ActiveLayer Anti-Spam
Anti-Spam Protection Without CAPTCHAs ActiveLayer is an intelligent anti-spam solution that stops contact form spam, comment spam, and registration spam without CAPTCHAs, puzzles, or extra steps for your visitors. Your forms stay fast and frictionless while unwanted messages get caught automatically. Your time and attention are expensive — stop spending them on spam. ActiveLayer protects popular form builders like WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Elementor Forms, Fluent Forms, WS Form, and FunnelKit Funnel Builder, plus native WordPress comments, WooCommerce (product reviews and customer registration), Easy Digital Downloads (store reviews and customer registration), AffiliateWP, MemberPress, and BuddyPress / BuddyBoss signup forms, all from a single plugin. With 18 integrations, you manage all your spam protection from one settings page. Create a free account and get started Zero Friction Spam Filtering Most anti-spam tools either show visitors a CAPTCHA or make every form wait while the check runs. ActiveLayer takes a different approach. Async integrations complete immediately while background checks run through Action Scheduler; registration and inline-blocking integrations can run a synchronous check when spam must be stopped before an account, entry, or affiliate record is created. This keeps normal form workflows fast while still allowing high-risk signup flows to block spam inline. If a submission is clean, notifications are sent as normal. If it is flagged, notifications are suppressed or the signup is blocked depending on the integration. Intelligent Spam Detection ActiveLayer analyzes submission patterns, content reputation, behavioral signals, and environment data to catch both automated bots and human bad actors with high accuracy. Unlike simple honeypot or keyword-blocklist approaches, ActiveLayer uses multiple signals to make smarter decisions about every submission. Optional behavioral tracking monitors how users interact with your forms — keystrokes, mouse movements, touch events, and scroll patterns. Environment detection identifies headless browsers and automated tools. These client-side signals are sent alongside form data for deeper analysis. Per-Form Control and Sync Mode You decide exactly which forms to protect. ActiveLayer protects all supported forms and WooCommerce surfaces by default after your API key is connected — you can disable protection per form if needed. This gives you granular control over every contact form, registration form, or comment section on your site. Sync Mode lets supported integrations wait for the API verdict before the submission completes, so spam can be blocked inline. By default, ActiveLayer runs checks asynchronously for maximum speed. Turn Sync Mode on when you prefer inline blocking and can tolerate a small added latency on submissions. Fail-Safe by Design If the ActiveLayer API is temporarily unavailable, your forms keep working. ActiveLayer is designed to fail open — it restores provider defaults, preserves every submission, and retries background checks automatically when connectivity returns. No lost submissions, no blocked emails, no broken forms. Automatic retries handle transient failures. A built-in watchdog checks queue health every 15 minutes and shows admin notices when pending items build up or Action Scheduler is unavailable. You always know the status of your protection. Full Visibility Dashboard See exactly what is happening with your form protection at a glance. The ActiveLayer dashboard shows submission totals, spam caught, accuracy rates, queue health, and integration status — all in one place. Filter submissions by status or provider, and use bulk actions to recheck, mark as clean or junk, or trash items you no longer need. Every submission is logged in a custom database table. You can review verdicts, recheck past submissions with a fresh API call, and override any decision. Debug logging (opt-in, PII-redacted) gives you even deeper insight when troubleshooting. Who Is ActiveLayer For? Small Business Websites Protect your contact forms and inquiry forms without adding friction for potential customers. Async form submissions from real visitors go through instantly while junk gets caught behind the scenes. Bloggers and Publishers Stop comment spam on your posts without requiring readers to solve CAPTCHAs or prove they are human. ActiveLayer checks comments in the background and can auto-approve clean ones or auto-mark detected spam. Agencies Managing Multiple Sites One plugin covers WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Elementor Forms, Fluent Forms, Formidable Forms, WooCommerce, and more — every integration managed from one settings