
BotFend Anti-Bot Firewall
Stop Bots Before They Reach Your WordPress Site
BotFend Anti-Bot Firewall is a professional-grade WordPress security plugin that blocks malicious bots, scrapers, and automated attacks before they consume your server resources. Built with a high-performance architecture, it features an early-loading Web Application Firewall (WAF) that neutralizes threats at the server level—before WordPress even loads.
🔥 Why Choose BotFend?
| Problem | BotFend Solution |
| AdSense penalties from invalid traffic | Blocks bot traffic that triggers ad-serving limits |
| Spike in server costs | Filters attacks before they consume resources |
| Content scraping and theft | Identifies and blocks malicious scrapers |
| Brute-force login attempts | Hardens WordPress against XML-RPC and login attacks |
✨ Key Features
- 🛡️ Web Application Firewall (WAF) – Blocks attacks before WordPress loads using auto_prepend_file
- 🎯 Intelligent Bot Detection – Signature-based and behavioral analysis to catch automated threats
- 📊 Behavioral Analysis – Monitors visitor patterns to detect bots mimicking human activity
- 🔄 Adaptive Protection Modes – Learning, Standard, Aggressive, and Emergency modes
- 📁 File Guard – Monitors upload directories and auto-fixes permission changes
- 🌍 Geo-Location Filtering – Block or allow traffic by country
- 🚫 Tor Node Blocking – Blocks Tor traffic. No API key required
- 🔗 XML-RPC & Brute-Force Protection – WordPress hardening against common attacks
- 📊 Smart Log Aggregation – Prevents database bloat even under heavy attack
- ⏱️ Perpetual Offender Tracking – Auto-upgrades temporary bans to permanent blocks
🔌 External Services (Optional)
All services are disabled by default and require manual activation with free API keys:
- AbuseIPDB – Real-time IP reputation checking (free API key required)
- Google reCAPTCHA – Bot verification challenge (free API key required)
- IPHub – Proxy/VPN/Tor detection (free API key required)
- Cloudflare Integration – Edge-level IP blocking (Pro feature)
📋 Requirements
- WordPress 6.4 or higher
- PHP 8.0 or higher
🔧 Installation
- Upload the plugin files to
/wp-content/plugins/botfend-anti-bot-firewall - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Configure your protection settings in the BotFend dashboard
- Optional: Enable external services with free API keys
📝 Changelog
Version 4.9.0 (May 2026)
- Initial release on WordPress.org
- Complete refactor from Safebot Defender
- Added File Guard feature
- Added geo-location filtering
- Four adaptive protection modes
- External services disabled by default (privacy first)
- Compatible with WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 8.0+
License: GPLv2 or later
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- Updated 97 days ago
- Developer active
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- WordPress 6.9 tested
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- Last update Updated 97 days ago
- Compatibility WordPress 6.9 tested, two versions behind · PHP 8.5 not marked as tested
- Releases 1 release in the last 12 months
- Developer activity Developer active
- Support No recent support tickets to measure
- Docs and demo Documentation available · Changelog missing · No demo listed
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- Current version 100%
- One version behind 75%
- Two versions behind 50%
- Three versions behind 25%
- Older or not listed 0%
- Releases 15 points
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- Support 15 points
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