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Unified Login Error Messages

by Lutz Schröer

5.0
(1 ratings)

If you log-in to your WordPress backend and enter the right username but a false
password WordPress shows the error message “ERROR: The password you entered for
the username admin is incorrect. Lost your password?” revealing that the username
“admin” is registered and a possible attacker can check passwords with this
username to gain access to the installation.
This plugin changes the error messages to “ERROR: Invalid user/password
combination.” if you enter a non-registered username and/or a false password and
makes it more difficult for an attacker to decypher your blog’s passwords.

Screenshots

Changed error message

Changed error message

Plugin Details

Active Installs
100
Total Downloads
3,704
Version
1.0
Requires WP
3.0
Requires PHP
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Tested Up To
3.2.1
Added
2011-06-07
Last Updated
2011-06-07 9:16am GMT

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