BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security for WordPress
By Jeff Starr
- Category rank
- #23 in Security
- Listing audit
- 53/100
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Jeff Starr. With a rating of 4.9★ from 160 reviews, it currently ranks #23 in the Security category.
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security is the #23 ranked Security app on WordPress, with a 4.9 average rating from 160 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
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Generated from marketplace data as of Sep 11, 2026
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security ranks #23 of 666 in Security on WordPress. It holds a 4.9★ average from 160 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
- +4.9★ average across 160 reviews
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
How BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security works
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🔥 Install, activate, and done!
🔥 Powerful protection from WP’s fastest firewall plugin.
BBQ Firewall is a lightweight, blazing-fast firewall plugin that protects your site against a wide range of threats. BBQ checks all incoming traffic and quietly blocks bad requests containing nasty stuff like eval(, base64_, and excessively long request-strings. This is a simple yet solid solution for sites that are unable to use a strong Apache/.htaccess firewall.
🔥 Adds a strong firewall to ANY WordPress site
🔥 Works with all WordPress plugins and themes
Powerful Protection
BBQ protects your site against many threats:
SQL injection attacks
Executable file uploads
Directory traversal attacks
Unsafe character requests
Excessively long requests
PHP remote/file execution
XSS, XXE, and related attacks
Protects against bad bots
Protects against bad referrers
Protects against bad POST content
Protects against many other bad requests
