Jeff Starr

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🔥 Install, activate, and done! 
 🔥 Powerful protection from WP’s fastest firewall plugin.
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<a href="https://perishablepress.com/block-bad-queries/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Firewall</a> is a lightweight, blazing-fast firewall plugin that protects your site against a wide range of threats. BBQ checks all incoming traffic and quietly blocks bad requests containing nasty stuff like <code>eval(</code>, <code>base64_</code>, and excessively long request-strings. This is a simple yet solid solution for sites that are unable to use a <a href="https://perishablepress.com/8g-firewall/" rel="nofollow ugc">strong Apache/.htaccess firewall</a>.
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🔥 Adds a strong firewall to ANY WordPress site 
 🔥 Works with all WordPress plugins and themes
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Powerful Protection
BBQ protects your site against many threats:
<ul>
<li>SQL injection attacks</li>
<li>Executable file uploads</li>
<li>Directory traversal attacks</li>
<li>Unsafe character requests</li>
<li>Excessively long requests</li>
<li>PHP remote/file execution</li>
<li>XSS, XXE, and related attacks</li>
<li>Protects against bad bots</li>
<li>Protects against bad referrers</li>
<li>Protects against bad POST content</li>
<li>Protects against many other bad requests</li>
</ul>
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🔥 Works great with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/blackhole-bad-bots/" rel="ugc">Blackhole for Bad Bots</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/banhammer/" rel="ugc">Banhammer</a>
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Awesome Features
BBQ provides all the best firewall features:
<ul>
<li>Rated <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-bad-queries/#reviews" rel="ugc">5 stars</a> at WordPress.org</li>
<li>100% plug-&-play, zero configuration</li>
<li>100% focused on security and performance</li>
<li>Blocks a wide range of malicious URL requests</li>
<li>Fastest Web Application Firewall (WAF) for WordPress</li>
<li>Based on the <a href="https://perishablepress.com/7g-firewall/" rel="nofollow ugc">7G</a>/<a href="https://perishablepress.com/8g-firewall/" rel="nofollow ugc">8G Firewall</a></li>
<li>Scans all incoming traffic and blocks bad requests</li>
<li>Scans all types of requests: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.</li>
<li>Protects against known bad bots and referrers</li>
<li>Works silently behind the scenes to protect your site</li>
<li>Hassle-free security plugin that’s easy to use</li>
<li>Thoroughly tested, error-free performance</li>
<li>Extremely low rate of false positives</li>
<li>Compatible with other security plugins</li>
<li>Regularly updated and “future proof”</li>
<li>Firewall < 10 kilobytes in size</li>
<li>Lightweight, fast and flexible</li>
</ul>
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🔥 For advanced protection and features, check out <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro »</a>
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Exclusive Pro Features
<ul>
<li>Customize firewall via plugin settings</li>
<li>Easily add or remove firewall patterns</li>
<li>Easily add Jeff Starr’s <a href="https://perishablepress.com/ultimate-ai-block-list/" rel="nofollow ugc">AI Block List</a></li>
<li>Send Email Alerts for blocked requests</li>
<li>Quickly enable/disable firewall rules</li>
<li>Disable firewall for logged-in users</li>
<li>Block excessively long URI requests</li>
<li>Protect against XML-RPC exploits</li>
<li>Block any individual IP address</li>
<li>Block entire ranges of IP addresses</li>
<li>Protect against user-ID phishing</li>
<li>Redirect all blocked requests</li>
<li>Display a custom “blocked” message</li>
<li>Set your own response status code</li>
<li>Complete inline documentation</li>
<li>Statistics for blocked requests</li>
<li>Tools to reset options and patterns</li>
<li>Import and Export firewall patterns</li>
<li>One-click pattern testing</li>
<li>Whitelist IP addresses</li>
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..plus everything the free version can do and more.
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🔥 Learn more and <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">get BBQ Pro »</a>
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Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
BBQ Firewall 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>.
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🔥 BBQ = Block Bad Queries
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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/rest-pro-tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">REST Pro Tools</a> – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API</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! 🙂

BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security


I have made a living as a WP developer for close to 20 years and have almost seen it all during that time.  I manage a lot of sites for myself and for clients.  This is one of the most useful plugins that I have come across in the security space.



I liked it so much, I sprung for the Pro version which adds a few extra features.



Certainly, you could get by with .htaccess rules (either yourself, or with what Jeff provides), but this makes it much easier to implement.  I really have made use of the adding custom patterns feature, and the tracking of blocked attempts shows that this is very effective.



It's a simple plugin, really, which is what I like most.  As a WP developer, I could have written my own, but for what Jeff charges for the Pro version, it makes more sense to just buy his.



For the clown who rated it 1 star - that guy didn't really have a clue what he was talking about, and appeared to be someone who thinks he knows what he's talking about but doesn't - that's the most dangerous kind of administrator.  Seriously, this is exactly what a WAF is and is supposed to be, and it works great for what it is.  



Yes, there are other means of intrusion, and this plugin doesn't address those - it's not a "end-all-be-all" which is what I like about it.  Those plugins that try to do it all usually end up being complex, bloated, intrusive, and an all-around a pain to work with.  Instead, Jeff has produced a plugin that does one thing and does it perfectly with clean code and very light overhead.


