Tang Rufus

Typist Tech

<p>Connecting WordPress with Cloudflare firewall, protect your WordPress site at DNS level. Automatically create firewall rules to block dangerous IPs.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Blacklist IP if attempt to login with bad usernames</li>
</ul>
<h4>Integrations (Coming soon as add-ons)</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.typist.tech/go/ithemes-security/" rel="nofollow ugc">iThemes Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/" rel="ugc">Contact Form 7</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/zero-spam" rel="ugc">WordPress Zero Spam</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>How does WP Cloudflare Guard different from Cloudflare’s official plugin?</h4>
<p>At the time of writing, Cloudflare’s <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/" rel="ugc">official plugin</a> doesn’t block any IP for WordPress when other plugins discover dangerous activities. Here comes WPCFG! WPCFG focus on integrating other plugins with Cloudflare.</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>Works with Cloudflare’s <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/" rel="ugc">official plugin</a></li>
<li>Works with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/sunny/" rel="ugc">Sunny (Purging CloudFlare caches for WordPress)</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Things You Need to Know</h4>
<ul>
<li>You need PHP 7.0 or later</li>
<li>You need WordPress 4.7 or later</li>
<li>You need a Cloudflare account (free plan is okay)</li>
<li>This plugin was not built by <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare, Inc</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>If you like the plugin, feel free to <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cloudflare-guard/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">rate it</a> or <a href="https://www.typist.tech/donate/wp-cloudflare-guard/" rel="nofollow ugc">donate via PayPal</a>. Thanks a lot! 🙂</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>For Bloggers</h4>
<p>If you have written an article about <code>WP Cloudflare Guard</code>, do <a href="https://www.typist.tech/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">let me know</a>. For any questions, shoot me an email at <a href="mailto:info@typist.tech" rel="nofollow ugc">info@typist.tech</a></p>
<h4>For Developers</h4>
<p>WP Cloudflare Guard is open source and hosted on <a href="https://github.com/TypistTech/wp-cloudflare-guard" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>. Feel free to make <a href="https://github.com/Typisttech/wp-cloudflare-guard/pulls" rel="nofollow ugc">pull requests</a>.</p>
<h4>Who make this plugin?</h4>
<p><a href="mailto:info@typist.tech" rel="nofollow ugc">Tang Rufus</a>, a freelance developer for hire.<br />
I make <a href="https://www.typist.tech/" rel="nofollow ugc">Typist Tech</a> also.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>To save time so that we can spend it on development, please read the plugin’s <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cloudflare-guard/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQs</a> first.<br />
Before requesting support, and ensure that you have updated WP Cloudflare Guard and WordPress to the latest released version and installed PHP 7 or later.</p>
<p>We hang out in the WordPress <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cloudflare-guard" rel="ugc">support forum</a> for this plugin.</p>
<p>If you know what <code>GitHub</code> is, use <a href="https://github.com/Typisttech/wp-cloudflare-guard/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub issues</a> instead.</p>


WP Cloudflare Guard

Connecting WordPress with Cloudflare firewall, protect your WordPress site at DNS level. Automatically create firewall rules to block dangerous IPs.

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<p><strong>Block Logins with Cloudflare</strong> helps protect your WordPress site from brute-force attacks by blocking IPs at the Cloudflare firewall after a configurable number of failed login attempts.</p>
<ul>
<li>Block IPs via Cloudflare after X failed login attempts</li>
<li>Block IPs that generate excessive 404 responses (bots and scanners)</li>
<li>Block IPs attacking via XML-RPC with intelligent detection</li>
<li>Automatic unblocking after a configurable duration</li>
<li>Whitelist IPs to never block or track them (supports IPv6 CIDR ranges)</li>
<li>View and manually unblock blocked IPs from the admin</li>
<li>Block source tracking — see whether each IP was blocked via login, XML-RPC, or 404</li>
<li>Sync existing Cloudflare blocks into the local blocked IPs list</li>
<li>Secure settings page with Cloudflare API token validation</li>
<li>Hourly cron job for automatic maintenance</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin relies on the <strong>Cloudflare API</strong> to function. It communicates with Cloudflare’s external servers to block IP addresses at the firewall level.</p>
<p><strong>What is the Cloudflare API and what is it used for?</strong><br />
The Cloudflare API is a RESTful service provided by Cloudflare, Inc. that allows programmatic management of Cloudflare firewall rules. This plugin uses it to automatically block and unblock IP addresses based on failed login attempts, XML-RPC attacks, and 404 scanning activity.</p>
<p><strong>What data is sent and when?</strong><br />
The plugin sends the following data to Cloudflare’s API servers:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>During settings validation</strong> (when you save Cloudflare credentials):</p>
<ul>
<li>Your Cloudflare API token (for verification)</li>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/tokens/verify</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>When blocking an IP</strong> (after a threshold is reached):</p>
<ul>
<li>The IP address to be blocked</li>
<li>Your Cloudflare email address and API key/token</li>
<li>Your Cloudflare Zone ID</li>
<li>A note describing the reason for the block</li>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/access_rules/rules</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>When syncing from Cloudflare</strong> (on demand):</p>
<ul>
<li>Fetches existing firewall rules from your Cloudflare zone</li>
<li>Endpoint: <code>https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/access_rules/rules</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p>No personally identifiable information about your WordPress users is transmitted. Only IP addresses are sent to Cloudflare.</p>
<p><strong>Service provider information:</strong><br />
– Service: Cloudflare API<br />
– Provider: Cloudflare, Inc.<br />
– Terms of Service: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/<br />
– Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/<br />
– API Documentation: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/</p>
<p><strong>Required for functionality:</strong><br />
This plugin requires a Cloudflare account and will not function without valid Cloudflare API credentials. The external API calls are essential to the plugin’s core functionality.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>GNU General Public License v2 or later</p>


Block Logins with Cloudflare

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