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WP Cloudflare Guard

Description

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)

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

Things You Need to Know

  • You need PHP 7.0 or later
  • You need WordPress 4.7 or later
  • You need a Cloudflare account (free plan is okay)
  • This plugin was not built by Cloudflare, Inc

If you like the plugin, feel free to rate it or donate via PayPal. Thanks a lot! 🙂

For Bloggers

If you have written an article about WP Cloudflare Guard, do let me know. For any questions, shoot me an email at info@typist.tech

For Developers

WP Cloudflare Guard is open source and hosted on GitHub. Feel free to make pull requests.

Who make this plugin?

Tang Rufus, a freelance developer for hire.
I make Typist Tech also.

Support

To save time so that we can spend it on development, please read the plugin’s FAQs first.
Before requesting support, and ensure that you have updated WP Cloudflare Guard and WordPress to the latest released version and installed PHP 7 or later.

We hang out in the WordPress support forum for this plugin.

If you know what GitHub is, use GitHub issues instead.

Screenshots

  • Cloudflare Settings
  • Bad Login Settings
  • Cloudflare Firewall Access Rules

Installation

Via WordPress admin dashboard

  1. Log in to your site’s Dashboard (e.g. www.your-domain.com/wp-admin)
  2. Click on the Plugins tab in the left panel, then click “Add New”
  3. Search for WP Cloudflare Guard and the latest version will appear at the top of the list of results
  4. Install it by clicking the Install Now link
  5. When installation finishes, click Activate Plugin

Via Manual Upload

  1. Download the plugin from wordpress.org
  2. Unzip it
  3. Upload it to wp-content/plugins/
  4. Go to the WordPress plugin menu and activate it

Via WP CLI

  1. $ wp plugin install wp-cloudflare-guard --activate

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Via WordPress admin dashboard

  1. Log in to your site’s Dashboard (e.g. www.your-domain.com/wp-admin)
  2. Click on the Plugins tab in the left panel, then click “Add New”
  3. Search for WP Cloudflare Guard and the latest version will appear at the top of the list of results
  4. Install it by clicking the Install Now link
  5. When installation finishes, click Activate Plugin

Via Manual Upload

  1. Download the plugin from wordpress.org
  2. Unzip it
  3. Upload it to wp-content/plugins/
  4. Go to the WordPress plugin menu and activate it

Via WP CLI

  1. $ wp plugin install wp-cloudflare-guard --activate
What version of PHP do I need?

PHP 7 or later.

Is this plugin written by Cloudflare, Inc.?

No.
This plugin is a Typist Tech project.

Can I install WP Cloudflare Guard, Sunny and Cloudflare’s official plugin at the same time?

Yes, all of them work together without problems.

  • Install WP Cloudflare Guard if you want to protect your site from bad IPs
  • Install Sunny if you want to purge CloudFlare’s cache automatically
  • Install the official plugin if you can’t see the real IP from visitors
What if WP Cloudflare Guard blacklisted my IP?
  1. Login CloudFlare
  2. Select your domain
  3. Go Firewall
  4. Release you IP under Access Rules
Does this plugin available in my language?

English works out of the box.

Traditional Chinese language pack is available here.

You can add your own translation at translate.wordpress.org.

How to get support?

Use the WordPress support forum for this plugin at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cloudflare-guard.

Make sure you have read the plugin’s FAQs at https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cloudflare-guard/faq/. And, updated WP Cloudflare Guard and WordPress to the latest released version before asking questions.

If you know what GitHub is, use GitHub issues instead.

How can I support this plugin?

If you like the plugin, feel free to:

Besides, WP Cloudflare Guard is open source and hosted on GitHub. Feel free to make pull requests.

Last but not least, you can hire me. Shoot me an email at info@typist.tech or use this contact form.

What if I want more?

Hire me!

Shoot me an email at info@typist.tech or use this contact form.

Reviews

December 27, 2017
Runs in the background and never acts up. Solid, professional plugin. Use without concern; sleep well, knowing your WP site is well protected 24/7. ©2017
Read all 3 reviews

Contributors & Developers

“WP Cloudflare Guard” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“WP Cloudflare Guard” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “WP Cloudflare Guard” into your language.

Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

Full change log available at GitHub

0.2.0

  • Code refactor

0.1.3

  • Add yoast i18n module
  • Fix PHP undefined notices

0.1.2

  • Better translation support

0.1.1

  • Better translation support

0.1.0

  • First release