I wrote last week that I was trialling a security plug Login Lockdown on many of my blogs.

I have to agree that it is a good idea. If you sign on using an unfamiliar IP address then an email is sent to you and you have to verify the IP address by using the link and then signing on again.

But that is the problem. With my ISP I do not have a static IP address, far from it! It can even change during the day when, as frequently happens, the internet connection is dropped. What this means to me is that I logon, look for the email, use the link to acknowledge by IP address and then sign on again.

And that is each and every time I sign on to one of my many blogs! It is an excellent security feature and very confidence inspiring, but an absolute pain when you want to sign on.

I suppose if the plugin worked before you tried to sign on it would not be as intrusive, but it does look like it is only really suitable for people with static IP addresses, which I am not going to be paying the extra for just so that this plugin works.

I’ll give it a few more days and see if I get used to it, but I expect that in no time I will be deleting the plugin. And that is without trying to access the blogs away from home when I have to usewebmail to receive the confirmation email!