Aleksander Kinakh

Andrii Lukashevych

Yevhen Leonidov

<h4>WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall (WAF)</h4>
<p><strong>Every day, automated bots and hackers bombard websites with attacks.</strong> Mass botnets, fake search engine crawlers, brute-force login attempts, and spam bots can overwhelm your WordPress site – stealing data, overloading your server, and defacing content. It’s a 24/7 threat to your business. If you’re looking for <strong>WordPress site protection</strong>, you need a proactive defense that stops these attacks before they reach your website.</p>
<p><strong>BotBlocker Security is the all-in-one solution to keep your site safe from automated threats.</strong> This powerful <strong>WordPress security plugin and Web Application Firewall (WAF)</strong> acts as a dedicated <strong>anti-bot</strong> firewall, blocking malicious traffic at the front gate without slowing down your site.</p>
<p>BotBlocker’s setup and onboarding experience allows anyone to secure their <strong>WordPress site</strong> in under 1 minute, regardless of technical expertise. You can rest assured knowing you have enabled the right <strong>site protection</strong> settings to protect your website.</p>
<h4>🔥 WordPress Firewall (WAF)</h4>
<p>BotBlocker Security includes an endpoint <strong>firewall/WAF</strong> that identifies and blocks malicious traffic before it reaches WordPress. Built and maintained by a team focused 100% on WordPress security, our Web Application Firewall protects your site while reducing server load.</p>
<p><strong>BotBlocker intercepts bad traffic at the earliest stage</strong> – even before WordPress or your theme loads. By running as a must-use plugin (MU-plugin) on early init, it blocks threats before WordPress initializes, drastically reducing server load during attacks.</p>
<p><strong>Key Firewall Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Real-time firewall rule updates via the BotBlocker Threat Defense Feed</li>
<li>Real-time IP Blocklist blocks all requests from the most malicious IPs</li>
<li>Early-init protection – blocks threats before WordPress loads</li>
<li>Cloud-based threat intelligence – cross-checks every visitor against global threat databases</li>
<li>No personal data collected – only technical request parameters analyzed (100% GDPR/CCPA-compliant)</li>
<li>Brute force protection with login attempt limits and multi-layer verification</li>
</ul>
<h4>📡 WordPress Security Scanner & Site Protection</h4>
<p>Every attempt to access your site is thoroughly analyzed and filtered. BotBlocker provides comprehensive <strong>site protection</strong> across all entry points:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>XML-RPC and API Protection</strong> – all endpoints blocked by default. Create access rules for trusted services and add allowed URLs for payment plugins</li>
<li><strong>Spam Prevention</strong> – spammers cannot connect to your site. Automatically block IP addresses that exceed spam comment thresholds</li>
<li><strong>File Access Protection</strong> – theme and plugin files securely protected from unauthorized access</li>
<li><strong>Deep Analysis</strong> – User-Agent, Accept-Language, GeoIP, PTR, DNSBL, cookies, browser fingerprint, AdBlock, Incognito detection</li>
<li><strong>Network & Protocol Control</strong> – block obsolete HTTP/1.0 clients and disable IPv6 if not used. Cloudflare-aware protection blocks origin bypass attempts</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔒 Login Security & Bot Protection</h4>
<p>All login attempts pass through multi-layer filtering and CAPTCHA verification:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multi-layer CAPTCHA Protection</strong> – color buttons, animal images, floating shapes, floating math, Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Anti-bot Challenges</strong> – proprietary CAPTCHA designed to be nearly impossible to bypass, even by AI-based anti-CAPTCHA services</li>
<li><strong>Intelligent Ban System</strong> – failed CAPTCHA results in configurable ban periods. Repeated failures trigger 24-hour bans</li>
<li><strong>Admin Access Simplification</strong> – special mechanism to ease site administrator login while maintaining security</li>
<li><strong>XML-RPC Control</strong> – options including complete disabling</li>
<li><strong>Two-Factor Authentication Support</strong> – enhanced login security for administrators</li>
</ul>
<h4>🛠️ Security Tools</h4>
<p>Comprehensive tools to block attackers and monitor your site in real-time:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Advanced Blocking Rules</strong> – block by IP or build rules based on IP Range, Hostname, User Agent, Referrer, PTR record, ASN, country, city, and more</li>
<li><strong>IP-PTR-Host Mismatch Detection</strong> – automatically detect and block fake crawlers (e.g., fake Googlebots)</li>
<li><strong>Blacklist & Whitelist Management</strong> – instantly allow or block any IP, ASN, range, or User-Agent</li>
<li><strong>Live Traffic Monitoring</strong> – see all traffic in real-time: robots, humans, 404 errors, logins/logouts, file requests, and content consumption</li>
