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Turbo Rate Limiter is a powerful yet easy-to-use security plugin that helps protect your WordPress site from various types of abuse by limiting the rate at which visitors can make requests.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>URI-based filtering – Set rate limits for specific URLs, paths, or patterns</li>
<li>Multiple match types – Exact match, contains, starts with, ends with, or regex</li>
<li>Flexible time windows – Configure rate limits per second, minute, or hour</li>
<li>Multiple actions – Return HTTP 429, redirect to URL, or redirect to page</li>
<li>Test mode – Preview rate limiting behavior without blocking visitors</li>
<li>Debug panel – Visual debug panel for administrators</li>
<li>Cloudflare support – Full IPv4 and IPv6 proxy detection</li>
<li>Localization ready – Translations available for multiple languages</li>
</ul>
<h3>Use Cases</h3>
<ul>
<li>API protection – Limit API calls to prevent abuse</li>
<li>Login protection – Prevent brute force attacks on login pages</li>
<li>Form spam prevention – Limit form submission rates</li>
<li>Resource protection – Protect heavy database queries</li>
<li>CDN compatibility – Works with Cloudflare and other proxies</li>
</ul>
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>
<h3>Developer API</h3>
Turbo Rate Limiter provides hooks and filters for developers:
<pre><code>// Add trusted proxy IPs
add_filter('turbo_rate_limiter_trusted_proxies', function() {
 return [
 '173.245.48.0/20',
 '2400:cb00::/32',
 // More ranges...
 ];
});

// Access rate limiter instance
$rate_limiter = TURBORL_Rate_Limiter::get_instance();
</code></pre>
For full API documentation, see docs/developer-api.md.

Turbo Rate Limiter

Protect your WordPress site from brute force attacks, API abuse, and DDoS attacks with customizable rate limiting rules.

jetbuilder

Tired of bots submitting hundreds of spam comments in a minute and consuming your database resources? “Limit Daily Comments” is a pure, zero-configuration micro-plugin that intercepts traffic before it enters your spam box. Developed lovingly by the JetBuilder team.
Features: 
* Blocks users/bots from making more than a specific amount of comments per 24 hours via the same IP. 
* Ability to set a site-wide global daily comment limit to protect your server. 
* Beautifully designed backend UI dashboard statistics to track your blocked hits today and total hits. 
* Completely blocks connections using lightweight HTTP Error 429 (Too Many Requests), avoiding database server overload. 
* Bypasses Admins automatically. 
* Compatible with CDNs like Cloudflare (correctly retrieves X-Forwarded-For IP). 
* Extremely fast logic with zero overhead footprint.

JetBuilder Daily Comment Limit

A lightweight plugin to block comment spammers by restricting the number of comments an IP can make per day. Includes a beautiful dashboard stats widg …

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