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

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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.

1.Install Fail2Ban on a Plesk server.

2.Start Fail2Ban and activate the plesk-wordpress jail.



For detailed instructions, visit this Plesk blog page:

Plesk Blog: Protecting your WordPress installations with Fail2ban