page. No need to configure separate anti-spam tools for each form builder or WooCommerce surface your clients use. E-commerce and Service Businesses Keep inquiry and support forms clean while maintaining a fast, professional user experience. Async checks keep contact forms moving quickly, while registration gates can block spam accounts inline. WooCommerce stores get dedicated protection for product reviews and My Account customer registration — and the checkout itself is never gated, so spam protection can’t get in the way of a sale. Membership Sites and Online Communities Running a community on BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform? ActiveLayer hooks the public signup form and blocks spam registrations before they create fake accounts — no extra CAPTCHA in front of your real members, no manual moderation queue to babysit. The integration covers both free BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Platform with a dedicated admin toggle for each. Full ActiveLayer Feature List Async processing – Background queue via Action Scheduler for supported async integrations No CAPTCHA required – Invisible protection with zero friction for visitors WPForms integration – Per-form enable, async checks with email replay, optional sync-save strategy Contact Form 7 integration – Synchronous checks, field mapping via activelayer:* tags, per-form control Gravity Forms integration – Entry-based spam detection with per-form control and notification management Elementor Forms integration – Protect Elementor Pro form widgets with per-form spam filtering Fluent Forms integration – Per-form spam detection with email notification handling Formidable Forms integration – Notification interception and replay, sync fallback option Forminator integration – Form submission interception with per-form toggles and notification management Ninja Forms integration – Email action capture, clean verdict replay, spam suppression SureForms integration – Spam protection for SureForms with per-form control WS Form integration – Synchronous spam blocking before WS Form saves entries or runs actions, with per-form control WordPress Comments protection – Auto-approve clean comments, auto-spam detected ones, fail-open restore WooCommerce Reviews protection – Score every product review on submission, with optional verified-owner bypass, logged-in-user bypass, and high-confidence auto-delete WooCommerce Registration protection – Block bot signups on the My Account registration form before the account is created (the checkout flow is never gated, so it can’t block a purchase) BuddyPress signup protection – Block spam registrations on the public /register/ page; sync check fires after BuddyPress’s own validation and writes the block message next to the username field BuddyBoss Platform signup protection – Same sync gate against the BuddyBoss Platform signup form, with automatic xprofile-name fallback because BuddyBoss auto-generates the username from the email AffiliateWP registration protection – Block bot affiliate signups before the affiliate and WordPress user are created; sync check fires after AffiliateWP’s own validation MemberPress registration protection – Block bot membership signups before the account is created; free, free-trial, and fully-discounted signups are gated by default, while paid checkouts are never blocked (opt in to gate those too) FunnelKit Funnel Builder integration – Synchronous spam blocking for opt-in forms before FunnelKit runs email, CRM contact, and webhook actions, with per-form control Easy Digital Downloads integration – Spam protection for product reviews and the standalone customer registration form; the EDD checkout is never gated, so it can’t block a purchase Silent discard for high-confidence spam – Optional hard-delete of comments and WooCommerce reviews that exceed a configurable spam score threshold (default 95), skipping spam-folder storage entirely Per-form toggles – Protection enabled by default per form; disable on individual forms as needed Sync Mode – Optional synchronous spam checks for inline blocking on supported integrations Dashboard analytics – Submission totals, spam caught, accuracy rates, queue health at a glance Submissions management – Filter by status and provider, bulk recheck, mark clean or spam, trash Fail-open architecture – Forms keep working if the API is temporarily unavailable Automatic retries – Failed submissions are re-queued and retried automatically Queue watchdog – 15-minute health checks with admin notices for stalled queues Behavioral signal collection – Keystroke, mouse, touch, and scroll tracking for deeper analysis Environment detection – Identifies headless browsers and automated submission tools Debug