Title: BruteProtect
Author: Automattic
Published: <strong>April 22, 2013</strong>
Last modified: September 29, 2015

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# bruteprotect

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bruteprotect/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bruteprotect/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bruteprotect/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bruteprotect/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of December 16, 2018 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a8a42dcc3fe07eeeb6a9a17c99f2cb098632ac795fce495322a2f61a94d82b7d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good protection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-protection/)󠁿

 [rivsmaniac](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rivsmaniac/) September 3, 2016

One of the plugins that I install first of all every time. Easy and does exactly
what I want.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8b2544055dea761aac12dc2c718aa32e3dc57a44b61a4fe6d4a05f986a8ceb35?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great Plugin Must Have Plugin.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-must-have-plugin/)󠁿

 [gratiswordpresssitebuilder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gratiswordpresssitebuilder/)
February 8, 2017

Great Plugin this plugin can not miss in your wordpress plugin collection…

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dbab4dfaf77e7ad94d9d9021fba37e5d4af860f3e09b24554c387ee20ee0c4c5?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Gehört zur Grundinstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gehort-zur-grundinstallation/)󠁿

 [rainerma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rainerma/) February 7, 2017

Ein hervorragendes Plugin um Angriffe von Botnet auf den Admin Login abzuwehren.

 [ Read all 65 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bruteprotect/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“BruteProtect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
 *   [ Sam Hotchkiss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samhotchkiss/)
 *   [ Rocco Tripaldi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/roccotripaldi/)
 *   [ Jesse Friedman ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/professor44/)
 *   [ Stephen Quirk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sdquirk/)
 *   [ Jeff Golenski ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maverick3x6/)
 *   [ Derek Smart ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dsmart/)

[Translate “BruteProtect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bruteprotect)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bruteprotect/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bruteprotect/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bruteprotect/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bruteprotect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.5**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bruteprotect/advanced/)