<li><strong>Server IP Identification</strong> – prevent lockouts by automatically identifying and protecting server IPs</li>
<li><strong>Visual Dashboard</strong> – intuitive charts and stats showing blocked attacks, world map of threat origins, top offending IPs/countries</li>
<li><strong>Detailed Security Log</strong> – every event logged with IP address, user agent, country, and blocking reason</li>
<li><strong>Hide Login URL</strong> <em>(Premium Addon)</em></li>
</ul>
<h4>⚡ Performance & Integration</h4>
<p>BotBlocker’s robust defense won’t slow your site down – in fact, it often improves performance under attack:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lightweight & Fast</strong> – negligible overhead in normal conditions. Reduces database and server load during attacks</li>
<li><strong>Built-in Caching</strong> – Redis and Memcached support for high-traffic environments</li>
<li><strong>Seamless Compatibility</strong> – works with Cloudflare, CDN services, caching plugins, and optimizers</li>
<li><strong>Full IPv6 Support</strong> – all security functions work with both IPv4 and IPv6</li>
<li><strong>Server Optimization</strong> <em>(Premium Addon)</em> – additional performance enhancements for high-traffic sites</li>
</ul>
<h4>👤 Easy Setup & User-Friendly Interface</h4>
<p>You don’t have to be a security expert to use BotBlocker:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Quick Installation Wizard</strong> – step-by-step setup guide for configuration in under 1 minute</li>
<li><strong>Intuitive Admin Panel</strong> – organized settings with clear descriptions and tooltips</li>
<li><strong>Multilingual</strong> – translated into English, Spanish, German, French, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and more</li>
<li><strong>No Conflicts</strong> – built following WordPress best practices, tested with recent WP versions</li>
<li><strong>Adjustable Logging</strong> – configurable retention periods with time zone awareness and daylight saving support</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Security first – BotBlocker’s on guard!</strong></p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Detection & Analysis</h4>
<p>BotBlocker employs advanced multi-layer detection to identify and block threats:</p>
<p><strong>Detection Mechanisms:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Local and cloud signature databases with real-time updates</li>
<li>IP reputation and blacklist checks with global threat intelligence</li>
<li>DNS-based and PTR lookups to detect fake crawlers</li>
<li>Heuristic and behavioral analysis for suspicious patterns</li>
<li>Browser fingerprint and feature mismatch detection</li>
<li>Header and protocol validation</li>
<li>JavaScript challenge and capability verification</li>
<li>Multi-layered CAPTCHA verification</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Comprehensive Request Analysis:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Network & IP:</strong> Full IPv4/IPv6 support, blacklist/whitelist, country/GeoIP, ASN, hosting/VPN detection, TOR detection, PTR/DNSBL checks</li>
<li><strong>Browser & Client:</strong> User-Agent validation, browser/OS/device detection, fingerprint analysis, headless browser detection, JavaScript/cookie support</li>
<li><strong>Headers & Protocol:</strong> Accept-Language, Referer validation, HTTP version control, Cloudflare/proxy detection</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Fingerprinting:</strong> Font rendering, WebGL, media devices, touch events, battery API, permissions, timing analysis, plugin verification</li>
</ul>
<h4>CAPTCHA Modes</h4>
<p>Choose from various CAPTCHA types to protect your site:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Single Button</strong> – one-click verification for quick validation</li>
<li><strong>Google reCAPTCHA v2</strong> – standard image/checkbox challenge</li>
<li><strong>Google reCAPTCHA v3</strong> – invisible background scoring</li>
<li><strong>BotBlocker Color CAPTCHA</strong> – select colored buttons challenge</li>
<li><strong>BotBlocker Digits CAPTCHA</strong> – floating math challenge</li>
<li><strong>BotBlocker Images CAPTCHA</strong> – animal image selection</li>
<li><strong>BotBlocker Shapes CAPTCHA</strong> – floating shapes challenge</li>
<li><strong>Hybrid Mode</strong> – combine any CAPTCHA with reCAPTCHA v3 for dual-layer protection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional Capabilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>Early-init & MU plugin support</li>
<li>Real-time cloud threat checks</li>
<li>Dynamic and graphical anti-bot challenges</li>
<li>Automatic logging with adjustable retention</li>
<li>Session tracking and verification</li>
<li>No personal data collected (100% GDPR/CCPA-compliant)</li>
</ul>
<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>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

Protect your WordPress site: firewall, bot & brute-force protection, anti-spam, multi-layer CAPTCHA, optional cloud threat intel.

