Yevhen Leonidov

Aleksander Kinakh

Andrii Lukashevych

<p><strong>BotBlocker Security blocks 99% of automated attacks before WordPress even loads.</strong> No bloat, no slowdowns, no monthly fees for core protection.</p>
<p>If your site is hit by login brute force, spam comments, fake Googlebots, content scrapers, or XML-RPC floods, you are not alone: bots generate over 47% of all web traffic. Most security plugins react after WordPress boots, wasting CPU and memory on every bad request. <strong>BotBlocker stops them at the door.</strong></p>
<h4>Why site owners switch to BotBlocker</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Faster than the competition.</strong> Runs on early init through three interception layers, before themes and plugins load. Server load drops during attacks instead of spiking.</li>
<li><strong>Smarter CAPTCHA.</strong> 9 modes including Silent Auto-Verify – zero clicks for humans, hard wall for bots. Proprietary CAPTCHAs defeat AI-based solvers that crack reCAPTCHA for $2-3 per 1 000.</li>
<li><strong>Honest free version.</strong> Full firewall, all 9 CAPTCHA modes, full 2FA, full logging, full Multisite support. No nag screens, no crippled features.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy-first.</strong> No visitor data leaves your server. GDPR and CCPA compliant out of the box.</li>
<li><strong>Works with everything.</strong> Cloudflare, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, WooCommerce, Elementor, multisite, IPv6, PHP 7.4 to 8.5.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🛡️ Core Firewall (Free)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Three-Layer Architecture</strong> – intercepts traffic at wp-config.php (before WordPress), MU-plugin phase, and main shield. The first layer blocks known threats without loading WordPress at all, saving 30-100ms and 5-20MB RAM per blocked request.</li>
<li><strong>Web Application Firewall (WAF)</strong> with real-time rule updates via the BotBlocker Threat Defense Feed</li>
<li><strong>2 899 User-Agent signatures</strong> – largest blacklist among WordPress plugins – covering Scrapy, Selenium, Puppeteer, PhantomJS, curl, wget, Python, Java, Perl, and SQL injection tools</li>
<li><strong>Brute force protection</strong> with progressive lockouts – 5 attempts per 15 minutes, escalating bans for repeat offenders</li>
<li><strong>Anti-spam</strong> for comments, registration, contact forms – spammers blocked before they connect</li>
<li><strong>XML-RPC and REST API</strong> locked down by default with allowlist for trusted services</li>
<li><strong>Fake crawler detection</strong> via FCrDNS (dual-direction DNS verification), ASN tokens, and published IP ranges – 95% effective, impossible to spoof without controlling the provider’s DNS zone</li>
<li><strong>LLM / AI crawler management</strong> – allow or block GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Bytespider via CIDR-verified IP ranges. Trusted crawlers verified, impersonators blocked.</li>
<li><strong>Country, ASN, IP range, User-Agent, Referer</strong> blocking rules with instant enforcement</li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare-aware</strong> real-IP resolution and origin bypass protection</li>
<li><strong>Full IPv6 support</strong> – separate tables and logic for IPv4 and IPv6, every feature works with both</li>
<li><strong>Live traffic monitor</strong> with attack map, country, ASN, device, browser, and exact block reason for every request</li>
<li><strong>Built-in caching</strong> via Redis and Memcached – free, auto-disable on connection failure</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔒 Login Security & 2FA (Free)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Two-Factor Authentication</strong> compatible with Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, Bitwarden – TOTP standard with 10 backup codes</li>
<li><strong>9 CAPTCHA modes</strong>: Silent Auto-Verify, Single Button, Color CAPTCHA, Images CAPTCHA, Shapes CAPTCHA (60fps Canvas), Digits CAPTCHA, Hold Button CAPTCHA, plus Google reCAPTCHA v2 and v3</li>
<li><strong>Hybrid Mode</strong> – combine any internal CAPTCHA with reCAPTCHA v3 for two-layer invisible defense</li>
<li><strong>Hide login URL</strong> <em>(PRO)</em></li>
<li><strong>Configurable lockout durations</strong> with escalation for repeat offenders – failed CAPTCHA triggers short ban, repeated failure triggers 24-hour ban</li>
</ul>
<h4>💳 Payment Gateway Bypass (Free)</h4>
<p>Auto-detects 25+ e-commerce platforms (WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, SureCart, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Give, Dokan, CartFlows, FunnelKit, and more) and 150+ payment providers (Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Adyen, Braintree, Square, Razorpay, Klarna, Paddle, Authorize.Net, 2Checkout, YooKassa, LiqPay, and more). <strong>Webhooks, IPN callbacks, and payment notifications never get blocked.</strong> Four detection layers ensure zero false positives on payment traffic.</p>
<h4>📊 Visibility & Control (Free)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Visual dashboard with attack map, top offenders, blocked-vs-allowed ratio, world traffic map</li>
<li>Detailed event log with IP, country, ASN, User-Agent, and exact block reason – 54 unique event codes</li>
<li>Health Score gauge – 42 parameters across 3 categories, 5 security levels from Critical to Secure</li>
<li>3 security presets – Light, Strong, Full – one-click configuration</li>
<li>Setup Wizard – 8 steps from welcome to test attack, setup in under 5 minutes</li>
<li>8 interface languages – English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Polski, Русский, Українська + POT template</li>
