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My log is enormous

Updated Login Security 1.6.0Tested with WordPress 7.1

That is a site the machines have found, and it is normal. Two things to do: lower the retention days in Settings, and leave the rest alone — the table is indexed for the searches the screen runs, and old rows are deleted once a day.

Empty the log on the Who has tried screen clears it entirely if you want a fresh start. It cannot be got back, so it asks first, and only an OK to that question empties it: opened in a new tab or from an old link, the screen just asks again.

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The Login Security dashboard in WordPress admin. A green notice reads 1 lockout this week, and the site is fine: 13 attempts were refused, from 4 addresses. Four cards show 13 refused this week, 1 locked out, 4 addresses and 1 signed in. A panel headed You cannot be locked out lists the address you are on, that signed-in administrators are never locked out, and the sign-in page, with a Never lock out the address I am on now button. Below it, Usernames being tried shows admin tried 7 times, marked a real account and no second step.