Which has better reviews, Sidebar Login or WP Fail2Ban Redux?

WP Fail2Ban Redux has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 15 reviews) compared to Sidebar Login (4.5★ from 78 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Sidebar Login or WP Fail2Ban Redux?

WP Fail2Ban Redux holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.5★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Sidebar Login or WP Fail2Ban Redux?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Sidebar Login has the deeper published review base (78 vs 15), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Sidebar Login typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (78 reviews). WP Fail2Ban Redux typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (15 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Sidebar Login and WP Fail2Ban Redux?

Migration support varies by app and category. Sidebar Login and WP Fail2Ban Redux both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from WP Fail2Ban Redux" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Sidebar Login vs WP Fail2Ban Redux — WordPress

Sidebar Login vs WP Fail2Ban Redux

Name: Sidebar Login
Rating: 4.5 (78 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Sidebar Login

4.5·78reviews·9,000+installs

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Field-level data

	Sidebar Login	WP Fail2Ban Redux
Tagline	—	—
Description	2949 / 5000 chars59% used	1151 / 5000 chars23% used
Screenshots	—	—
Languages
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Mike Jolley	Brandon Allen
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Last updated	—	—

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Feature comparison between Sidebar Login and WP Fail2Ban Redux
Metric	Sidebar Login	WP Fail2Ban Redux
Rating	4.5 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 78	15
Active installs	9,000+	7,000+
Free plan	—	—

3. App details

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Sidebar Login

Sidebar Login adds a useful login widget which you can use to login from in the sidebar of your WordPress powered blog. Once a user logs in they are redirected back to the page they logged in from, rather than the admin panel (this is configurable). If you’d like to contribute code to the plugin you can do so via GitHub. If you’d like to contribute a translation, the project is hosted on WordPress.org. Usage Simply go to Appearance > Widgets and drag “sidebar login” to the sidebar of your choice. Within the widget are several options you can use for changing the titles or the links displayed to the user. To use this widget in a template, use the the_widget() function which WordPress provides. Tags for titles + links These tags can be used in the widget settings for titles + links and will be replaced at runtime. %username% – logged in users display name %userid% – logged in users ID %firstname% – logged in users firstname %lastname% – logged in users lastname %name% – logged in users firstname + lastname %nicename% – user nice name %admin_url% – url to WP admin %logout_url% – logout url %buddypress_profile_url% – Buddypress Profile URL %bbpress_profile_url% – Buddypress Profile URL %avatar% – User Avatar Filter Reference sidebar_login_include_css – return false to not include the CSS stylesheet sidebar_login_widget_logged_in_links – An array of links shown when logged in. sidebar_login_widget_logged_out_links – An array of links shown when logged out. sidebar_login_widget_display – Return false to hide the widget. sidebar_login_widget_logged_in_title – The widget title shown when logged in. sidebar_login_widget_avatar_size – The avatar size – defaulted to 38 (thats in px) sidebar_login_widget_logged_out_title – The widget title shown when logged out. sidebar_login_widget_form_args – Arguments for the wp_login_form function. sidebar_login_widget_login_redirect – Redirect URL after login. sidebar_login_widget_logout_redirect – the redirect after logging out. sidebar_login_widget_register_url – The URL for registration links. sidebar_login_widget_lost_password_url – The URL for lost password links. sidebar_login_widget_wp_login_form – The HTML of the Login form. Action Reference sidebar_login_widget_start – Fired before the widget. sidebar_login_widget_{logged_in || logged_out}_content_start – Fired before the widget content. sidebar_login_widget_before_{logged_in || logged_out}_links – Fired before the links. sidebar_login_widget_after_{logged_in || logged_out}_links – Fire after the links. sidebar_login_widget_{logged_in || logged_out}_content_end – Fired after the widget content. sidebar_login_widget_end – Fired after the widget. Notes Due to AJAX not working across different domains (see same_origin_policy), AJAX logins will be disabled if your site it non-SSL, but the FORCE_SSL_ADMIN constant is set to true. Instead it will fallback to a traditional POST.

Top keywords

widget30×6.30%
login28×5.88%
sidebar23×4.83%
logged22×4.62%
sidebar login21×4.41%
login widget19×3.99%
sidebar login widget18×3.78%
links13×2.73%
url13×2.73%
login widget logged6×1.26%
widget logged6×1.26%
fired5×1.05%

WP Fail2Ban Redux

WP Fail2Ban Redux records various WordPress events to your server’s system log for integration with Fail2Ban. This plugin is (mostly) a drop-in replacement for WP fail2ban by Charles Lecklider. While WP fail2ban is a great plugin, there are a number of improvements that could be made. In order to facilitate these improvements, a major refactoring of the codebase was necessary. The core functionality between WP Fail2Ban Redux and WP fail2ban remains the same. WP Fail2Ban Redux is considered to be mostly a drop-in replacement, because all constants have been replaced with filters, and will, possibly, require some upgrade work. Don’t work it’s as simple as implementing the constants. The following events are recorded by default: Failed XML-RPC authentication attempts. Successful authentication attempts. Failed authentication attempts — differentiated by a user’s existence. Pingback errors. The following events can be enabled via filter: Pingback requests. Blocked user enumeration attempts. Authentication attempts for blocked usernames. Spammed comments. Extra documentation is available on the WP Fail2Ban Redux GitHub Wiki.

Top keywords

fail2ban8×4.76%
wp7×4.17%
wp fail2ban7×4.17%
attempts5×2.98%
authentication4×2.38%
authentication attempts4×2.38%
fail2ban redux4×2.38%
redux4×2.38%

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Should I choose Sidebar Login or WP Fail2Ban Redux?

Which is faster to set up, Sidebar Login or WP Fail2Ban Redux?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between Sidebar Login and WP Fail2Ban Redux?

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