Stop Spammers vs WPS Hide Login
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| Feature | Stop Spammers v2026.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 20,000+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | July 18, 2026 | August 13, 2026 |
| Editions | Stop Spammers Classic | WPS Hide Login |
| Pros | Checks IPs against StopForumSpam, BotScout and Akismet; Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms; Allow list, block list and activity reports | Moves the login page to a custom URL with no core file changes; Restores the standard login when deactivated; Supports multisite network settings |
| Cons | Legacy build; new features are not planned; Successor Dam Spam is the recommended plugin; Several external lookups send visitor IPs to third-party services | 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 |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| 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 | Spam checks run on each request at init, Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms, Checks 404 hits for exploit-scanning bots, Allow list and block list screens, Reports of caught spam, Tor exit node and hosting-provider checks, Logs IP address on user registration and login | 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 | ||
| Plugins | Akismet | — |
| Other | StopForumSpam, BotScout, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Solve Media | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Requires PHP | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, verify.solvemedia.com, www.stopforumspam.com, botscout.com, rest.akismet.com, api-secure.solvemedia.com | — |