Redirect Failed Login
Version
1.62 (last update on Mar 6, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
42
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
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40887
Date Added
18 November 2008
V1.62: For Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 websites. Fixes a problem where a "/1" was appended to the URL if no redirection URL was selected.
V1.61: For Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 websites.
V1.52: For Joomla 1.5 websites. Fixes a problem where a "/1" was sometimes appended to the URL.
V1.51: For Joomla 1.5 websites. Adds 2 important features:
1) Adds a time delay on login failures - to discourage brute force login attacks on your site. The default delay is 10 seconds, you can change the delay in the plugin options. Even if you do not redirect failed logins, you can use this plugin to add a time delay after failed login attempts. This will discourage hackers from trying to hack into your site. The time delay helps to protect both the front-end and back-end logins - just use the default settings.
2) An option to enable/disable clearing of the page cache upon login failure. The default is set to "No" clearing. You can change this to "Yes" if you are using the system cache plugin (page cache) and your redirection messages do not appear because the page cache is showing a stale copy of your redirected page.
This is a necessity, can't get the redirection message to show though...still, better than redirecting to the home page. Thanks
Owner's reply
Hi & thanks for your kind review!
Regarding the redirection message - I've seen 2 possible causes for the message not showing up:
1) Your template may not have proper links to the system css files. If this is the case, your joomla site will not show any system messages.
Go to joomlaroot/templates/YOUR ACTIVE TEMPLATE/index.php and see if the following links are present (usually near the top of the file):
/templates/system/css/system.css" type="text/css" />
/templates/system/css/general.css" type="text/css" />
2)If the system cache plugin is enabled, joomla may show a stale page that does not include the redirect message. To fix this, enable the plugin parameter that clears the page cache on login failures.
Not having any feedback when you fail to log in properly is kinda... lame. This extension fixes that and once you set up a page, you can show anything you want.
I like it.
I like it.
One of my Joomla sites got hacked so I was looking for something. Searched Joomla forums for Brute Force and a thread recommended this plugin. I installed it and it works. Definitely would discourage a brute force attack with the time delay combined with URL forwarding.
This solves the nasty caching problem Joomla has and gives you the option to let users stay on the login page if login failed, just what I needed!
Works as stated.
This is a nice little component that should be a part of the core.
I created a static page with a link to reset password and a link to or have your username emailed to you if you forgot it.
I then use this plugin to redirect to that static page.
This is a nice little component that should be a part of the core.
I created a static page with a link to reset password and a link to or have your username emailed to you if you forgot it.
I then use this plugin to redirect to that static page.
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