BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security for WordPress Plugin Directory
By Jeff Starr
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 Aug 31, 2026.
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.
AppRanks data: BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security ranks #23 in Security on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 4% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security is a category-leading WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Security category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 160 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.9★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Jeff Starr — established developer track record
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
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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
🔥 Works great with Blackhole for Bad Bots and Banhammer
Awesome Features
BBQ provides all the best firewall features:
Rated 5 stars at WordPress.org
100% plug-&-play, zero configuration
100% focused on security and performance
Blocks a wide range of malicious URL requests
Fastest Web Application Firewall (WAF) for WordPress
Based on the 7G/8G Firewall
Scans all incoming traffic and blocks bad requests
Scans all types of requests: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
Protects against known bad bots and referrers
Works silently behind the scenes to protect your site
Hassle-free security plugin that’s easy to use
Thoroughly tested, error-free performance
Extremely low rate of false positives
Compatible with other security plugins
Regularly updated and “future proof”
Firewall < 10 kilobytes in size
Lightweight, fast and flexible
🔥 For advanced protection and features, check out BBQ Pro »
Exclusive Pro Features
Customize firewall via plugin settings
Easily add or remove firewall patterns
Easily add Jeff Starr’s AI Block List
Send Email Alerts for blocked requests
Quickly enable/disable firewall rules
Disable firewall for logged-in users
Block excessively long URI requests
Protect against XML-RPC exploits
Block any individual IP address
Block entire ranges of IP addresses
Protect against user-ID phishing
Redirect all blocked requests
Display a custom “blocked” message
Set your own response status code
Complete inline documentation
Statistics for blocked requests
Tools to reset options and patterns
Import and Export firewall patterns
One-click pattern testing
Whitelist IP addresses
..plus everything the free version can do and more.
🔥 Learn more and get BBQ Pro »
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
BBQ Firewall is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
🔥 BBQ = Block Bad Queries
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:
The Tao of WordPress
Digging into WordPress
.htaccess made easy
WordPress Themes In Depth
Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall
Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots
Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys
GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics
Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress
REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API
Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms
USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂
Category rankings
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Keyword rankings
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security ranks for 4 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- 1.chat botRank #25
- Rank #225
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Competitors & alternatives
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked security apps on WordPress:
Frequently asked questions
What is BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security?
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 160 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Security category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Jeff Starr.
Who uses BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security?
Currently around 100,000 active stores have installed BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security. Its review base of 160 suggests adoption is concentrated in growth-stage and mid-market stores. It is part of the Security category on WordPress.
Where does BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security rank on WordPress?
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security currently sits at position #23 in the Security category on WordPress. That places it in the top 3% of 666 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.