Advanced IP Blocker

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At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 128 days.

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1. ★★★★★ Artfuldodger

   1mo ago

   We currently use this plugin in over 250 client websites. It integrates well with other firewall products and fills numerous gaps in the typical WP firewall or security plugin. The author gives immediate and detailed responses to all questions and inquires. The product is updated very frequently, instead of once in awhile like other products. The developer listens to the end users and add quality features in rapid time! I cant say enough good things about this plugin, its feature list is comprehensive, long and every growing. Keep up the most excellent work, this a plugin to be proud of. Oh, and its FREE! Security shouldn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg.

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2. ★★★★★ Dmitry Bychenko

   1mo ago

   Thank you, AdvIPBlocker team for creating this fantastic tool!

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3. ★★★★★ bear2000

   2mo ago

   Advanced IP Blocker is one of the most reliable and technically mature security plugins available for WordPress. Its ability to handle AS numbers, countries, hostnames, and IP ranges in a unified and consistent way is exceptional, and the AS‑number blocking feature in particular provides a level of practical effectiveness that other security plugins simply do not offer. The interface is clean, logically structured, and easy to operate even when dealing with complex blocking conditions. This reflects a high level of design discipline and engineering clarity. In real‑world use, this plugin stands out as one of the very few that actually deliver meaningful protection rather than superficial features. As the highest compliment, I would say that Advanced IP Blocker is the “indispensable and unmatched choice” for anyone who needs AS‑level defense on a WordPress site. I would like to add one request for future development. It would greatly enhance practical security if the plugin could automatically block IP addresses that have no AS number, no hostname, and no reverse DNS information — the completely anonymous, unclassified IPs. This single addition would significantly strengthen real‑world protection. I sincerely hope development continues. Excellent work.

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4. ★★★★★ Pat K

   3mo ago

   In response to a recent spike in malicious bot-network activity, I stumbled across this plugin while researching the benefits of using Cloudflare as a reverse-proxy to protect agains DoS, DDoS and related attacks. I have been blown away by how effective it has been, how intuitive it was to set up, and how feature-rich it is. I keep thinking ‘this is too good to be true’, but after installing this on several projects and monitoring the impact, I have no misgivings. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in or concerned about the recent global tsunami of malicious bot network attacks. Works great in conjunction with Cloudflare – but can be used without Cloudflare integration. If I could give this more than 5 stars, I would. 10 out of 5 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ ambientblog

   3mo ago

   Excellent and very extensive security platform to protect your WordPress site! This topic was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by ambientblog.

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6. ★★★★★ uniqf0x

   4mo ago

   caused my server to be 403’d via cloudflare. it pushed a block rule for ip4 + ip6 to cloudflare, blocking my own origin from itself. fortunately CF AI was able to discover this for me. its a nice plugin but don’t connect it to cloudflare.

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7. ★★★★★ wweber

   4mo ago

   I’ve been using this plugin for the last few weeks on a new site, and it is easy to install and configure. When I’ve had detailed questions about behavior the author’s response has been quick, informative, and helpful. 5-star review for both the functionality of the plugin and the prompt and timely responses in the support forum. Well done!

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8. ★★★★★ dolceremy

   5mo ago

   actually blocks all malicious access from your wordpress! everything that others do for a fee (with even very high expenses) this superb plugin does it for free, even using very valid locking systems such as abuseipdb I highly recommend it, actually I solved a very high number of spam attacks and unnecessary bots from my websites!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 8.11.10 NEW FEATURE: Asynchronous Challenge & Advanced Rules Metrics. Dashboard now displays real-time performance analytics for challenges served/passed/failed and top Advanced Rules triggered with zero database write-locking o 8.11.10
2. — Version 8.11.9 ENHANCEMENT: Expanded default WAF exclusions to automatically cover generic WooCommerce REST API webhooks ( ?wc-api= ) to natively support gateways like Mollie, Square, and Coinbase without false positives. ENHANCEMENT: 8.11.9
3. — Version 8.11.8 SECURITY HARDENING: Synchronized the internal early-detection transient arrays ( detect_http_error_status ) with modern block types ( abuseipdb , advanced_rule , impersonation , aib_network ) to guarantee absolute imperm 8.11.8
4. — Version 8.11.7 CRITICAL FIX: Resolved an infinite recursion bug in the firewall block pipeline that could cause an empty HTTP 200 response and poison Nginx/FastCGI page caches (such as Kinsta). This update ensures X-Accel-Expires heade 8.11.7
5. — Version 8.11.6 NEW FEATURE: Added “Block Ghost IPs” global option to automatically block IPs without ASN and Reverse DNS. ENHANCEMENT: Added ‘is empty’ and ‘is not empty’ conditions to the ASN field in Advanced Rules, and improved ‘Hos 8.11.6
6. — Version 8.11.5 NEW FEATURE: Added ‘Request Method’ (GET, POST, etc.) and ‘Referer’ conditions to the Advanced Rules Engine to effectively block referrer spam and targeted attack vectors. PERFORMANCE FIX: Implemented native in-memory ca 8.11.5

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 7.2 Advanced IP Blocker <= 8.10.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-05-28 CVE-2026-42739 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 8.10.7 Patched in 8.10.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-06-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-06-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-06-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-06-18 1K+ → 2K+ up after 104 days in tier
6. 2026-03-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 10 days in tier
7. 2026-02-24 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-02-23 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier

Competes with

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