• Here’s a minor suggestion for the WP team:

    WP’s error messages are a bit too helpful with incorrect logins. If you type in an incorrect username, WP outputs “Error: Wrong login”. This is fine so far.

    However, if you type the wrong password, you get a different message, namely “Error: Incorrect password”. This means that a possible attacker can be certain that they have correctly identified a valid user and can focus on working on finding the correct password.

    What I’d suggest is that, following the login patterns of other programs and sites, is that a generic “incorrect login detail” message should instead be used.

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