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Adjust max_retry

/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wordpress-digitalocean.conf

[wordpress-hard]
enabled = true
filter = wordpress-hard
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 3
port = http,https
bantime = 86400

[wordpress-soft]
enabled = true
filter = wordpress-soft
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 5
port = http,https
bantime = 1800