<li>Configurable retention with timezone and DST awareness</li>
<li>Clean uninstall – drops all 16 tables, removes 40+ options, clears cron hooks. Zero leftover data.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🚀 PRO Adds (Premium / Pro / Ultimate)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Real-time cloud threat intelligence cross-checked against global databases – 5M+ attack IPs, hundreds of thousands of bot signatures, updated daily</li>
<li>Zero-day behavioral and heuristic detection – catches unknown attack patterns before signatures exist</li>
<li>VPN, Tor, proxy, ASN, and hosting reputation checks</li>
<li>Early Init Mode – filtering before WordPress Core loads, maximum resource savings during attacks</li>
<li>Hide Login URL addon – custom admin URL, hardened wp-login.php protection</li>
<li>Security Headers addon – HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, Permissions-Policy, Referrer-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options</li>
<li>Speed Up WordPress addon – 14 frontend and server optimizations</li>
<li>Malware Scanner addon – 25 patterns scanning files + 7 database tables, detects webshells, eval injections, base64-obfuscated code hidden in wp_options and post_content</li>
<li>Priority support – 24-hour response time</li>
</ul>
<p>Four plans to match your traffic: <strong>Premium</strong> ($12/month, 25k cloud checks), <strong>Pro</strong> ($50/month, 100k cloud checks), <strong>Ultimate</strong> ($100/month, 250k cloud checks + emergency 24h support). Annual billing includes 1 month free. 30-day refund policy. Licensed per domain, billed securely via Freemius.</p>
<p><a href="https://botblocker.top/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Compare plans <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span></a></p>
<h4>⚡ Performance & Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Zero database queries</strong> for returning visitors – 9 runtime PHP files with SHA-256 integrity signatures, loaded via <code>include</code></li>
<li>Measured overhead: <strong>+3-15ms</strong> TTFB for cached visitors, <strong>+50-200ms</strong> for first-time PTR lookups, <strong>+2-4MB</strong> memory</li>
<li>Redis and Memcached support – free, auto-disables gracefully on connection failure</li>
<li><strong>Cache plugin compatibility</strong> – automatic <code>DONOTCACHEPAGE</code> and <code>Cache-Control: no-store</code> on verification pages. Works with WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, Hummingbird, WP Fastest Cache, Cache Enabler</li>
<li><strong>CDN and WAF compatibility</strong> – Cloudflare, Sucuri, Incapsula, AWS CloudFront, Fastly, KeyCDN, StackPath. Multi-header real-IP resolution (CF-Connecting-IP, X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP)</li>
<li><strong>DDoS Protection Compatibility</strong> – automatic detection of JS-challenges from DDoS-Guard, Stormwall, Qrator. HMAC-signed AJAX responses, Circuit Breaker with automatic retry and backoff. BotBlocker is the only WordPress plugin that works correctly behind aggressive DDoS protection without manual configuration.</li>
<li><strong>Multisite Support</strong> – network activation, per-site data, per-site cleanup. Free on all plans.</li>
<li><strong>PHP 7.4 – 8.5</strong> – tested across 7 PHP versions. <strong>WordPress 5.0 – 7.0+</strong>. Linux and Windows.</li>
<li>GDPR and CCPA compliant – no PII collected, technical parameters only, Legitimate Interest basis (Art. 6(1)(f))</li>
</ul>
<h4>🤝 Trusted by</h4>
<ul>
<li>3 000+ active installations</li>
<li>Translated into 8 languages</li>
<li>Tested up to WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.5</li>
<li>Developed and maintained by GLOBUS.studio</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>“Replaced two security plugins and a CAPTCHA plugin with one. Site is faster and the spam stopped overnight.” – WordPress.org user</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>BotBlocker Security does <strong>not</strong> collect or process personal data of your visitors. All cloud analysis is performed on technical parameters only (IP, headers, User-Agent). No personally identifiable information is collected, stored, or transmitted to any external service.</p>
<h3>Support and Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li>Product site: <a href="https://botblocker.top/products/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://botblocker.top/products/</a></li>
<li>Pricing and PRO plans: <a href="https://botblocker.top/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://botblocker.top/pricing/</a></li>
<li>Documentation: <a href="https://botblocker.top/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://botblocker.top/docs/</a></li>
<li>Contact/support: <a href="https://botblocker.top/contacts/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://botblocker.top/contacts/</a></li>
<li>Community: <a href="https://botblocker.top/community/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://botblocker.top/community/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. See LICENSE.txt for details.</p>
<h3>Credits & Authors</h3>
<p>BotBlocker Security is developed and maintained by GLOBUS.studio.</p>
<ul>
<li>Concept, architecture & code – Yevhen Leonidov: <a href="https://leonidov.dev/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://leonidov.dev/</a></li>
<li>Code, code review – Andrii Lukashevych</li>
<li>Code, translations – Aleksandr Kinakh</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>BotBlocker Security – The first line of defense for your WordPress site.</strong></p>


BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection

Stop bots, brute force, spam, and fake crawlers before they reach WordPress. Three-layer firewall, 9 CAPTCHAs, FCrDNS, 2FA. Setup in 60 seconds.

Freemius

Emil Simunovic

<p>Authica™ is a WordPress login security and login customization plugin built for site owners, agencies, and developers who want a safer, more professional login experience.</p>
<p>Use Authica to customize the WordPress login page, protect login forms with Cloudflare Turnstile, add two-factor authentication, reduce brute force attacks, hide or rename wp-login.php, manage login redirects, restrict login access by IP, and monitor login activity with security logs and reports.</p>
<p>Instead of using separate plugins for login branding, CAPTCHA, 2FA, brute force protection, login redirects, hide login, and activity logs, Authica brings these features together in one polished WordPress admin experience.</p>
<p>Highlights:</p>
<h4>WordPress Login Customization</h4>
<p>Customize the default WordPress login page with your own logo, background, colors, overlays, typography, Google Fonts, welcome messages, error messages, and responsive layout controls.</p>
<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile Bot Protection</h4>
<p>Protect WordPress login, registration, and password reset forms with privacy-focused Cloudflare Turnstile verification.</p>
<h4>Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress</h4>
<p>Add app-based TOTP two-factor authentication to improve account security for administrators, users, and client sites.</p>
<h4>Hide or Rename wp-login.php</h4>
<p>Move the default WordPress login URL away from automated bot targets and reduce noise from common brute force attempts.</p>
<h4>Brute Force Protection</h4>
<p>Limit repeated failed login attempts and help protect accounts from password guessing and credential stuffing attacks.</p>
<h4>Web Application Firewall</h4>
<p>Inspect incoming requests for suspicious patterns such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, path traversal, remote code execution, sensitive file probes, scanner traffic, and known malicious user-agents.</p>
<h4>IP Restriction</h4>
<p>Create allow, deny, and stealth access rules for login protection based on IP addresses or IP ranges.</p>
<h4>Login Activity Logs and Security Reports</h4>
<p>Monitor login attempts, blocked events, user activity, countries, IP addresses, and suspicious login behavior from the Authica dashboard.</p>
<h4>Login and Logout Redirect Rules</h4>
<p>Send users to the correct page after login or logout with simple redirect controls and role-based flows.</p>
<h4>Email Verification</h4>
<p>Require users to confirm their email address before signing in, helping reduce fake accounts, spam registrations, and bot-created users.</p>
<h4>Modern Authica Admin UI</h4>
<p>Manage login security and login branding from a polished, consistent WordPress admin interface built for agencies and serious site owners.</p>
<p>Authica Free includes full visual branding tools plus core security features. Upgrade to Authica Pro for advanced controls and premium protections.</p>
<p>Learn more: <a href="https://authica.net" rel="nofollow ugc">https://authica.net</a></p>
<h3>Contributors</h3>
<p>emilsim (Emil Simunovic)</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Login Branding and Design</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom logo</li>
<li>Background image and color controls</li>
<li>Overlay controls</li>
<li>Form styling</li>
<li>Button styling</li>
<li>Input styling</li>
<li>Google Fonts</li>
<li>Custom welcome and error messages</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly login layout</li>
<li>Live preview through the WordPress Customizer</li>
</ul>
<h4>Login Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cloudflare Turnstile bot protection</li>
<li>Brute force protection</li>
<li>Web Application Firewall</li>
<li>Two-factor authentication / TOTP</li>
<li>Hide or rename wp-login.php</li>
<li>IP restriction rules</li>
<li>Email verification</li>
<li>Login activity logs</li>
<li>Security reports and alerts</li>
</ul>
<h4>Login Flow Controls</h4>
<ul>
<li>Login redirects</li>
<li>Logout redirects</li>
<li>Role-based redirect support</li>
<li>Magic link controls</li>
<li>Passkey</li>
<li>Social Login</li>
<li>AJAX-powered login form</li>
</ul>
<h4>Agency and Professional Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Polished Authica admin interface</li>
<li>Client-friendly login branding</li>
<li>Security reporting</li>
<li>White-label mode in Pro</li>
