Rob Scott

The XMLRPC Pingback Ping can potentially be used as part of a DDOS attack. 
If you do not need the functionality, this plugin will use core functions to disable it.

Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable

This plugin disables the WordPress XMLRPC pingback ping.

IT Augustine

The plugin implements four main directions: 
1. Site security. 
2. Statistics of visits. 
3. Tabular and graphical representation of the necessary information for the site administrator. 
4. Necessary and useful functions in the work of the administrator.
<h4>1. Site Security</h4>
  • Registration of DDoS attacks; 
 • Protection from 404 events; 
  • Protection of the administrative panel; 
 • Protection of the database; 
  • File system protection; 
  • Spam protection in comments; 
  • Spam protection in feedback forms; 
  • Bot recognition; 
  • Blocking bots with control instructions in the file .htaccess; 
  • Blocking bots by redirection; 
  • Creation of a database of unwanted IP addresses (blacklist); 
  • Firewall.
<h4>2. Statistics of site visits</h4>
  • generating statistics of site visits by categories of visitors: visitors, administrators, bots; 
  • maintaining statistics of site visits by the hour; 
  • display statistics on the screen in the form of tables and graphs; 
  • statistics on IP addresses are stored in the database;
<h4>3. Reports, Tables, Logs</h4>
3.1 Reports 
   • Database backup report; 
   • system information (server, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, plugins, …); 
 • file and folder access report; 
   • Plugin update report. 
 3.2 Tables 
   • blacklist of unwanted IP addresses; 
   • address table when login to the admin panel fails; 
   • spam address table; 
   • address table at event 404; 
   • a table of unwanted IP addresses that the administrator creates independently; 
   • IP addresses can be entered into tables automatically or the administrator can enter them manually. 
   • IP addresses in the tables are blocked automatically or the administrator does it manually. 
 3.3 Logs 
 • visitor log (all site visitors, admins, bots are registered); 
   • Log with administrators’ IP addresses (all dynamic and static addresses are stored); 
   • account activity log, duration of sessions in the system; 
   • Action Log; 
   • Error log.
<h4>4. Other useful functions</h4>
  • site maintenance mode, blocking access to the site except for administrators; 
  • deleting all comments from the database; 
 • Cron, a log of scheduled tasks.
<h4>Documentation</h4>
  You can find a more detailed description in the documentation for the plugin or on our website. 
  Dev IT-Augustine
<h3>External services</h3>
= https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js 
 /* PLEASE DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THIS CODE. */ Google asks you not to insert this code into your scripts. 
 The plugin uses this to protect against spam in comments, as well as to protect against intruders when logging into the WordPress admin panel. 
 This service is provided by Google. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify 
 Using this link, the plugin connects to the Google API to receive recaptcha. 
 The plugin uses this feature to protect against spam in comments, as well as to protect against intruders when logging into the admin panel of your WordPress site. 
 This service is provided by Google. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= smtp.google.com 
 The plugin uses this link to the google SMTP mail resource to send messages from the site. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= http://127.0.0.1 
 Using this link, the plugin redirects unwanted visitors, identified intruders who carry out attacks on the admin panel and pages of the WordPress site. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= www.w3.org 
 The plugin uses this link in the bootstrap.css and maintenance.css style libraries, which are used to style the Visitorlog plugin frontend. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= https://itaugustine.com 
 This link connects the user to the developer’s website to access the full version of the plugin with advanced features. 
 Security Line developers. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt 
 The plugin allows the user to click on the link and read the text of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy
= https://wordpress.org/about/requirements 
 https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress 
 https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/server/file-permissions/ 
 https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/hardening/ 
 https://profiles.wordpress.org/itaugustine/ 
 The plugin allows the user to use WordPress resources to obtain the necessary information. 
 Provided by https://wordpress.org 
 Link to privacy policy – wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitorlog_privacy_policy

VisitorLog

The VisitorLog plugin adds useful functionality to your site in the field of security, statistics and some other useful functions.

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