by Terry L. 3.7 (3 reviews)

WP Shieldon – WordPress Firewall

Name: WP Shieldon – WordPress Firewall
Rating: 3.7 (3 reviews)
Author: Terry L.

WP Shieldon is a WordPress security plugin based on Shieldon library, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) for PHP.

WP Shieldon ranks #14,989 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #813 of 4,512 in the Security category, a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Jun 21, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.2.11 (Current: 7.1)

v2.0.2 Current Version v2.0.2

Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 21 Jun, 2023

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#813 of 4,512 in Security Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

100+

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Downloads

6.3K

+3 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

74%

Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 50%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.7

3 reviews

Overall 74%

2 (67%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

Jan 18, 2021

WP Shieldon – WordPress Firewall [wp-shieldon] < 1.6.4

CVE-2021-24124 · Fixed in v1.6.4
Oct 4, 2020

WP Shieldon – WordPress Firewall [wp-shieldon] < 1.6.4

Fixed in v1.6.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.2
Last Updated: Jun 21, 2023
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 6.2.11
PHP Version: 7.1.0 or higher
Author: Terry L.

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

anti-scriping Brute Force firewall security xss protection

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

WP Shieldon is aimed at experienced WordPress site owners and administrators comfortable configuring a firewall, not beginners. It protects websites from users or bots that rapidly view many pages by temporarily banning them until they solve a Captcha.