logging – Opt-in ring buffer (last 200 entries), PII-redacted, view and clear in admin Bulk recheck – Re-queue past submissions for fresh API verdicts anytime Default protection – Forms protected by default after API connection; disable per form if needed. Sanitized logging, masked secrets, hashed emails Integrations WPForms (Lite and Pro) Contact Form 7 Gravity Forms Elementor Forms (Pro) Fluent Forms Formidable Forms Forminator Ninja Forms SureForms WS Form WordPress Comments (built-in) WooCommerce (product reviews and customer registration) BuddyPress (public signup form) BuddyBoss Platform (public signup form) AffiliateWP (affiliate registration form) MemberPress (membership registration form) FunnelKit Funnel Builder (opt-in forms) Easy Digital Downloads (product reviews and customer registration) External services This plugin connects to the ActiveLayer API to analyze form submissions and comments for spam. It is the core service that powers all spam detection — without it, the plugin cannot classify submissions. ActiveLayer API What it does: Provides spam detection verdicts (clean or spam) for form submissions and comments. When data is sent: Each time a protected form submission, comment, review, or registration is checked, the submission data is sent to the API for analysis. Depending on the integration, this can happen through the background queue or during a synchronous inline-blocking check. What data is sent: * Submission content (name, email, message, URL if provided) * IP address and user agent of the submitter * Form metadata (form ID, form name, provider name) * Site URL and WordPress locale * Behavioral and environment signals (if enabled in settings) Service provider: ActiveLayer (activelayer.com) * Terms of Service * Privacy Policy
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BotBlocker Security – Complete security platform
BotBlocker Security is a complete security platform that blocks 99% of attacks before WordPress loads. Firewall, bot detection, rate limiting, CAPTCHA, 2FA, analytics, notifications, tools – one plugin replaces your entire security stack: no need for separate firewall, CAPTCHA, 2FA, and anti-spam plugins. No bloat, no monthly fees for core protection. If your site is hit by login brute force, spam comments, fake Googlebots, content scrapers, or XML-RPC floods, you are not alone: bots generate over 47% of all web traffic. Most security plugins react after WordPress boots, wasting CPU and memory on every bad request. BotBlocker stops them at the door – then gives you the analytics, alerts, and tools to understand exactly what it blocked and why. Because BotBlocker intercepts traffic before themes and plugins run, it also shields vulnerabilities in your entire plugin and theme stack. Zero-days in contact form plugins, unpatched slider code, outdated e-commerce extensions – attackers never reach the vulnerable code. BotBlocker is your first and last line of defense, every day. Why site owners switch to BotBlocker Faster than the competition. Runs on early init through three interception layers, before themes and plugins load. Server load drops during attacks instead of spiking. Zero database queries for returning visitors – 11 pre-generated PHP files with SHA-256 integrity, loaded via native include. One plugin, full security stack. Firewall, CAPTCHA, 2FA, anti-spam, rate limiting, bot detection – BotBlocker covers virtually every security need a WordPress site has. Most users uninstall 2-3 separate plugins after switching. PRO adds malware scanning, security headers, speed optimization, and behavioral analysis – still one plugin. Smarter bot detection. 2,899 User-Agent signatures – largest blacklist among WordPress plugins – plus 2,800+ additional bot signatures. 13 header checks including AdBlock detection, incognito mode detection, Canvas/WebGL fingerprinting, and device API verification. Anti-detect scoring with 9 weighted signals catches headless Chrome, Puppeteer, Selenium, and PhantomJS even when they spoof user-agent strings. Smarter CAPTCHA. 9 modes including Silent Auto-Verify – zero clicks for humans, hard wall for bots. Proprietary CAPTCHAs defeat AI-based solvers that crack reCAPTCHA for $2-3 per 1,000. Honest free version. Full firewall, all 9 CAPTCHA modes, full 2FA, full logging, full Multisite, Redis/Memcached, shortcodes, command palette, Telegram alerts, visual analytics, 15 diagnostic tools. No nag screens, no crippled features. Privacy-first. No visitor data leaves your server. GDPR and CCPA compliant out of the box. Works with everything. Cloudflare, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, WooCommerce, Elementor, multisite, IPv6, PHP 7.4 to 8.5. 