WP Fail2Ban Redux

62 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

Around 7,000 active installs puts it in niche-territory, but the score is inflated well above that raw figure because the install-to-rating ratio is unusually strong for a utility plugin.

Update Freshness

11/25

Last updated in late May 2025 and confirmed working against WordPress 6.8.5, which signals an actively maintained codebase despite the small user base.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 15 ratings is encouraging, though the sample size is small enough that future updates could shift this quickly.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened is a positive signal of stability but means there is no track record of how the author handles real issues when they appear.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Tested with WordPress 6.8.5 and requiring only PHP 7.4 plus WordPress 5.8, giving it a broad compatibility footprint on older or conservative stacks.

Scores higher than 11% of indexed plugins

About

Records various WordPress events to your server's system log for integration with Fail2Ban.

Active Installs 7k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-05-27 5:32am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.8+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

WP Fail2Ban Redux hooks into core WordPress authentication and access events and forwards them to the operating system's syslog, where Fail2Ban can parse them and ban offending IP addresses at the firewall level. It is a narrow, server-side integration tool: it does not block traffic itself or run a web application firewall.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for sysadmins and security-conscious operators who already run Fail2Ban on their Linux servers and want WordPress login, comment, and authentication events to feed directly into jail rules. It fits hosting providers managing many client sites and any organization that prefers infrastructure-layer IP blocking over PHP-level rate limiting.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone not running Fail2Ban (or similar) at the OS level should skip this plugin, because on its own it does nothing visible; users wanting a self-contained, dashboard-friendly WordPress security suite will get no value from installing it.

The Bottom Line

WP Fail2Ban Redux is an honest, well-scoped utility that scores 65.34 overall and is essentially the canonical WordPress-to-Fail2Ban bridge, but its value is wholly dependent on whether your stack already includes Fail2Ban. For sysadmins who do, it is small, stable, and does exactly what it promises; for everyone else, a broader plugin like Wordfence or Really Simple Security will deliver far more practical protection.

Related Plugins

Really Simple Security 99/100

Pick this if you want a general WordPress security layer including SSL, hardening, and login protection managed entirely inside WordPress without server-side tooling.

Wordfence Security 97/100

Choose Wordfence when you need a full Web Application Firewall, malware scanning, and country blocking rather than just feeding logs to an external service.

Jetpack 94/100

Go with Jetpack if you want security, backups, and performance wrapped into one plugin from a commercial vendor with broad adoption.

All-In-One Security (AIOS) 91/100

Pick AIOS when you want detailed in-dashboard security settings, login lockdown, and brute-force protection without configuring Fail2Ban on the server.

WPS Hide Login 89/100

Choose WPS Hide Login for the lightest possible touch: obscuring the wp-login URL to reduce brute-force noise, which pairs well with Fail2Ban.