This WordPress plugin monitors web requests to identify and stop the most obvious attacks.
| Author: | Matthew Pavkov (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 2.6.1 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.0.5 |
| Plugin version: | 1.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 29-10-2010 |
| Last updated: | 29-10-2010
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 96 |
| Rated by: | 4 |
| Plugin URI: | http://matthewpavkov.com/wordpress-plugins/wo... |
| Total downloads: | 130 829 |
| Active installs: | 70 000+ |
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This is an updated version of the popular WordPress Firewall plugin, with fixes for all known bugs and a few new features!
This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple, WordPress-specific heuristics, to identify and stop the most obvious attacks. There are a few powerful, generic modules that do this; but they're not always installed on web servers, and usually difficult to configure.
This plugin intelligently whitelists and blacklists pathological-looking phrases, based on which field they appear within, in a page request (unknown/numeric parameters vs. known post bodies, comment bodies, etc.). Its purpose is not to replace prompt and responsible upgrading, but rather to mitigate 0-day attacks and let bloggers sleep better at night.
Originally developed by SEO Egghead and released as WordPress Firewall.