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login plugins
945 plugins in the directory carry the login tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Sep 2026 | Login Me Now – Passwordless, Magic Link, OTP & Social Login for WordPress | 500+ | changed hands |
| 03 Sep 2026 | Login as User: See the Site as Any User | 30,000+ | changed hands |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Force User Login Multisite | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Login via Yandex – вход через Яндекс ID | 200+ | released after a long silence |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Force Authentification Before Checkout for WooCommerce | 5,000+ | changed hands |
| 12 Aug 2026 | LAPDI Member Portal | fewer than 10 | changed hands |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPS Hide Login Change wp-login.php to anything you want. | 2,000,000+ | 4.8★ | 24 days ago |
| Loginizer Loginizer is a WordPress security plugin which helps you fight against bruteforce attacks. | 1,000,000+ | 4.8★ | 18 days ago |
| Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin Secure your WordPress site from brute-force attacks, threats, malware, and bots. Free to use and easy to set up. | 1,000,000+ | 4.5★ | 9 days ago |
| Limit Login Attempts Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable. | 300,000+ | 4.6★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer LoginPress is a Custom Login Page Customizer plugin allows you to easily customize the layout of login, admin login, client login, register pages. | 200,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall Hide and Secure WP paths with the 8G Firewall, Brute Force protection and Passkeys. AI security explanations available with a subscription. | 100,000+ | 4.5★ | 3 days ago |
| Login Lockdown & Protection Protect, lockdown & secure login form by limiting login attempts from the same IP & banning IPs. | 100,000+ | 4.3★ | 21 days ago |
| WPS Limit Login WPS Limit login limit connection attempts by IP address | 100,000+ | 4.9★ | 23 days ago |
| Custom Login Page Customizer Custom Login Customizer allows you to easily customize your admin login page, straight from your WordPress Customizer! | 90,000+ | 4.8★ | 8 months ago |
| All In One Login — Login Page Security and Customization for WordPress with Google reCAPTCHA, Social Login, Temporary Login, 2FA, and more. Do you want to secure and customize the WordPress login page? Download the All in One Login plugin for login page security and customization. | 60,000+ | 3.6★ | 20 days ago |
| Theme My Login The ultimate login branding solution! Theme My Login offers matchless customization of your WordPress user experience! | 60,000+ | 3.7★ | 2 days ago |
| WP fail2ban – Advanced Security WP fail2ban uses fail2ban to protect your WordPress site. | 60,000+ | 4.2★ | 16 months ago |
| WP Hide & Security Enhancer Protect your website by concealing vulnerable WordPress traces, plugins, themes, login/admin url. 2FA, Captcha, Firewall, Security Headers etc. | 50,000+ | 4.4★ | 24 days ago |
| WP-Members Membership Plugin The original WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles, and more. | 50,000+ | 4.6★ | 6 months ago |
| Login Logo Customize the logo on the WP login screen by simply dropping a file named login-logo.png into your WP content directory. CSS is automatic! | 40,000+ | 4.9★ | 1.5 years ago · quiet |
| One Time Login Use WP-CLI to generate a one-time login URL for any user | 40,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 months ago |
| Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal Protect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks & suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA & vulnerability checks. | 40,000+ | 4.8★ | 6 days ago |
| Temporary Login Create a secure, temporary URL for easy access to your WP admin. | 40,000+ | 4.2★ | 21 months ago · quiet |
| Username Changer Unlock the power to change WordPress usernames with complete security and data integrity. | 40,000+ | 4.3★ | 10 days ago |
| Login as User: See the Site as Any User Log in as any WordPress user with one click. Troubleshoot issues and support customers without asking for their password. | 30,000+ | 4.8★ | yesterday |
| Custom Login Page Customizer – Login Designer Login Designer is the best way to style a custom login page for your WordPress login, register and forgot password forms, right from the live-action W … | 30,000+ | 4.8★ | 10 months ago |
| Remove Dashboard Access Disable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds. | 30,000+ | 4.6★ | 4 months ago |
