Use the following steps to limit the number of login attempts and block the user:
- Log in to the Dashboard as an administrator.
- Click the Limit Login Attempts submenu item under the Settings menu to get a screen similar to the following:
- Go to Lockout setting and set allowed retries to 4 and minutes lockout to 20. These two values can be any value you prefer based on how frequently you get spam login requests.
- Tick the Email to setting under the Notify on lockout setting and enter an email address to receive notifications on lockout.
- In the Whitelist setting, add your IP and the IPs of other moderators of the site. Each IP ...