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How to protect WordPress websites from brute-force attacks on a Plesk for Linux server

Kuzma Ivanov

Updated April 05, 2023 04:06

kb: how-to Plesk for Linux ABT: Group B

Applicable to:

Plesk for Linux

Question

How to protect WordPress websites from brute-force attacks on a Plesk for Linux server?

Answer

Use Fail2ban to protect WordPress websites from brute-force attacks.

Install Fail2Ban on a Plesk server.
Start Fail2Ban and activate the plesk-wordpress jail.

For detailed instructions, visit this Plesk blog page:

Plesk Blog: Protecting your WordPress installations with Fail2ban

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