BitCleric

<p><strong>Guardify</strong> is a powerful WordPress firewall plugin designed to protect your website from a wide range of threats, including brute force attacks, SQL injections, malicious bots, and unauthorized access attempts. With an intuitive dashboard, detailed statistics, and advanced settings, Guardify empowers you to secure your site effortlessly.</p>
<h3>🔐 Key Features:</h3>
<ul>
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<p><strong>Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF)</strong><br />
Intercepts and filters all incoming traffic before it reaches WordPress. Blocks SQL injection, XSS, RFI, LFI, and other attack vectors.</p>
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<p><strong>Brute Force Attack Protection</strong><br />
Blocks repeated login attempts by limiting login frequency and analyzing IP reputation.</p>
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<p><strong>2-Factor Authentication (2FA)</strong><br />
Adds an extra layer of login security for admin users, using time-based one-time passwords (TOTP).</p>
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<p><strong>Real-Time Activity Logs</strong><br />
Track login attempts, blocked IPs, suspicious requests, and system actions with detailed logs. View statistics by day, week, or month.</p>
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<p><strong>Custom IP Whitelisting & Blacklisting</strong><br />
Control access to your site by adding IPs or IP ranges to allow or deny lists. Includes temporary blocking for failed login attempts.</p>
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<p><strong>GeoIP Blocking</strong><br />
Block or allow access from specific countries using the MaxMind GeoIP2 database integration.</p>
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<p><strong>Bot Access Control</strong><br />
Detect and manage access from known bots, scrapers, and fake crawlers. Option to block non-human traffic.</p>
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<p><strong>Anti-PHP Injection & File Access Blocking</strong><br />
Prevents direct access to PHP files in sensitive directories such as <code>/wp-includes/</code> and <code>/wp-content/uploads/</code>.</p>
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<p><strong>Block Plugin and Theme Installation</strong><br />
Restrict installation of new plugins and themes via the WordPress dashboard — even by administrators. This helps prevent unauthorized or accidental installation of insecure components. Manual installation via FTP remains possible.</p>
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<p><strong>Block Theme Editor</strong><br />
Disable access to the Theme Editor (<code>/wp-admin/theme-editor.php</code>) to prevent direct file editing. This minimizes the risk of malicious code injection or unintentional file corruption.</p>
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<p><strong>Forbidden Comment Words Filter</strong><br />
Automatically mark comments as spam if they contain forbidden words or patterns (e.g., <code>http</code>, <code>viagra</code>, <code>casino</code>, <code>porn</code>). Helps drastically reduce comment spam by detecting common keywords and links.</p>
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<p><strong>Auto Block IPs in .htaccess</strong><br />
When enabled, IPs that exceed the rate limit are automatically added to the <code>.htaccess</code> file for permanent blocking. This server-level block prevents any further requests. Use with care, as shared or corporate IPs may be affected.</p>
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<p><strong>Email Notifications</strong><br />
Stay informed with email alerts about critical security events, such as admin login attempts or IP bans.</p>
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<p><strong>Customizable Firewall Rules</strong><br />
Advanced users can fine-tune rules with regex filters, HTTP method checks, user-agent filters, and more.</p>
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<p><strong>User-Friendly Admin Interface</strong><br />
Guardify features a modern and intuitive UI built using native WordPress design language.</p>
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<p><strong>Clean Uninstall</strong><br />
Automatically cleans up all data, logs, and settings when uninstalled—leaving your database clean.</p>
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</ul>


Guardify Firewall

Guardify is a powerful WordPress firewall plugin designed to protect your website from a wide range of threats, including brute force attacks, SQL inj …

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.

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