Fail2WP is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Fail2WP is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by joho68. With a rating of 5.0★ from 2 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Fail2WP is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by joho68 — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Fail2WP works
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This WordPress plugin provides security functionality and integration with fail2ban.
It does not require fail2ban to function.
Basic security functionality includes:
Disabling login with username (require e-mail address)
Allow/Deny login from IP address, hostname (including wildcard support)
Preventing user enumeration (?author=nnn)
Less detailed error messages on login failures
Minimum username length
Blocking specific usernames from being used to register new users
Requiring e-mail address matching for new user registrations
Warning about new user role setting
Blocking of portions or all of WordPress REST API
Disabling of RSS and Atom feeds
Removal of “Generator” information from HTML and feeds
Detection of Cloudflare IP addresses for logging of actual IP addresses
Blocking/Allowing logins from IP addresses, IP ranges, and/or hostnames
Partially or fully disable XMLRPC access
Monitoring administrator accounts for unexpected role/account changes
The plugin also plays nicely with Fail2ban, which is an advanced way of blocking IP addresses dynamically upon suspicious behavior.
Other notes:
This plugin may work with earlier versions of WordPress
This plugin has been tested with WordPress 5.5-7.0.x at the time of this writing
This plugin has been tested with PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 at the time of this writing
Local syntax/runtime compatibility checks have also been run on PHP 8.4
This plugin optionally makes use of mb_ PHP functions
This plugin may create entries in your PHP error log (if active)
This plugin contains no Javascript
This plugin contains no tracking code and does not store any information about users
Credits The Fail2WP Plugin was written by Joaquim Homrighausen while converting caffeine into code.
Fail2WP is sponsored by WebbPlatsen i Sverige AB, Sweden.
Copyright 2020-2026 Joaquim Homrighausen; all rights reserved.
Commercial support and customizations for this plugin is available from WebbPlatsen i Sverige AB in Sweden.
If you find this plugin useful, the author is happy to receive a donation, good review, or just a kind word.
If there is something you feel to be missing from this plugin, or if you have found a problem with the code or a feature, please do not hesitate to reach out to [email protected].
This plugin can also be downloaded from code.webbplatsen.net and GitHub
More detailed documentation is available at code.webbplatsen.net/documentation/fail2wp/
Kudos to Thomas Lutz.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Fail2WP?
Fail2WP is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by joho68.