Apocalypse Meow vs Primary Redirect

Apocalypse Meow’s main focus is addressing WordPress security issues related to user accounts and logins. This includes things like: Brute-force login-in protection; Customizable password strength requirements; XML-RPC access controls; Account access alerts; Searchable access logs (including failed login attempts and temporary bans); User enumeration prevention; Registration SPAM protection; Miscellaneous Core and template options to make targeted hacks more difficult; Anonymize/scrub leaky remote request headers; Security is an admittedly technical subject, but Apocalypse Meow strives to help educate “normal” users about the nature of common web attacks, mitigation techniques, etc. Every option contains detailed explanations and links to external resources with additional information. Knowledge is power! Requirements Due to the advanced nature of some of the plugin features, there are a few additional server requirements beyond what WordPress itself requires: WordPress 4.4+. PHP 7.4 or later. PHP extensions: (bcmath or gmp), date, filter, json, pcre. CREATE and DROP MySQL grants. Single-site Installs (i.e. Multi-Site is not supported). Please note: it is not safe to run WordPress atop a version of PHP that has reached its End of Life. Future releases of this plugin might, out of necessity, drop support for old, unmaintained versions of PHP. To ensure you continue to receive plugin updates, bug fixes, and new features, just make sure PHP is kept up-to-date. 🙂 Log Monitoring Some robots are so dumb they’ll continue trying to submit credentials even after the login form is replaced, wasting system resources and clogging up the log-in history table. One way to mitigate this is to use a server-side log-monitoring program like Fail2Ban or OSSEC to ban users via the firewall. Apocalypse Meow produces a 403 error when a banned user requests the login form. Your log-monitoring rule should therefore look for repeated 403 responses to wp-login.php. Additionally, some robots are unable to follow redirects; if your login form requires SSL, you should also ban repeated 301/302 responses to catch those fools. If you have enabled user enumeration protection with the die() option, requests for ?author=X will produce a 400 response code which can be similarly tracked. Privacy Policy When active, this plugin retains security logs of every sign-in attempt made to the CMS backend. This information — including the end user’s public IP address, username, and the status of his or her attempt — is used to help prevent unauthorized system access and maintain Quality of Service for all site visitors. This information resides fully on the hosting web site and is not shared with any third parties. Data retention is entirely up to the site operator, but by default old records are automatically removed after 90 days. Please note: Apocalypse Meow DOES NOT integrate with any WordPress GDPR “Personal Data” features. (Selective erasure of audit logs would undermine the security mechanisms provided by this plugin. Haha.)

Primary Redirect is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to customize where users are redirected after logging in. Instead of the default WordPress behavior, you can redirect users to: A custom URL of your choice Their primary blog’s dashboard (in multisite installations) This plugin is perfect for: * Multisite networks where you want users to go to their primary blog * Sites with custom dashboards or landing pages * Improving user experience with personalized redirects Key Features Custom URL Redirect: Set any URL as the post-login destination Primary Blog Redirect: Automatically redirect users to their primary blog’s dashboard (multisite) Network & Single Site Support: Works on both multisite networks and single WordPress sites Easy Configuration: Simple settings interface in WordPress admin Developer Friendly: Clean, modern code following WordPress best practices Multisite Support On multisite installations, you get additional options: * Redirect users to their primary blog’s dashboard * Network-wide settings that apply to all sites * Override custom URLs with primary blog redirect Single Site Support On single WordPress sites, configure a custom redirect URL that applies to all users after login. If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects: Powered Cache – Caching and Optimization for WordPress – Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score Magic Login Pro – Easy, secure, and passwordless authentication for WordPress. PaddlePress PRO – Paddle Plugin for WordPress Easy Text-to-Speech for WordPress – Transform your textual content into high-quality synthesized speech with AI. Handywriter – AI-powered writing assistant that can help you create content for your WordPress. WP Accessibility Toolkit – A collection of tools to help you make your WordPress more accessible.