GuardGiant brute force protection

<p>The only plugin with 100% brute force protection that doesn’t lock out genuine users.</p>
<h4>Brute Force Protection</h4>
<p>This security plugin implements an approach used by large websites such as Facebook, Google etc.</p>
<p>When a genuine user makes a successful login to their account using their mobile phone, tablet, or computer GuardGiant starts treating their device as Trusted.</p>
<ul>
<li>Failed login attempts from trusted devices are directed towards ‘Lost Password’ forms rather than being subject to account lockouts or additional counter measures.</li>
<li>Users receive an alert when anyone logs into their account from an unrecognized device or browser.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Stop Hackers</h4>
<p>GuardGiant uses a range of strong counter-measures to limit login attempts from unrecognized devices. The default behaviour is:</p>
<ul>
<li>After 3 failed login attempts from the same unrecognized device, a Google ReCaptcha field is added to the login page. ReCaptcha is a strong counter-measure that is very hard for an automated process to solve.</li>
<li>After 10 failed login attempts a temporary block of 2 minutes is applied to the device/IP address. No login attempts can be made during this time.</li>
<li>Each further failed login attempt increases the block time by another minute. This slows down attacks to the point where they quickly become unviable.</li>
</ul>
<p>All behavior is fully customizable to achieve the level of brute force protection that you require.</p>
<h4>Login History</h4>
<p>A fully featured security log gives you visibility to login attempts on your site.</p>
<ul>
<li>Provides geographic location, device type, IP address and more for each login attempt.</li>
<li>Filter login attempts by Trusted or Unrecognized devices.</li>
<li>Search by IP address or username.</li>
<li>Filter by successful or failed attempts.</li>
<li>Easy to display successful logins from unrecognized devices that could indicate a hacked account.</li>
</ul>
<p>This login history  log should form an essential part of your brute force login protection plan. GDPR compliant.</p>
<h4>Other Login Security Improvements</h4>
<p>This security plugin implements various improvements recommended by the Open Web Application Security Project® (OWASP) to keep your site safe:</p>
<ul>
<li>Obfuscates login errors to stop hackers detecting valid account names.</li>
<li>Option to disable XMLRPC.</li>
<li>And much, much more.</li>
</ul>
<p>This security plugin is exceptionally easy to use no matter what your level of technical expertise.</p>
<p>The default settings are highly optimized, designed to prevent brute force attacks whilst not disturbing genuine users from logging in. Advanced users can fully customize the behavior of this plugin to suit their own environment.</p>
<h4>Login Security Plugin – Background Information</h4>
<p>The most common threat that WordPress site owners face is a password guessing attack known as a brute force attack.<br />
A brute force attack is where an attacker uses a brute force tool (or script) to discover your password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until the correct password is found. A brute force attack will always work eventually, but the problem for the brute force attacker is that it may take many years to do it.</p>
<p>Brute force prevention techniques focus on slowing down these attacks to the point where they become unviable.</p>
<p>Using long and complex passwords (that are not dictionary words) is a good brute force attack prevention method to start with. This greatly increases the time an attacker will need.</p>
<p>A common way to stop brute force attacks is to lock out the WordPress account after a defined number of failed authorization attempts (there are various brute force plugins that do this).<br />
The problem with this approach is that the site administrator ends up with unhappy users who have been locked out, often needing manual intervention to regain access. This is not sustainable or desirable for sites of any size.</p>
<p>The modern approach to brute force prevention is to track the devices that genuine users use to log in, ensuring they are always treated kindly if they forget their password. Unrecognized devices face a progressive but temporary timed lockout.</p>
<h4>Stop Brute Force Attacks</h4>
<p>Periodic monitoring of your security audit log can help you stop brute force attacks.</p>
<p>Here are patterns that indicate a brute force attack or some other account abuse:</p>
<ul>
<li>Failed login attempts using alphabetically sequential usernames or passwords</li>
<li>Multiple different usernames being used by the same IP address</li>
<li>Logins for a single account coming from many different IP addresses</li>
<li>Failed logins at a specific period e.g. every 5 minutes</li>
</ul>


WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks

The only plugin with 100% brute force protection that doesn't lock out genuine users.

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