BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security
The fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.
4.9(156 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, BBQ Firewall is a WordPress bots plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 156 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.3M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users….
4.9/5156 reviews
100K+active installs
0%resolved
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
🔥 Install, activate, and done!
🔥 Powerful protection from WP’s fastest firewall plugin.
BBQ Firewall is a lightweight, blazing-fast firewall plugin that protects your site against a wide range of threats. BBQ checks all incoming traffic and quietly blocks bad requests containing nasty stuff like eval(, base64_, and excessively long request-strings. This is a simple yet solid solution for sites that are unable to use a strong Apache/.htaccess firewall.
🔥 Adds a strong firewall to ANY WordPress site
🔥 Works with all WordPress plugins and themes
Powerful Protection
BBQ protects your site against many threats:
- SQL injection attacks
- Executable file uploads
- Directory traversal attacks
- Unsafe character requests
- Excessively long requests
- PHP remote/file execution
- XSS, XXE, and…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
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by emd37·1 month ago
Installation simple protection max, merci !
Easy to use, not complicated
by mikapin·3 months ago
Thanks to @jeff Starr, who is a security expert and shares very useful information on his website. BBQ is a great WordPress security plugin.
The Most Powerful Security Plugin – BBQ Pro
by nebuldu·4 months ago
I have used BBQ Pro plugin for a few years to protect my website, and I appreciate the creators of this plugin. I recommend this plugin to everyone who has a WordPress website.
5 stars. A fast, lightweight and highly effective firewall.
by pgmachtweb·4 months ago
Easy setup, strong protection, zero bloat. Ideal for keeping WordPress clean and secure.
BBQ Firewall for many years on crucial site
by therinjfoundation·4 months ago
As firewalls go, BBQ is a unique brand plus style of operation and it is very functional. No firewall stops everything but this one excels because it is a little outside the box in its design doctrine, dodging the tricky parts of building a firewall inside a system-wide firewall for the specific and unique requirements of a WordPress site. I will send a donation and send my thanks to the developers and best wishes for longevity and many happy days and years with this awesome project. Stick with it, folks, and have fun—with our thanks.
Micheal John
- This topic was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by therinjfoundation.
Download Trends
Today: 377Yesterday: 493This week: 3KPeriod total: 378K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
Version Adoption
v20260205
55.7%
Other
27.0%
v20250324
10.0%
v20251120
7.3%
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2026/02/05
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