HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden header on a failed login
Send an “HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden” header on a failed login instead of “HTTP/1.1 200 OK”, which is the WordPress default header on failed login. This is a tremendously simple plugin that does only that and absolutely nothing else.
The purpose of this plugin is to provide a way to allow external tools like fail2ban to get a message of a failed login e.g. to prevent a brute-force attack on a firewall level.
For the public domain.
Uses PHP5.3 anonymous functions and will not work on earlier versions of PHP
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.