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What's going on

A simple Web Application Firewall for WordPress.

By jaimenj·WAF·Free
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·0 active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, What's going on is a WordPress WAF plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: CloudSecure WP Security.

0/5Rating
0active installs
1.4K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

A very simple firewall for WordPress that allows you to see all real requests to your WordPress and protect you from Internet attacks. It’s a WAF, a Web Application Firewall that is installed in front of WordPress. It’s installed in the server with the plugin, and it checks requests from the web browsers, bots or webcrawlers to your WordPress. It executes the WAF codes before every request to PHP files of WordPress, so it also works before every request to the WordPress cache.

Features:

  • Feel free to contribute in GitHub to improve the project.
  • It’s free, completely free.
  • Detection and protection of DoS attacks.
  • Detection and notification of possible DDoS attacks.
  • It can protect you against SQL injection, XSS and Xploit attacks using your own Regexes.
  • Permanent block or bypass of custom I…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11
PHP7.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

v1.3

  • Join main table with the 404’s table.
  • Show 404’s info in the main view and all needed changes.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

jaimenjjaimenj
Plugin Info
Version
1.3
Last Updated
Jun 23, 2022
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.0.11
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
0
Downloads
1.4K+
Added
Aug 26, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

waffirewallsecurity

Developer

J
jaimenj
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