🛡️ Core Firewall (Free) Three-Layer Architecture – intercepts traffic at wp-config.php (before WordPress), MU-plugin phase, and main shield. Known threats are blocked before WordPress, plugins, or themes load – saving 30-100ms and 5-20MB RAM per blocked request. Zero-day attacks on other plugins never reach the vulnerable code. Web Application Firewall (WAF) with real-time rule updates via the BotBlocker Threat Defense Feed 2,899 User-Agent + 2,800+ bot signatures – largest blacklist among WordPress plugins, covering Scrapy, Selenium, Puppeteer, PhantomJS, curl, wget, Python, Java, Perl, SQL injection tools Brute force protection with progressive lockouts – 5 attempts per 15 minutes, escalating bans Rate Limiting – sliding window velocity per IP. 30 req/min triggers CAPTCHA; 50/min blocks IP for 10 min. Subnet aggregation catches distributed attacks. Floor protection prevents false positives. Anti-spam for comments, registration, contact forms XML-RPC and REST API locked down by default with allowlist for trusted services HTTP method-level hardening – CONNECT and TRACE blocked (XST attack prevention). OPTIONS handled for CORS preflight. Fake crawler detection via FCrDNS (dual-direction DNS verification), ASN tokens, and published IP ranges – 95% effective, impossible to spoof without controlling the provider’s DNS zone. LLM / AI crawler management – allow or block GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Bytespider via CIDR-verified IP ranges (1,435 synced from cloud). Country, ASN, IP range, User-Agent, Referer blocking rules with instant enforcement. ASN database: 3.6M verified records. Geo-blocking with visual country selector and import/export. Cloudflare-aware real-IP resolution and origin bypass protection TLS fingerprinting (JA3/JA4) – detects bots by TLS handshake signature, cross-validates against User-Agent. 189 signatures. Opt-in, requires server module. RKN (Roskomnadzor) blocking – 852 CIDR ranges, cloud-synced, auto-updated with self-healing tamper recovery Full IPv6 support – separate tables and logic for IPv4 and IPv6 Live traffic monitor with attack map, country, ASN, device, browser, block reason Built-in caching via Redis and Memcached – free, auto-disable on connection failure 🔍 Bot Detection & Anti-Detect (Free) 13 HTTP header checks run on every visitor, catching bots others miss: Empty User-Agent / UA Anomalies / Empty Accept-Language PTR/DNS Mismatch – forward/reverse DNS mismatch, impossible to fake Geo vs Language Mismatch – language claimed differs from visitor’s country Incognito/Private Mode detection AdBlock/uBlock detection in visitor’s browser Canvas & WebGL Fingerprinting – JS consistency verification WhatsApp Preview / OPTIONS Preflight – legitimate traffic whitelisted Anti-Detect Challenge Page activates when header checks raise suspicion – silent browser fingerprinting before any CAPTCHA appears: 9 weighted signals: navigator (×2), fake plugins (×3), font rendering (×2), WebGL (×2), Chromium properties (×3), JS jitter, touch events (×2), language (×3), incognito (×2) Critical signal combinations trigger immediate block Cookie capability test + sessionStorage retry counter HMAC-signed responses resist DDoS provider interference Circuit Breaker: 3 failures → 30-second cooldown → auto-retry CAPTCHA appears only if auto-verification fails 🎯 CAPTCHA System – All 9 Modes Free 9 CAPTCHA modes, all free: Silent Auto-Verify (recommended – zero clicks, silent JS fingerprint check), Simple Button, Color Buttons, Image CAPTCHA (5 packs: Eagle, Horse, Raccoon, Dog, Cat), reCAPTCHA v2 (+ Button), Dynamic Shapes (60fps Canvas, 25 combinations), Dynamic Digits, Hold Button (hold in the green zone). Hybrid Mode – internal CAPTCHA + invisible reCAPTCHA v3, two-layer defense DDoS Resilience Mode – HMAC-signed responses prevent forged challenge bypass Session Token Verification – cookie-less fingerprint for restricted hosting CAPTCHA Diagnostics – failure reason codes (token decrypt, transient, hash, mode mismatch) Image Delivery: Inline Base64 (single request, recommended) or Separate Requests (cache-friendly) 🔒 Login Security & 2FA (Free) Two-Factor Authentication (Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, Bitwarden) – TOTP, 10 backup codes 9 CAPTCHA modes on login, registration, lost password, and custom forms Hybrid Mode – internal CAPTCHA + reCAPTCHA v3 two-layer invisible defense on login Hide login URL (PRO) Configurable lockout escalation – failed CAPTCHA = short ban, repeat = 24-hour ban 💳 Payment Gateway Bypass (Free) Auto-detects 25+ e-commerce platforms (WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, SureCart, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, Give, Dokan, CartFlows, FunnelKit and more) and 150+ payment providers (Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Adyen, Braintree, Square, Razorpay, Klarna, Paddle, Authorize.Net, YooKassa, LiqPay and more), plus form plugin webhooks (Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Fluent Forms). Four detection layers – 198 path patterns, 227 query keys, 360 action names, 114 signature headers – ensure zero false positives. Webhooks, IPN callbacks, and payment notifications never get blocked. 