Great lightweight security


After discovering this plugin, I use it all the time for smaller projects and sometimes for larger projects - doesn't seem to add too much overhead but gives great piece of mind. 


Great plugin - very handy.


BBQ is a lightweight plugin, install it and forget it!


Great plugin and fast support


The only security plugin you need for your website. Great work jeff !


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Virusdie

ONE-CLICK WEBSITE SECURITY WITH VIRUSDIE WORDPRESS PLUGIN
<h3>Welcome to the most anticipated website security plugin – Virusdie WordPress Plugin!</h3>
Managing website security like malware scanning and removal, website hardening, patch management, real-time website protection against online attacks, and blacklist monitoring – is an automatic pleasure and we can prove it!
<ul>
<li>More than 3 million connected websites!</li>
<li>99.87% malware and vulnerabilities detection rate. The best detection rate in the industry. Virusdie detects as many threats as possible, including new kinds of threats</li>
<li>No false positives. False positives rate — less than 0.0002%. You can always be sure that your antivirus won’t mislead you)</li>
<li>Website cleanup in one click. The industry’s safest automatic cleanup procedures ensure that your site will remain stable after cleanup (automatic malware removal)</li>
<li>Real-time website protection against attacks by Website Firewall (protection against bad bots, DoS, XSS, SQL injections, suspicious uploads and activities, etc.)</li>
<li>Virtual and real patch management (website hardening). It makes a virtual patch automatically or updates your vulnerable plug-ins and other site components in seconds, minimizing the risk of future problems.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Free plan feature list:</h4>
1. Antivirus:
<ol>
<li>No extreme server CPU load while scanning!</li>
<li>Instant malware database update. The antivirus database is automatically updated in the background, so you won’t even have to think about doing anything manually to be sure you can eliminate as many viruses and vulnerabilities as possible.</li>
<li>Scans once a month:
<ul>
<li>Scanning website files for malware: all website files (not just CMS’ files), themes, plugins, PHP, JS, HTML, images, files with no type, any binary files and system files, .htaccess, and files with custom types and archives.</li>
<li>Scanning website database. Scan posts and comments for bad URLs and suspicious content, scan posts and comments for malware and injections.</li>
<li>Scanning for malware types (threats): malware, malicious redirects, Trojans, backdoors, shell scripts, malicious codes, bad URLs and SEO spam, defaces, code injections, browser coin miners.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Detailed scan reports with malware and threats description and recommendations.</li>
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</ol>
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2. WAF:
<ol>
<li>Don’t slow down your website while you’re using WAF!</li>
<li>Instant Firewall rules database update.</li>
<li>Bad requests, hacks attempts and attacks detection.</li>
</ol>
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3. Patch Management (website hardening)
<ol>
<li>Instant vulnerabilities database update.</li>
<li>Check site (files, themes, plugins and components) for known security vulnerabilities and alerts you if found.</li>
<li>Scan once a month.</li>
</ol>
Find out more about <a href="https://virusdie.com/tools/#4rdPage" rel="nofollow ugc">Virusdie Patch Manager</a>
4. Blacklists Monitoring
<ol>
<li>Checking your website more than 60+ blacklists automatically.</li>
<li>One-click to un-blacklist.</li>
</ol>
Find out more about <a href="https://virusdie.com/tools/#7page" rel="nofollow ugc">Virusdie Blacklist Monitoring</a>
<h4>Premium plan feature list:</h4>
(In addition to the free plan’ feature list)
1. Antivirus:
<ol>
<li>Daily scans and Unlimited scans.</li>
<li>Automatic malware removal: The safest in the industry automatic malware removal – Your website continues to run stably after the automated cleanup.</li>
<li>Unlimited site cleanups.</li>
<li>File editor.</li>
<li>Malicious code highlighting in the file editor.</li>
<li>Pre-cleanup file backups.</li>
<li>Exclusion list to add files and ignore them in future scans.</li>
</ol>
Find out more about <a href="https://virusdie.com/tools/#3rdPage" rel="nofollow ugc">Virusdie Antivirus</a>
1. Firewall:
<ol>
<li>Basic bad request protection.</li>
<li>XSS and SQL injection protection.</li>
<li>DoS-attacks protection.</li>
<li>Brute force protection by limiting login attempts.</li>
<li>Content scraping protection.</li>
<li>Malicious uploads prevention.</li>
<li>IP whitelisting/blacklisting.</li>
<li>URL blocking.</li>
<li>Country blocking.</li>
<li>History of blocked requests.</li>
<li>Make custom rules to block requests based by: IP Range, Hostname, User Agent and Referrer.</li>
<li>Make custom rules generic type for POST/GET requests.</li>
</ol>
Find out more about <a href="https://virusdie.com/tools/#6page" rel="nofollow ugc">Virusdie Firewall</a>
Patch Management:
<ol>
<li>Daily and Unlimited scans.</li>
<li>Automatic virtual vulnerability patching (website hardening).</li>
<li>Automatic real patch management.</li>
</ol>
Find out more about <a href="https://virusdie.com/tools/#4rdPage" rel="nofollow ugc">Virusdie Patch Manager</a>
<h4>Coming soon:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Teamwork: you will be able to share access to your site with your team. Simple and secure!</li>
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<li>Firewall statistics and attack attempts reports will be available on the free tier plan! Keep your finger on the website pulse even for free!</li>
</ul>
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Virusdie | One-click website security

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