| XO Security XO Security is a plugin to enhance login related security. | 30,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Easy Hide Login Hide wp-login.php file, prevent attacks on login form, hide login & increase security. No files are changed. | 20,000+ | 4.4★ | 21 days ago |
| Google Authenticator Google Authenticator for your WordPress blog. | 20,000+ | 4.3★ | 14 days ago |
| Login or Logout Menu Item Add a dynamic "Login" or "Logout" menu item to any WordPress Menu and control redirects. | 20,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Auto Login for Sakura Rental Server Provides one-time auto-login URLs with HMAC signatures and time limits. | 10,000+ | — | 5 months ago |
| OpenID Connect Generic Client A simple client that provides SSO or opt-in authentication against a generic OAuth2 Server implementation. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| Frontend Reset Password Let your users reset their forgotten passwords from the frontend of your website. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 7 months ago |
| Login for Google Apps Simple secure login and user management through your Google Workspace for WordPress (using oAuth2 and MFA if enabled). | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 16 months ago |
| Login Security Captcha Secure WordPress login, registration, and comment form with Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile. Prevent Brute-force attacks and more. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 1 month ago |
| Login With Ajax – Fast Logins, 2FA, Redirects Add beautiful login forms with smooth AJAX login/registration effects, 2FA support, custom redrection options and many more login-related features! | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 3 months ago |
| Simple Login Captcha Adds a simple 3-digit number captcha on the login form. | 10,000+ | 3.9★ | 3 days ago |
| Simple Membership After Login Redirection An addon for the simple membership plugin to configure after login redirection to a specific page based on the member's level. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 16 days ago |
| Uber Login Logo A simple, lightweight WordPress plugin to change your login logo. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Last Login Adds a sortable "Last Login" column to the Users screen — spot inactive accounts and see who's actually using your site. | 10,000+ | 3.7★ | 3 months ago |
| WP Limit Login Attempts Limit rate of login attempts and block IP temporarily. Brute force attack protection. GDPR compliant. Captcha enabled. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 4 months ago |
| WPS Bidouille WPS Bidouille provides information about your WordPress and contains optimization tools. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 24 days ago |
| Rename wp-admin login Rename wp-admin login* is a plugin that allows us to rename wp-admin login URL to anything you want | 9,000+ | 3.9★ | 4 months ago |
| Sidebar Login Easily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar. | 9,000+ | 4.5★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress reCaptcha for login, signup, comment forms, Ninja Forms and woocommerce. | 9,000+ | 4.4★ | 10 months ago |
| IP Geo Block It blocks spam posts, login attempts and malicious access to the back-end requested from the specific countries, and also prevents zero-day exploit. | 8,000+ | 4.2★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Autologin Links WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links. | 7,000+ | 4.7★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Erident Custom Login and Dashboard Fully customize the WordPress Login Screen. | 7,000+ | 4.9★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Fail2Ban Redux Records various WordPress events to your server's system log for integration with Fail2Ban. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 15 months ago |
| WP Login Form Create a WordPress login form and add it to your post, page or sidebar | 7,000+ | 4.6★ | 14 days ago |
| Add Logo to Admin Add a custom logo to your wp-admin and login page. | 6,000+ | 4.6★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Clean Login Custom frontend login, registration, user profile and password reset forms via shortcodes — no coding required. WPML certified, reCAPTCHA and WooComme … | 6,000+ | 4.7★ | 2 months ago |
| OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) WordPress OAuth SSO (Single Sign On) with Azure, Okta, Cognito, Keycloak, OAuth & OpenID Providers. Free Unlimited SSO Authentication [24/7 Support] | 6,000+ | 4.9★ | 12 days ago |
| SP Move Login Move your WordPress login page to protect it from bots. This plugin contains the Move Login module from SecuPress. Other security modules are availabl … | 6,000+ | 4.3★ | 9 months ago |
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