Jeff Starr

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Banhammer: Protect your site against enemy hordes!
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Banhammer gives you full control over who and what may access your site. Visit the Armory to monitor traffic and review suspicious visitors. If you find some user or bot that is causing problems, you can ban them with a click. Or, if you just want to keep an eye on someone, you can flag them with a warning. Any banned users will be denied access to your site, until you restore access via the Tower. Check out the video and screenshots to get a better idea of how it works.
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Important: Not yet compatible with WP Multisite!
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Core Features
<ul>
<li>Ban or Warn any WP user or IP address</li>
<li>Restore access to any banned targets</li>
<li>Monitor site traffic in the Armory</li>
<li>Monitor logged users in the Admin Area</li>
<li>Monitor all visitors on the front-end</li>
<li>Manage banned targets in the Tower</li>
<li>Complete Ajax-powered navigation</li>
<li>Useful tools like jump, sort, search</li>
<li>Complete documentation via Help tab</li>
<li>Automatically clear logged data</li>
<li>Sound effects for Ban, Warn, et al</li>
<li>NEW: manually block any IP address</li>
</ul>
Options Galore
<ul>
<li>Optionally ignore logged-in users</li>
<li>Optionally protect Login Page and Admin Area</li>
<li>Customize the banned response and status code</li>
<li>Display banned message or redirect the request</li>
<li>Choose the interval to clear logged data</li>
<li>One-click restore plugin default options</li>
<li>All collected data may be deleted easily</li>
</ul>
More Features
<ul>
<li>Easy to use</li>
<li>Clean code</li>
<li>Fast and secure</li>
<li>Built with WP API</li>
<li>Lightweight and flexible</li>
<li>Regularly updated and “future proof”</li>
<li>Works great with any WordPress theme</li>
<li>Comprehensive search of all logged data</li>
<li>Works great with other WordPress plugins</li>
<li>Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>Focused on usability, performance, and security</li>
</ul>
Banhammer is perfect for site owners, admins, and developers who want to keep an eye on traffic and block any unwanted visitors. It is a simple, flexible, and powerful security solution. Perfect for the best WordPress sites.
Exclusive Features in the Pro Version
<ul>
<li>Ban based on URI request, referrer, or user agent</li>
<li>Whitelist any IP address or user agent</li>
<li>View cookies, POST data, and FILES data</li>
<li>Email Alerts for banned & warned requests</li>
<li>Display custom message to each banned target</li>
<li>Add private notes to warned/banned targets</li>
<li>Customize target strings for user agents, IPs, etc.</li>
<li>Disable logging of banned, warned, and whitelisted targets</li>
<li>Smart bot detection</li>
<li>Paged results in Tower</li>
<li>User avatars in Tower</li>
</ul>
For complete documentation, visit the Help tab on any Banhammer screen.
+ <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro now available »</a>
Privacy
User Data: Banhammer collects user data to “do its thing”. The collected data is temporary and automatically deleted every day, or at whatever time interval is specified in the plugin settings. The only time that any data is “remembered” is when you ban something. For each person/thing that you ban, the plugin stores either the IP address OR the username (never both). At any time, all saved data may be deleted permanently via the plugin settings and Armory Tools.
Cookies: Banhammer does not set any cookies for regular visitors, but does set a few simple cookies for admin-level users. These simple cookies enable dope effects and interactivity in the Armory and Tower UI. But no cookies are set or used for any other visitor/user or purpose.
Services: Banhammer uses a free lookup service for GeoIP information. This happens only for admin-level users when they are viewing data in the Armory or Tower. No other third-party services are used by this plugin.
Banhammer is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://digwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digging into WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://htaccessbook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">.htaccess made easy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro</a> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blackhole Pro</a> – Automatically block bad bots</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro</a> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro</a> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Ajax Chat Pro</a> – Unlimited chat rooms</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">USP Pro</a> – Unlimited front-end forms</li>
</ul>
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots

Because the info on this plugin says nothing about it, I feel obligated to do so: 
It does NOT work on MultiSite, unfortunately :-( 

It looked very promising, the author announcing it on his own website with the words "waaay too much fun". And I can imagine it is indeed, but not if you are running a multisite installation and find out your site has had no protection whatsoever, since installing this plugin. 

