Counterespionage Firewall
The Floodspark Counterespionage Firewall (CEF) WordPress plugin helps you block reconnaissance or otherwise illegitimate traffic including hackers, bo …
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·10 active installs·Updated 3 years agoAs of April 2026, Counterespionage Firewall is a WordPress intel plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3.2+ and PHP 7.0.33+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.
0/5Rating
10active installs
1.5K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Floodspark Counterespionage Firewall (CEF) helps you block reconnaissance or otherwise illegitimate traffic. CEF is like a web application firewall (WAF) but protects against intelligence gathering. CEF focuses on pre-attack protection and is designed to complement security plugins such as Wordfence or Sucuri.
CEF can:
* Fake out WPScan and bots by hiding your real usernames, instead supplying them with fake ones they will never be able to log in with.
* Prevent bots from logging in even with your real password.
* Defeat WPScan’s aggressive plugin and theme scans, also causing the scanner to terminate.
…as well as detect:
* Tor browser, with minor delay
* Chrome Incognito, with minor delay, over HTTPS
* Firefox Private Browsing, with minor delay
* Chrome-Selenium in its defaul…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.3.2+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11 |
| PHP | 7.0.33+ required |
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.5.2
- Bug fix: no longer blocking on non-sensitive pages (caching issue)
Contributors
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