Login With Ajax – Fast Logins, 2FA, Redirects vs Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning

Login With Ajax is for sites that need user logins or registrations and would like to avoid the normal wordpress login pages, or add AJAX effects to the regular login pages. This plugin adds the capability of placing a login widget in the sidebar with smooth AJAX login effects. Some of the features: AJAX-powered logins, no screen refreshes! Login Registration Remember/Reset Password PassKeys (new in 4.4) Next-Generation security, no passwords required! Users can log in without a username AND password. Biometric support (fingerprint, face ID, etc.) 2FA – Two-Factor Authentication TOTP – Time-based One-Time Password Scan a QR code with popular authenticator apps like Google Authenticator, Authy, etc. Email – Send a code to the user’s email address Backup Codes – Generate and use backup codes Integrate 2FA setup options in other plugin account pages WooCommerce BuddyPress BuddyBoss “AJAXify” other login forms Create a better login experience in the default WP login form with AJAX effects for logins, password recovery and registration. Regular WP login and registration forms WooCommerce login forms Events Manager login forms Many ways to display and customize your login form: Gutenberg Blocks Full-site editor compatible Widgets (classic and blocks) Shortcode Template Tags PHP API Flexible templates and options Multiple templates to choose from Including Modal/Pop-Up login forms Responsive and Accessible! Choose a base color for each individual login form. Individual display options via all display methods (e.g. Gutenberg Blocks, Shortcode etc.) Create your own upgrade-safe templates, or override our own ones. Custom Login/Logout redirections Redirect users to custom URLs on Login and Logout Redirect users with different roles to custom URLs WPML – Language-specific redirects Modify registration email templates Other Features Disable CSS styling (via shortcode or PHP display methods) SSL-compatible Fallback mechanism, will still work on javascript-disabled browsers Compatible with WordPress, MultiSite, BuddyPress and many other plugins Developer Friendly Multiple PHP and JS hooks Overridable CSS and JS files Easy-to-customize and overridable template files Well-documented First released in 2009, the oldest login plugin for WordPress, regularly maintained and updated since then! Pro Add-On Features As of version 4.0, we now offer a Pro add-on which extends Login With AJAX with multiple new features: Security Features – Harden the security of your login forms 2FA – Additional Two-Factor Authentication Methods: SMS – Send a code to the user’s phone WhatsApp – Send a message, user clicks a button, done! Telegram – Send a message, user clicks a button, done! reCaptcha (v2, v2 Invisible and v3) Login limiter 3rd Party Page Builder Blocks/Widgets/Modules Divi Elementor More on the way! Getting Help/Support Version 4 is a major overhaul of the plugin, which has remained largely unchanged for 11 years yet remained a staple tool for logins to WordPress! Changes include a complete rewrite of login templates updated to modern stadnards and practices, as well as new WP features such as Gutenberg Blocks. If you’re stuck, we strongly suggest visiting our Documentation Site which contains exensive information and advice on setup and troubleshooting. If you have any problems with the plugin after reading our Troubleshooting, please visit our freely supported community forums, or Go Pro for premium support. Notes Please visit our documentation site, which is regularly and extensively maintained and updated with all the information relevant to getting started, advanced setup and troubleshooting common issues.

Most security plugins hand you a dashboard full of alerts and expect you to know what to do next. Shield works differently. It blocks threats automatically, repairs what it can on its own, and then shows you exactly what still needs your attention — ranked by impact, not volume. Less noise. More action. 🤖 Security That Runs Itself The most powerful thing Shield does is what it handles without you: Automatic IP Blocking — every visitor is quietly scored as they interact with your site. Failed logins, firewall blocks, silentCAPTCHA failures, and other signals accumulate into a reputation score. When a visitor’s score crosses the threshold, Shield blocks them — automatically, without you lifting a finger Automatic File Repair — when a file integrity scan finds a changed WordPress core file, Shield pulls the original from WordPress.org and restores it. Detected and fixed, without waiting for you to act Automatic Bot Recognition — Shield identifies legitimate crawlers (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Apple) and known services (ManageWP, Pingdom, Stripe, CloudFlare) and never blocks them. Your SEO and monitoring tools keep working 🧭 Guided Security, Not Just a Dashboard Shield organises your security into four focused areas so you always know where to look: Queue — things that need your attention, ranked by priority. Not everything at once — just what matters right now Investigate — dig into blocked IPs, security events, and the specific signals that triggered each one Configure — guided setup for each protection area, with clear recommendations matched to your site Reports — a clear view of what Shield has blocked, detected, and repaired over time The goal: guide you quickly towards action, not bury you in data. 🛡️ Free Protection Bot Blocking & Firewall silentCAPTCHA — blocks bad bots on login, registration, lost password, and comment forms using passive signals invisible to real visitors. No CAPTCHA keys. No external requests. No JavaScript that breaks your forms. Everything runs on your server (GDPR friendly). Firewall rules blocking common WordPress attack patterns — SQL injection probes, known exploit signatures, suspicious request parameters XML-RPC protection — disable or restrict entirely, including pingbacks and trackbacks REST API firewall — block unauthenticated requests Fake crawler detection — identifies bots spoofing legitimate search engines Login & Account Security Two-factor authentication (2FA) — email codes, Google Authenticator, or YubiKey OTP for all users Brute force protection with configurable login attempt limits and cooldown Session locking — tie sessions to a browser or IP to stop account theft after a successful login User enumeration blocking — closes off ?author= probes used to harvest usernames before an attack Scanning & Integrity Core file scanning — compares WordPress core against official checksums and repairs changed files automatically Suspicious PHP detection — flags PHP files in locations where they have no business being Abandoned plugin detection — identifies unmaintained plugins most likely to carry unpatched vulnerabilities Visibility & Control Security Admin PIN — lock Shield’s own settings so other administrators cannot quietly weaken your configuration Security activity log — logins, user changes, plugin and theme events, post edits, and suspicious requests: Everything in one clear view IP Rules — automatic & manual block and bypass rules, CIDR range support, full per-IP request history 🤝 CrowdSec Integration Shield is the only WordPress security plugin with a native CrowdSec integration. CrowdSec aggregates threat signals from millions of sites into a shared IP reputation network — your site blocks known attackers before they ever probe you, using intelligence far beyond your own traffic history. ✨ ShieldPRO Passkeys — phishing-resistant, passwordless login for users Backup login codes — emergency 2FA access when a device is lost AI-based malware scanner — detects known and unknown PHP malware Plugin & theme file scanning — compares installed files against WordPress.org originals, flagging unauthorised changes Vulnerability scanning — active checks across all installed plugins and themes Broader spam protection — WooCommerce, EDD, Contact Form 7, Ninja Forms, Elementor, and more Traffic rate limiting — cap request rates per IP to absorb high-volume bot floods User suspension — manual or automatic suspension of idle accounts MainWP integration White Label — rename and rebrand Shield for client sites Who It’s For Shield suits site owners, agencies, and MSPs who want protection that runs itself — not a plugin that demands constant attention to be useful. If you have been burned by security plugins that generate more noise than protection, or dashboards that tell you everything is wrong without telling you what to fix, Shield was built to be the alternative.