Resolve brute force attacks and improve server performance by blocking bogus requests at the web server level.
Secure WordPress Features
Deny access to commonly targeted WordPress features like xmlrpc and RSS feeds to protect against attacks.
Geo-Filtering for CloudFlare Users
Control access to your site by allowing or denying visitors from specific countries.
Compatibility and Support
Works seamlessly with other security plugins and is fully compatible with WordPress multisites. Advanced users can find technical information in the FAQ section.
Our site was being attacked heavily using exactly the technics for which this plugin was creating for. I cannot thank the creator enough for providing it to the public free of charge. Thank you so much for your contribution.
My only concern is that it hasn't been updated for quite sometime, I really hope it's not abandoned.
I'm surprised this product doesn't have more reviews and more downloads, I guess it hasn't had enough promotion.
Thank you so much @WPChef, please keep it alive!
I was having a major DDOS against a number of my websites... the attack was taking down my entire VPS and affecting my entire business.
I deployed this plugin to all of my sites and saw immediate relief from the attack. I took a screenshot of my load graph with an arrow at the point in time I deployed this plugin.
My thanks to this author for a clever and effective plugin.
When I first came across Protection Against DDoS, I was impressed by the simplicity of the idea and the effectiveness of its execution.
Assuming that DDoS attacks will hardly be carried out by lone hackers armed with web browsers, it's reasonably safe also to assume that accepting and returning cookies will be among the least of their concerns. In which case the attack is stopped dead in its track very early on, in fact before WordPress is even asked to start up its engine.
When I first tested this plugin, unfortunately it was not compatible with WP Multisite, yet. But within days of pointing this out to the developer, Protection Against DDoS was updated accordingly!
The plugin has earned a permanent resident status in my toolbox!
We use this when a WordPress site gets bombarded with bogus traffic and see the results within minutes. We can see how HTTP requests drop right after the plugin is installed. This plugin should be a must for any site.
