Hi Rob,
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your concerns.
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded offers both a free and premium version, each designed to enhance WordPress security in different ways. The free version stores logs locally on your site, allowing you to monitor and control failed login attempts without external storage. The premium version, however, includes advanced security features such as real-time IP monitoring, enhanced bot protection, block by country, automated IP blocklisting, login logs, and much more —these require cloud-based logging to function effectively.
Storing logs in the cloud is a crucial security measure because it allows for centralized threat detection and proactive blocking of malicious IPs across our entire network of 50k+ websites. This approach helps prevent large-scale attacks, improves response times against emerging threats, and ensures that logs remain secure even if an attacker gains access to a website’s local storage.You can download your IP data at any time from our billing portal.
That said, we understand that cloud storage isn’t the preferred option for everyone. If you’d like to continue using the free version with local logging, that remains available, and you’re not required to upgrade. If there’s any specific concern we can address regarding cloud storage, we’d love to discuss it further.
We appreciate your past support and hope to find a way to continue providing you with the best security solutions. Let us know if you have any questions!
Best,
LLAR Team
