MainWP Child vs WPS Hide Login
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| Feature | MainWP Child v6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | WPS Hide Login v1.9.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | October 13, 2026 | August 13, 2026 |
| Editions | MainWP Child | WPS Hide Login |
| Pros | Manage many sites from one self-hosted dashboard; Updates, plugins, themes and backups managed remotely; Vulnerability checks through Patchstack; Changes log module for auditing edits | Moves the login page to a custom URL with no core file changes; Restores the standard login when deactivated; Supports multisite network settings |
| Cons | Needs a self-hosted MainWP Dashboard to be useful; Opens a remote management channel on every connected site; Cloudflare cache purge needs API credentials | Hiding the URL is not a substitute for login rate limiting; Forgotten login URLs lock editors out until the plugin is disabled; Maintained without guaranteed free support |
| Features (Security plugins checklist) | ||
| Firewall | — | No |
| Malware scan | — | No |
| Login protection | — | Yes |
| Two-factor login | — | No |
| Activity log | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Secure connection to the MainWP Dashboard, Bulk settings push from the dashboard, Remote cache purge, including Cloudflare, Plugin vulnerability monitoring through Patchstack, Changes log module, Theme check requests | Custom login URL slug, Custom redirect page for blocked wp-admin visitors, Blocks direct access to wp-login.php and wp-admin, Network settings on multisite, Site Health test for the login URL |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO | — |
| Other | Patchstack, Cloudflare, Sucuri SiteCheck | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 | 4.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.patchstack.com, sitecheck.sucuri.net, api.cloudflare.com | — |