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WP Cloudflare Guard

Connecting WordPress with Cloudflare firewall, protect your WordPress site at DNS level. Automatically create firewall rules to block dangerous IPs.

By Tang Rufus·Spam·Free
3.7(3 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Cloudflare Guard is a WordPress spam plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

3.7/53 reviews
20active installs
2.9K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Connecting WordPress with Cloudflare firewall, protect your WordPress site at DNS level. Automatically create firewall rules to block dangerous IPs.

Features

  • Blacklist IP if attempt to login with bad usernames

Integrations (Coming soon as add-ons)

  • iThemes Security
  • Contact Form 7
  • WordPress Zero Spam

How does WP Cloudflare Guard different from Cloudflare’s official plugin?

At the time of writing, Cloudflare’s official plugin doesn’t block any IP for WordPress when other plugins discover dangerous activities. Here comes WPCFG! WPCFG focus on integrating other plugins with Cloudflare.

Compatibility

  • Works with Cloudflare’s official plugin
  • Works with Sunny (Purging CloudFlare caches for WordPress)

Things You Need to Know

  • You need PHP 7.0 or later
  • You need WordPres…
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Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

3.73 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress4.7+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Full change log available at GitHub

0.2.0

  • Code refactor
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Tang RufusTang RufusTypist TechTypist Tech
Plugin Info
Version
0.2.0
Last Updated
Apr 22, 2017
WP Requires
4.7+
Tested Up To
4.7.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
2.9K+
Added
Jan 3, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

spamfirewallsecuritycloudflare

Developer

T
Tang Rufus
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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