Blacklist Manager Premium vs WPS Hide Login

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Feature Blacklist Manager Premium v2.7.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details WPS Hide Login v1.9.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details
At a glance
Active installs — 2M+
Last updated — August 13, 2026
Editions Blacklist Manager Premium ($) WPS Hide Login
Pros Checkout risk engine with anti-bot checks; Email and phone validation through third-party providers; Captcha options and a validation receipt block Moves the login page to a custom URL with no core file changes; Restores the standard login when deactivated; Supports multisite network settings
Cons Requires a paid licence key from the vendor; Calls several third-party services that have their own costs; Declares the free Blacklist Manager plugin as a required plugin Hiding the URL is not a substitute for login rate limiting; Forgotten login URLs lock editors out until the plugin is disabled; Maintained without guaranteed free support
Features (Security plugins checklist)
Firewall — No
Malware scan — No
Login protection — Yes
Two-factor login — No
Activity log — No
Free version — Yes
More features
Other features Checkout anti-bot risk engine ($), Verified search-engine bot allowlist from published IP ranges ($), Email and phone validation through third-party services ($), hCaptcha and Cloudflare Turnstile options ($), Google Places address autocomplete at checkout ($), Payment intent lookup for card-testing patterns ($), SMS verification through TextMagic ($), Validation receipt block for checkout ($), Licence key validation and activation ($) 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
Payment Stripe ($) —
E-commerce WooCommerce ($) —
Plugins Blacklist Manager ($) —
Other ZeroBounce ($), TextMagic ($), Google Places ($), hCaptcha ($), Cloudflare Turnstile ($) —
Requires WordPress 6.3 4.1
Requires PHP 7.4 7.0
Tested up to — 7.1
Phones home No No
External services numcheckr.com, maps.googleapis.com, places.googleapis.com, api.zerobounce.net, api-bdc.net, yoohw.com, ip-api.com, api.stripe.com, rest.textmagic.com, www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com —
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