Log in attempts failed
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I receive messages like the following regularly from WordPress. Is it something I need to take action on, or am I simply being notified that the plug-in on my site is intercepting attempts to hack the site? Obviously I don’t want to limit people logging onto my site, and I find the message confusing. This is what I receive every couple of days:
Hello,
12 failed login attempts (3 lockout(s)) from IP (IP number follows)
Last user attempted: (my site name appears here)
IP was blocked for 20 minutes
This notification was sent automatically via Limit Login Attempts Reloaded Plugin. This is installed on your WordPress site. -
Hi there,
The site otterson.org appears to be a self-hosted WordPress (also called “.org”) site hosted on an outside web hosting company Web Hosting, and not a site hosted on our WordPress.com service.
You can confirm here: https://gwhois.org/otterson.org+dns
To clarify, we are not the only providers of WordPress sites, and an outside web hosting company also happens to offer WordPress sites, but they use a different version of the platform than what we use here. Because of this we are not able to help with your issue as it lies outside of our system. See http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ for more info.
Specifically we use a custom secure login system here on WordPress.com that is different from what you would find on a self-hosted WordPress site.
You can find support for your self-hosted WordPress site here: https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
You may also wish to contact your host’s support team for more assistance.
Hope that points you in the right direction!
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