Fail2WP vs Stop User Enumeration

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.

Stop User Enumeration is a security plugin designed to detect and prevent hackers scanning your site for user login names. User Enumeration is a type of attack where nefarious parties can probe your website to discover your login name. This is often a pre-cursor to brute-force password attacks. Stop User Enumeration helps block this initial attack and allows you to log IPs launching these attacks to block further attacks in the future. Tools like WPSCAN are designed for use by ethical hackers and make efforts to find user login names. Ethical hackers ask permission first, this plugin is designed to reduce the tools when used without permission and when used in conjunction with fail2ban can block those attempts at the firewall. If you are on a VPS or dedicated server, as the attack IP is logged, you can use (optional additional configuration) fail2ban to block the attack directly at your server’s firewall, a very powerful solution for VPS owners to stop brute force attacks as well as DDoS attacks. If you don’t have access to install fail2ban ( e.g. on a Shared Host ) you can still use this plugin. The plugin can stop the user id being leaked by the oEmbed API call. Since WordPress 4.5 user data can also be obtained by API calls without logging in, this is a WordPress feature, but if you don’t need it to get user data, this plugin will restrict and log that too. Since WordPress 5.5 sitemaps are generated by core WP ( wp-sitemap.xml ) which includes a user/author sitemap that exposes the user id. You can enable / disable this in the plugin settings. PHP 8.4 compatible Tested on PHP 8.4 Features Include Blocks user enumeration requests by GET or POST Syslogs a block so Fail2Ban can be used to block an IP Optionally blocks REST API user requests for non authorized users Optionally removes author sitemap Optionally removes author from OEMBED Optionally removes numbers from comment authors Privacy This plugin includes an optional email feature for plugin news and updates. When enabled: Your email address may be sent to https://fullworksplugins.com for important plugin updates and security notices This is completely optional and requires your explicit consent via the opt-in form in the plugin settings No data is collected or transmitted without your permission You can opt-out at any time from the plugin settings No other personal data is collected or transmitted to external services The plugin logs attempted user enumeration attacks locally using WordPress’s standard logging system: * IP addresses of potential attackers are logged locally for security monitoring * These logs remain on your server and are not transmitted to any external service * Logs can be used with fail2ban or similar tools for enhanced security For more information about data handling, please visit https://fullworksplugins.com/privacy-policy/