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Add wiki article: Fail2ban WordPress login brute force jail

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Access-log-based filter for wp-login.php brute force detection without
requiring the WP fail2ban plugin. Documents the backend=polling gotcha
on Ubuntu 24.04 and manual banning workflow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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* [Linux Server Hardening Checklist](02-selfhosting/security/linux-server-hardening-checklist.md)
* [Standardizing unattended-upgrades with Ansible](02-selfhosting/security/ansible-unattended-upgrades-fleet.md)
* [Fail2ban Custom Jail: Apache 404 Scanner Detection](02-selfhosting/security/fail2ban-apache-404-scanner-jail.md)
* [Fail2ban Custom Jail: WordPress Login Brute Force](02-selfhosting/security/fail2ban-wordpress-login-jail.md)
* [SELinux: Fixing Fail2ban grep execmem Denial](02-selfhosting/security/selinux-fail2ban-execmem-fix.md)
* [UFW Firewall Management](02-selfhosting/security/ufw-firewall-management.md)
* [Open Source & Alternatives](03-opensource/index.md)