📊 Visibility & Control (Free) Visual dashboard – KPI cards (Requests, Blocked, Search engines passed, Protection score), hourly bar chart, donut charts (Hosting, Device, Browser, OS) Dashboard social proof card – live WordPress.org rating, installs count, ratings, link to WP.org (cached 12h) Inline IP rule widget – add IP allow/block rules via AJAX. Bulk import with 4 one-click buttons (IPv4/IPv6 whitelist/blacklist) Protection Status Checklist – per-feature toggles with “Enable remaining” bulk action Health Score gauge – 44 parameters, 3 categories, 5 levels from Critical (<25) to Secure (≥85), real-time updates 3 security presets – Light, Strong, Full – one-click configuration. Plus Default for new installs Setup Wizard – 8 steps, under 5 minutes ⌘K Command Palette – Ctrl+K / ⌘K on any admin page to search every setting, tab, and action. 30+ quick-action shortcuts. Near-zero-click configuration Interactive analytics – 8 KPI metrics, donut charts, traffic line chart, world map, top IPs and countries rankings 55 diagnostic event codes across 12 log categories – exact block reason for every decision Detailed event log – IP, country, ASN, User-Agent, browser, OS, device, exact block reason 17 interface languages – English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Polski, Русский, Українська, العربية, עברית, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, Nederlands, Português, Svenska, Türkçe, 中文 + POT Admin page header bar – “Blocked today: X · Total: Y” on every admin page Admin bar toolbar node – protection status + Dashboard + Settings links Configurable retention with timezone/DST awareness, Daily Summary with incremental aggregation X-Robots-Tag control – SEO directives (noindex, nofollow, noarchive, nosnippet, noimageindex, notranslate, unavailable_after) on blocked/challenge pages – no search engine indexing of security barriers Clean uninstall – drops 17 tables, 40+ options, 22+ transients, 12 cron hooks, MU-plugin files, uploads/botblocker/. Departure feedback dialog. Zero leftover data 📬 Notifications & Alerts (Free) Email reports – daily / twice-weekly / monthly security summaries. Critical server load warnings and Cloud API expiry alerts. Telegram Bot integration (add-on) – weekly security summaries via @BotFather: requests, allowed, blocked, suspicious, search/fake bots, timezone, protection mode, security score, block rate. Connection test button. Add-ons → Telegram Notifications. Admin Dashboard Alerts (8 types) – cloud lost, missing runtime files, API expired, hits exhausted, ASN/addon update failed, addon incompatible, cache incompatibility 🧩 Shortcodes & Developer Tools (Free) 20 shortcodes for frontend dashboards, client portals, and status pages. * WP Connectors (WordPress 6.7+) – native WordPress Connector on the Connections admin page * Custom verification endpoint (bbcs-verify) – decoupled from permalink structure * WordPress Admin → Tools → Site Health → Info integration * Plugin update changelog injection – changelog displayed in the plugin update screen * Floating support widget – submit support tickets from dashboard without leaving site 🔧 Tools & Diagnostics (Free) 15 maintenance and diagnostic actions built into the admin panel: Export Data & Settings Full JSON backup of settings, rules, IP lists Import Data & Settings Restore from JSON backup Reinstall Database Factory-reset all BotBlocker tables Repair & Optimize DB WordPress database repair and optimization Clear All Visitor Data Purge hits, counters, and statistics Clear Transients Remove expired WordPress transients Update ASN Database Download latest 3.6M-record ASN geolocation database Update RU-Gov List Download latest 852-range RKN CIDR blocklist Sync LLM Providers Refresh 1,435 AI crawler IP ranges from cloud Clear Visitor Cookies Reset all BotBlocker cookies – forces re-verification Reset URL Rewrite Rules Fix 404 errors after permalink changes Clear Object Cache Flush WordPress + Redis/Memcached caches Site Health Open WordPress Site Health diagnostic Clear Debug Log / Download Debug Log Purge or download wp-content/debug.log 🚀 PRO Adds (Premium / Pro / Ultimate) Cloud Threat Intelligence – 5M+ attack IPs cross-checked globally. Zero-day behavioral and heuristic detection catches unknown attack patterns before signatures