[Hidden-tech] WordPress security question

[Erik Amlee]

You cannot change username or register a second account with the same email address. Best is to delete the old account and re-create it with the same permissions. 

And there are WordPress plugins that claim to block IP addresses by country, but you would also deny legit traffic. If you are seeing brute force attacks on wp-login, a better solution would be a plugin that locks/bans by IP after X login attempts.  

Erik Amlee

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From: Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:19 AM
Subject: [Hidden-tech] WordPress security question
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A client's site was compromised recently. I changed the password to something impossible to guess--but I'm wondering if: 
1) There's a way to change the username in wp-admin
2) It's possible to block domains or country codes of attackers trying to sign in (most of them seem to be from France)

Thanks,


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