<li>Premium support in Pro</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin uses an optional opt-in to collect <strong>non-sensitive diagnostic data</strong> and plugin usage information to help improve the product. The opt-in is presented on first use and can be changed at any time under <strong>Authica <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Account</strong>.<br />
Collected data may include: WordPress/site version, language, plugin/theme list and versions, admin email (for license/updates), and anonymized site URL. <strong>No personal content or passwords are collected.</strong></p>
<p>Data is processed by our licensing/telemetry provider and by us for support and update delivery.<br />
• Provider’s Privacy & Terms: https://freemius.com/privacy/ , https://freemius.com/terms/</p>
<p>If you choose not to opt in, only the information required to deliver updates to your site is stored (license/installation ID, if you activate a license).</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile (human verification)</h4>
<p>This plugin can integrate with Cloudflare Turnstile to protect login, registration, and password-reset forms from automated abuse.</p>
<p>• What is it used for?<br />
  Turnstile provides a human verification widget to reduce bot signups and credential-stuffing attempts.</p>
<p>• What data is sent and when?<br />
  – On pages where the widget is shown, the Turnstile JavaScript file is loaded from<br />
    https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js. When loaded, Cloudflare<br />
    may receive standard browser/connection data (e.g., IP address, user agent, referrer)<br />
    and evaluate device/browser signals to determine risk, per Cloudflare’s documentation.<br />
  – When a verification token is produced by the widget, your WordPress site makes a<br />
    server-to-server request to:<br />
      https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify<br />
    The server-to-server verification includes the user’s response token and your secret key.<br />
    When a valid client IP is available, the optional remoteip value may also be sent to Cloudflare to improve verification accuracy.</p>
<p>• Where can I learn more?<br />
  – Cloudflare Turnstile: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/<br />
  – Turnstile docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/<br />
  – Cloudflare Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/<br />
  – Cloudflare Terms of Service: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/</p>
<p>• How do I disable it?<br />
  Turnstile integrations can be disabled at <strong>Authica <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Turnstile & Edge Security</strong>, which stops the<br />
  widget from loading and the verification endpoint from being called.</p>
<h4>jsDelivr (Chart.js fallback, admin-only)</h4>
<p>For the admin “Captcha Statistics” chart, this plugin prefers a local copy of Chart.js<br />
(bundled in <code>assets/vendor/chart.js/</code>). If the local file is not present, it falls back to<br />
loading Chart.js from:<br />
  https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js@4.4.3/dist/chart.umd.min.js</p>
<p>• What data is sent?<br />
  Only the administrator’s browser requests the static script file from the CDN.<br />
  No user content or personal data is transmitted by this plugin as part of that request.</p>
<p>• How do I avoid the CDN?<br />
  Keep the local file at <code>assets/vendor/chart.js/chart.umd.min.js</code> so the fallback is not used.</p>
<h4>Email delivery</h4>
<p>This plugin uses WordPress <code>wp_mail()</code> to send email verification messages. Mail delivery<br />
is handled by your hosting provider or any SMTP/email plugin you configure. If you connect<br />
a third-party email service (e.g., via an SMTP plugin), that service’s privacy terms apply.<br />
This plugin does not send verification data to any email vendor on its own.</p>
<h3>Creator Program</h3>
<p>We invite WordPress creators to publish an honest Authica walkthrough on YouTube (no positive review required).<br />
Find out more: <a href="https://authica.net/creator-program/" rel="nofollow ugc">authica.net/creator-program</a></p>
<h3>Trademark</h3>
<p>Authica™ is a trademark claimed by Emil Simunovic. Registration pending.<br />
WordPress is a registered trademark of the WordPress Foundation, used under license.</p>


Authica

Secure WordPress login with Turnstile, 2FA, hide login, WAF, brute force protection, passkeys, social login, activity logs and branding.

BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection vs Authica