DawsonyWeb

DawsonyWeb Security Shield protects your WordPress site from comment spam and unauthorised API access.
Comment Protection
<ul>
<li>Master switch to completely disable all comments (form, REST API, XML-RPC, feeds)</li>
<li>Invisible honeypot field to trap bots</li>
<li>Minimum comment length enforcement</li>
<li>Block all links or cap links per comment</li>
<li>Require login to comment</li>
<li>Keyword/phrase blocklist</li>
</ul>
API & REST Hardening
<ul>
<li>Disable XML-RPC entirely (removes X-Pingback header too)</li>
<li>Hide <code>/wp/v2/users</code> endpoint to prevent username harvesting</li>
<li>Require authentication for all REST API requests</li>
<li>Optionally disable the REST API completely</li>
<li>Block author enumeration via <code>/?author=N</code></li>
</ul>
Spam Rules
<ul>
<li>Per-IP comment rate limiting (configurable max and time window)</li>
<li>IP address blocklist — blocked IPs receive a 403 on any front-end request</li>
<li>Rolling activity log (last 200 events)</li>
</ul>

DawsonyWeb – Security Shield

Spam comment protection, comment disabling, XML-RPC hardening, REST API lockdown, user enumeration blocking, and IP blocklisting.

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daniloercoli

Jorge Bernal

Make XML-RPC work if you rename the file. Some hosts block access to xmlrpc.php file making it impossible to use

Rename XMLRPC

Make XML-RPC work if you rename the file. Some hosts block access to xmlrpc.php file making it impossible to use

DawsonyWeb – Security Shield vs Rename XMLRPC