So, in this case: no, it's not waaaay too much fun, unfortunately...

Does not work on MultiSite!

Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.

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<h4>WP Plugin for truly banning users!</h4>
The BAN Users WordPress Plugin has been developed to enable administrators to quickly BAN (aka disable, suspend…) users from logging into their WordPress user account, as well as the option to change the status of all their posts. For instance setting them to draft to hide them from public viewing. A user can be BANed from the admin users table or via their profile. There are several configurable options that allow the administrator to control how the BAN will be implemented such as redirecting them to a custom holding page, or sending them a custom email notification. Once BANned they will be unable to login until an administrator reinstates their account.
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<h4>Plugin Features & Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Quickly ban a user for a day, week, month or forever!</li>
<li>Send WARNING emails to users, including custom messages.</li>
<li>Scramble banned users’ password</li>
<li>Change banned users’ role</li>
<li>Set spammer status for banned users</li>
<li>Disable password reset for banned users</li>
<li>Automatically change user’s Posts status (i.e. to pending) when BANned.</li>
<li>Table listing banned users, with search feature and quick links</li>
<li>Enhanced security to restrict Ban User privilage access</li>
<li>Flat icons as alternatives to text based links</li>
<li>Modal popup for sending custom messages, with textarea instead of text field</li>
<li>Supports Ultimate Member Plugin</li>
<li>Force logout when user BANned.</li>
<li>Set custom logout URL when BANned.</li>
<li>Set message to display when a BANned user attempts to login.</li>
<li>If already logged in, display message to user when BANned.</li>
<li>Send custom email notification to user when banned/unbanned.</li>
<li>Capture unique reason for banning each user.</li>
<li>Set duration of BAN using date picker.</li>
<li>BANned users highlighted in users table with icon/coloured background row.</li>
<li>Users table shows reason user banned.</li>
<li>Users table shows date user banned.</li>
<li>Users table shows date user reinstated.</li>
<li>Support for Accessibility / Screen Readers.</li>
<li>Support for BuddyPress</li>
<li>Support for CPT (Custom Post Types)</li>
<li>Plugin Shortcodes</li>
<li>Template values / custom default messages</li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium Plugin Features:</h4>
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<ul>
<li>Capture users’ IP/Geodata during login</li>
<li>Display IP/Geodata in users table</li>
<li>BAN users by date and TIME!</li>
<li>Send notifications to specified email addresses when user publishes first post</li>
<li>Prevent users with banned email address from registering</li>
<li>Prevent users with banned email address from logging in</li>
<li>Prevent users with banned ip address from registering</li>
<li>Prevent users with banned ip address from logging in</li>
<li>Easily manage add/remove/search banned email/ip addresses</li>
<li>Include custom CSS/JS in header/footer</li>
<li>SPAM prevention</li>
<li>Account security – notification for logins when accessed from a new IP</li>
</ul>
<h4>How is it Useful?</h4>
There are multiple reasons why an administrator of a WordPress website may need to block users. One of the most popular reasons is the security of the site. Indeed, most blogs face security issues. Once your site is online and growing in popularity, it can become the target of individuals whose only goal is to destroy your work and to discredit your blog. The BAN Users Plugin enables administrators to deny access to unwanted individuals, and inform those users of the actions taken against them.
<ul>
<li>You want to ban malicious users from logging in.</li>
<li>You want to ban users who have breached terms of use or another policy.</li>
<li>You want to temporarily control access to admin.</li>
<li>You want to restrict a registered user from making any changes during development.</li>
<li>You have a client/user who has an unpaid invoice.</li>
<li>Ideal solution for moderators who monitor wordpress forums/posts.</li>
</ul>

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