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JR Security Hardening and Login Protection secures your WordPress installation at the application level with one-click hardening modules. Designed to be secure by default and Cloudflare compatible.
Included modules:
<ul>
<li>Disable XML-RPC — Full block (filter + hard block) to prevent brute force attacks and pingback DDoS.</li>
<li>Hide WordPress version — Removes version from generator meta and CSS/JS assets.</li>
<li>Disable file editor — Prevents theme and plugin editing from the admin panel (DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT).</li>
<li>Disable emojis — Removes WordPress emoji scripts and styles, improving performance.</li>
<li>Block user enumeration (?author= and /author/) — Dual-layer protection against username discovery.</li>
<li>Block REST enumeration (wp-json users) — Prevents enumeration via the WordPress REST API.</li>
<li>Block sensitive paths/files — Blocks access to readme.html, license.txt, .env, .git, composer.json, etc. (only what passes through WordPress).</li>
<li>Security headers — X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, X-Frame-Options, HSTS (HTTPS only) and removal of technology-revealing headers.</li>
<li>Login protection — Rate limiting by IP and by user+IP with configurable temporary lockout.</li>
<li>IP whitelist — Excludes trusted IPs from rate limiting to avoid accidental lockouts.</li>
<li>Email notification — Receive an email when an IP is locked out due to too many failed login attempts.</li>
<li>Activity log — Security event logging in a dedicated database table with configurable retention and automatic cleanup via cron.</li>
<li>Ready-to-use server rules — Code for Apache (.htaccess) and Nginx to block static files that WordPress cannot reach.</li>
</ul>
Smart IP detection:
<ul>
<li>Native support for Cloudflare (CF-Connecting-IP).</li>
<li>Option to trust X-Forwarded-For / X-Real-IP behind trusted proxies.</li>
<li>Fallback to REMOTE_ADDR.</li>
</ul>
Clean uninstall:
When the plugin is deleted, all options, the events table and transients are removed. No data is left behind in your database.

JR Security Hardening and Login Protection

WordPress hardening and login protection: security headers, enumeration blocking, rate limiting, IP whitelist, event logging and server rules.

Iridium Intelligence

Bad IP WP is a modern, developer-focused firewall plugin that protects your WordPress site by blocking malicious IP addresses, brute-force login attempts, TOR exit nodes, and known threat actors. It integrates with the centralized bad_ip database (https://bad-ip.iridiumintel.com) to automatically sync and apply updated IP blocklists in real-time.
Key features: 
– Real-time detection and blocking of malicious visitors 
– TOR network endpoint detection and blocking 
– Brute-force login protection 
– Dashboard-based IP control and analytics 
– API integration with centralized threat database 
– Lightweight and built for performance (no bloat) 
– Ideal for agencies, sysadmins, and developers
This plugin is part of the broader <a href="https://bad-ip.iridiumintel.com" rel="nofollow ugc">bad_ip ecosystem</a> and provides synergy with server-level defenses and other CMS platforms.
<h3>Libraries</h3>
To make development and maintaining of our plugin as easy as possible, current version uses next public libraries and plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://getbootstrap.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Bootsrtap</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.chartjs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Chart.js</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jquery.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">jQuery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jqueryui.com/easing/" rel="nofollow ugc">jQueryUI</a></li>
</ul>

bad_ip WP

Lightweight WordPress firewall plugin to block malicious IPs, TOR nodes, and brute-force attacks with real-time sync and control.

JR Security Hardening and Login Protection vs bad_ip WP