WP fail2ban – Advanced Security

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Above All Media

   1.0y ago

   The plugin spams dashboard with the banner that cannot be dismissed and keeps reappearing.

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2. ★★★★★ aiwetir

   1.3y ago

   They never refunded me after my cancellation request, they charged me another month. They don’t respond to my support emails. The free plugin works so poorly, you may as well just learn to install Fail2ban from other online tutorials and you’ll have much better success anyways

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3. ★★★★★ Gennady Kurushin

   2.1y ago

   The plugin spams dashboard with the banner that cannot be dismissed and keeps reappearing.

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4. ★★★★★ brt

   2.1y ago

   if you manage to set it up correctly, it does what you expect, but … creates an annoying warning in site-health if the blocklist addon is not installed, which is not free, and it hides the fact that it is not free, until you have subscribed to freemius, in my opinion this is really bad. the contained site-health-script checks for /usr/bin/systemctl which is by default not within allowed paths for PHP on systems using open_basedir restrictions, so it creates PHP warnings everytime the script is accessed. the code looks quite bloated for such simple functionality. the plugin needs to be configured by adding constants to your wp-config.php file, normal GUI-configuration deactivated until you go premium. This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by brt.

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5. ★★★★★ Mac Boris Perc

   2.2y ago

   Prevention is better than cure.

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6. ★★★★★ stixtsr

   3.0y ago

   seamless integration with gridpane. all you have to do is enable and read the gridpane docs. thanks !

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7. ★★★★★ narratorben

   3.7y ago

   Great plugin, works well and far faster than PHP based blocking solutions. many thanks

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8. ★★★★★ Boris

   3.8y ago

   iptables+Maltrail+Fail2Ban+AbuseIP/DB+BinaryDefence/DB+kaspersky+Bitdefender https://piramide.zapto.org/iplist-pcsnet.txthttps://piramide.zapto.org/iplist.txthttps://perc.ddns.net/iplist.txthttps://perc.ddns.net/iplist-pcsnet.txthttps://perc.ddns.net/ip.txthttps://perc.ddns.net/cms.txt WE SAY HERE: PREVENIRE E MEGLIO CHE CURRARE, PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE! This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Boris.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.4.1 Fix compatibility for WordPress 6.8. Fix incorrect dependency requiring PHP>=8.1. [Premium only] Add license for Packagist. 5.4.1
2. — Version 5.4.0 Add support for Composer. [Canonical only] Add support for AspirePress Update. [Canonical only] Add support for GitHub Updater. [Canonical only] Improve i18n. Fix harmless warning in Site Health filters check (h/t Rodolp 5.4.0
3. — Version 5.3.4 Improve Site Health filter messages (h/t @yardstudio). Update Freemius library. 5.3.4
4. — Version 5.3.3 Fix activation bug when $wp_scripts is uninitialised. [Premium only] Fix world map dashboard widget. [Premium only] Update Freemius library. 5.3.3
5. — Version 5.3.2 Drop Site Health checks for free add‑ons. 5.3.2
6. — Version 5.3.1 Fix regression in plugin message registration. 5.3.1

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

1. Medium · 6.1 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ↗
   2026-04-30 CVE-2024-13362 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.3.4 Patched in 5.4.0
2. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 4.4.0.2 Patched in 4.4.0.2
3. High · 8.8 Freemius SDK <= 2.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update ↗
   2019-02-25 Missing Authorization Affects < 4.0.5 Patched in 4.0.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Translated into 9 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-06 70K+ → 60K+ down after 5 days in tier
2. 2026-06-01 60K+ → 70K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-31 70K+ → 60K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-05-30 60K+ → 70K+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-05-27 70K+ → 60K+ down after 94 days in tier
6. 2026-02-22 60K+ → 70K+ up after 24 days in tier
7. 2026-01-29 70K+ → 60K+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2026-01-25 60K+ → 70K+ up after 30 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Fail2Ban Redux 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags C
• WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• XO Security 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• IP Geo Block 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• P Protection Against DDoS 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
• Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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WP fail2ban – Advanced Security: 60K+ active installs, 4.2★ (71 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-fail2ban