exist. VPN, Tor, proxy, ASN, hosting reputation checks. Early Init Mode – filtering before WordPress Core loads via wp-config.php boot code. Saves 30-100ms and 5-20MB RAM per blocked request. Multisite-aware, auto-disables if Cloud API inactive. Self-healing runtime files. Hide Login URL – custom admin URL slug. Four behaviors on default URL: 403, 404, home redirect, custom redirect. Reserved slug detection prevents page conflicts. Security Headers – MU-plugin deployment before plugins load. HSTS, CSP with custom domain whitelist, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Permissions-Policy. Auto-detects reCAPTCHA Google + BotBlocker API domains in CSP. Speed Up WordPress – 14 frontend and server optimizations: disable emojis, jQuery Migrate, dashicons, global styles, embeds, RSS feeds, XML-RPC, hide WP version, shortlinks, self-pingbacks. Malware Scanner – 25+ detection patterns: eval() chains, base64 obfuscation, injected scripts, webshell markers. Deobfuscation preprocessor. Scans files (core, plugins, themes, uploads, custom paths) + database (posts, wp_options, users, cron). Truth Source comparator. Scheduled background scanning (hourly to 5 days). Severity: Critical to Info. Confidence: Review to Confirmed. HTTPS Protocol – HTTP→HTTPS 301 redirect. Mixed content auto-fix via output buffering. SSL detection behind 7 proxy headers (Cloudflare, load balancers). Cookie Alert – lightweight first-party cookie consent banner. Custom text, policy link, button label, position, theme, custom CSS. WP accessibility: aria-label, role attributes. 1-year cookie lifetime. Behavioral Analysis Engine – 3-layer AI bot detection. Free: RPM velocity + subnet pressure. Pro: multi-signal scoring (velocity, URI diversity, session depth, timing, referer consistency). Reputation: IP/subnet tracking with lazy decay. 3 quick presets. Cron Jobs – advanced WordPress cron management, monitoring, and debugging Truth Source – file integrity verification against known-good WordPress core, plugin, theme references. Detects modified, added, missing files. Per-file and wildcard ignores. Scheduled background scanning. XMLRPC Tunnel – secure XML-RPC via IP-allowlisted endpoints. IPv4/IPv6/CIDR/wildcard entry formats. Multi-header real-IP resolution. Auto-block non-allowlisted access. Priority support – 24-hour response time Four plans to match your traffic: Premium ($12/month, 25k cloud checks), Pro ($50/month, 100k cloud checks), Ultimate ($100/month, 250k cloud checks + emergency 24h support). Annual billing includes 1 month free. 30-day refund policy. Licensed per domain via Freemius. Compare plans → ⚡ Performance & Compatibility Zero database queries for returning visitors – 11 runtime PHP files with SHA-256 integrity, loaded via include Measured overhead: +3-15ms TTFB for cached visitors, +50-200ms first-time PTR lookups, +2-4MB memory 100+ configurable settings without affecting performance Redis and Memcached support – free, auto-disables gracefully on connection failure Cache plugin compatibility – automatic DONOTCACHEPAGE and cache-bypass headers (Cache-Control: no-store, X-LiteSpeed-Cache-Control: no-cache, X-Accel-Expires: 0, CDN-Cache-Control: no-store, private, Surrogate-Control: no-store, max-age=0) covering PHP caches, Nginx, CDN edge, and surrogate caches in one pass. Works with WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, Hummingbird, WP Fastest Cache, Cache Enabler, Swift Performance. CDN and WAF compatibility – Cloudflare, Sucuri, Incapsula, AWS CloudFront, Fastly, KeyCDN, StackPath. Multi-header real-IP resolution (CF-Connecting-IP, X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP) DDoS Protection Compatibility – auto-detects JS-challenges from DDoS-Guard, Stormwall, Qrator. HMAC-signed AJAX responses, Circuit Breaker with retry/backoff. The only WordPress plugin that works correctly behind aggressive DDoS protection without manual configuration. Fatal Error Hive Mode – during PHP fatal errors from other plugins or themes, renders an emergency page instead of a white screen, preserving the security barrier. Multisite Support – network activation, per-site data, settings, cleanup. Free on all plans. PHP 7.4 – 8.5, tested across 7 versions. WordPress 5.1 – 7.0+. Linux and Windows. 50+ OS versions detected – Windows 95–11, macOS, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Linux distros, HarmonyOS, Fire OS, KaiOS, Tizen, FreeBSD, gaming consoles 50+ browsers identified – Opera, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Samsung Internet, UC Browser, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, Tor, Headless Chrome, Lynx/ELinks, and more GDPR and CCPA compliant – no PII, technical parameters only, Legitimate Interest basis (Art. 6(1)(f))