them are User Admin, superadmin. I only have one admin account
   and its mine. What is a superadmin and why would different user admins be trying
   to login to my site.

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 *  [helennatasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helennatasha/)
 * (@helennatasha)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-superadmin/#post-14536516)
 * Superadmin controls a multisite setup (One WordPress installation with many sites).
   Admin controls a single site. Bots crawl the net, posing as admins or superadmins,
   trying to hack into your site for various nefarious reasons, such as distributing
   malware, sending spam, setting up phishing sites. …
 *  Thread Starter [Ford12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ford12/)
 * (@ford12)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-superadmin/#post-14536640)
 * Ok, thanks so how can I stop them trying to hack in?
    Do all websites have the
   same issues?
 *  [helennatasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helennatasha/)
 * (@helennatasha)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-superadmin/#post-14536755)
 * Yes, all websites are under threat of being hacked. You can’t stop hackers from
   trying. But you can set up defences. If you are using managed hosting, they should
   have some security in place. But you can add to this by using various WordPress
   plugins. You mention ‘Country Blocker’ already. Another popular one is WordFence:
   
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [helennatasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helennatasha/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-superadmin/#post-14536755)
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