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by Sandor Kovacs 4 (9 reviews)

IP Ban

Simple IP Ban is a lightweight ip / user agent ban plugin.

IP Ban ranks #4,818 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #332 of 4,514 in the Security category, a 4/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Dec 10, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.7 (Current: 7.1)
v1.3.0 Current Version v1.3.0
Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 10 Dec, 2016
Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#332 of 4,514 in Security Top 10% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
2K+
-30.3%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
48.9K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
80%
Review 4 out of 5
4 (9 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 85.5%
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Reviews & Ratings

4.0
9 reviews
Overall 80%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

  1. IP Ban [simple-ip-ban] < 1.2.4

    CVE-2014-9413 · Fixed in v1.2.4

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

IP Ban is for site administrators who want to block unwanted visitors by IP address or user agent. It solves the problem of unwanted traffic, spammers, and resource-draining crawlers by letting admins blacklist IPs, IP ranges, and user agents and redirect them to an external URL.

  • Block ip addresses
  • Block user agents
  • IP range support
  • Redirect banned visitors to url
  • Custom blacklist creation
  • Inactive for admin user

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about IP Ban

IP Ban has 2,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
IP Ban holds a 4 out of 5 star rating based on 9 user reviews on WordPress.org.
IP Ban is developed by Sandor Kovacs and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
IP Ban requires WordPress 3.1.0 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 4.7.
IP Ban has been downloaded 48,859+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of IP Ban is 1.3.0. It was last updated on December 10, 2016.
Yes. IP Ban is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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