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vibe coders.<\/strong> Scan your website, apps &amp; GitHub for vulnerabilities. Block attacks &amp; bad bots, rate-limit your APIs, monitor uptime, domain &amp; SSL expiry \u2014 all in one security platform. Scan &amp; pentest \u00b7 Monitoring &amp; uptime \u00b7 Instant alerts \u00b7 API rate limits \u00b7 360\u00b0 protection \u00b7 MCP &amp; SDKs.<\/p>\n\n<p>Defen.so is a developer-first web application security SaaS. This plugin gives your WordPress site real, local protection out of the box, and connects to Defen.so in one click for a managed cloud layer on top \u2014 no API key to paste, no config file.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Works standalone \u2014 no account required<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>You do not need a Defen.so account to use the plugin. These features run entirely on your own server, for free, with no sign-up and no limits:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Upload scanning<\/strong> \u2014 every uploaded file is checked for dangerous extensions and polyglots (magic bytes that disagree with the declared type). Runs on every upload for everyone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Login hardening<\/strong> \u2014 per-IP brute-force rate limiting with adjustable attempt count + window, optional reCAPTCHA v3, optional TOTP 2FA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Path rate limiting<\/strong> \u2014 throttle any slug or pattern on your own site (e.g. <code>\/wp-login.php<\/code>, <code>\/wp-json\/*<\/code>) by client IP; excess requests get a 429. Up to 3 rules run locally for free; connect a free account to add more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Firewall-lite<\/strong> \u2014 blocks known-bad scanner user-agents (sqlmap, nikto, wpscan, nuclei\u2026) and common exploit request patterns (path traversal, LFI\/RFI wrappers, code-in-querystring, wp-config &amp; dotfile probes).<\/li>\n<li><strong>WordPress hardening<\/strong> \u2014 one-click toggles: block username enumeration (?author= and REST \/users), hide the WP version, disable the theme\/plugin file editor (DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT), disable XML-RPC, comment\/pingback hardening, and security response headers (X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, optional HSTS).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geo-block<\/strong> \u2014 reject requests from any list of countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local malware scan<\/strong> \u2014 heuristic sweep of your PHP\/JS files for common webshell \/ obfuscation patterns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>File-integrity baseline<\/strong> \u2014 snapshot your files and compare for changes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Core-file checksum verification<\/strong> \u2014 verifies WordPress core files against the official WordPress.org checksum manifest and flags any modified or missing core file.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposed-file check<\/strong> \u2014 probes for publicly-reachable secrets (.env, .git, wp-config backups, database dumps, debug logs).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity log<\/strong> \u2014 records the last 100 high-value admin actions locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Better when connected (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Connecting a free Defen.so account adds the managed cloud layer \u2014 none of it takes anything away from the standalone features above:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Managed WAF<\/strong> \u2014 blocks SQL injection, XSS, path traversal, bot scanners, mass assignment, using the rule set + custom rules from your Defen.so dashboard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attack log + uptime monitor<\/strong> \u2014 blocked events (including upload blocks) streamed to your dashboard; edge uptime checks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CVE vulnerability lookup<\/strong> \u2014 checks your installed plugins\/themes against the live CVE feed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Higher plans increase the server-side quotas \u2014 monitor interval, log retention, custom-rule count, scan frequency \u2014 all of which run on Defen.so infrastructure, not by unlocking code in this plugin.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>One-click connect<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Click \"Connect to Defen.so\". 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If you leave it blank, no request is ever made to Google.<\/li>\n<li>What is sent: the reCAPTCHA token and the data Google's script collects from the login page (per Google's terms).<\/li>\n<li>Terms: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms \u2014 Privacy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>3. ip-api.com<\/strong> \u2014 optional, only if you enable the geo-block feature.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>What it is: a free IP-to-country geolocation lookup, used to find the country of a visitor so the geo-block rule can allow or deny it.<\/li>\n<li>When data is sent: only when geo-block is enabled and a visitor's country is not already supplied by your host (e.g. Cloudflare's country header). The visitor's IP address is sent for the lookup.<\/li>\n<li>What is sent: the visitor's IP address only.<\/li>\n<li>Terms: https:\/\/ip-api.com\/docs\/legal \u2014 Privacy: https:\/\/ip-api.com\/docs\/legal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>4. api.wordpress.org<\/strong> \u2014 only when you run the \"Verify core files\" check.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>What it is: the official WordPress.org checksums API, the same one WP-CLI uses to verify core-file integrity.<\/li>\n<li>When data is sent: only when you click \"Verify core files\" in the plugin. Nothing is sent automatically.<\/li>\n<li>What is sent: your WordPress version number and locale only \u2014 no site content, no personal data.<\/li>\n<li>Terms &amp; Privacy: https:\/\/wordpress.org\/about\/privacy\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload <code>defen-so-connector<\/code> to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate through the \"Plugins\" menu.<\/li>\n<li>You'll be redirected to the Defen.so setup page. Click \"Connect to Defen.so\" and follow the popup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20slow%20down%20my%20site%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The WAF check on <code>init<\/code> reads a locally-cached policy (10-min TTL, stale-while-revalidate) \u2014 no external HTTP call on the hot path. Attack logs ship in a batched, non-blocking <code>wp_remote_post<\/code> on <code>shutdown<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20if%20defen.so%20is%20down%3F\"><h3>What happens if Defen.so is down?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Fails open. The cached policy stays live for 24 h so protection continues even during an outage. If the cache is also gone, requests are allowed.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20my%20data%20safe%3F\"><h3>Is my data safe?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Only attack-log metadata leaves your site: method, URL path, IP, User-Agent, matched rule ID, action. No request bodies, no cookies, no PII.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20self-host%3F\"><h3>Can I self-host?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Not today. The plugin is the SDK; the classifier, rule store, and dashboard live on Defen.so infra.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20a%20defen.so%20account%3F\"><h3>Do I need a Defen.so account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No \u2014 the plugin protects your site out of the box with no account: the firewall (WAF), WordPress hardening toggles, brute-force login protection, and uploaded-file malware scanning all run locally. Connecting a free Defen.so account (one click, no API key to paste) adds the cloud layer on top: uptime &amp; SSL monitoring, the live attack log, alert channels, and the managed rule feed.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20uptime%20monitor%20work%20without%20connecting%20an%20account%3F\"><h3>Does the uptime monitor work without connecting an account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Uptime and SSL-expiry monitoring must run from outside your server \u2014 a plugin inside WordPress can't reliably check whether your own site is reachable. So uptime monitoring becomes active once you connect the site to a Defen.so account, and the checks run from Defen.so's external servers. The local security features (firewall, hardening, brute-force, upload scanning) work with or without an account.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20get%20alerted%20when%20my%20site%20goes%20down%3F\"><h3>How do I get alerted when my site goes down?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Connect the site to Defen.so, then choose your alert channels: email, Slack, Telegram, Discord, webhook, or the free Defenso Alerts mobile app (iOS &amp; Android), which can ring a full-screen alarm the moment a site goes down.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20this%20plugin%20free%3F\"><h3>Is this plugin free?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The plugin and its local protection are free forever, and a free Defen.so account covers one connected site with uptime monitoring, a managed WAF, and one pentest a month. Paid plans add more sites, longer log retention, custom WAF rules, and faster check intervals \u2014 but you never need them to use the plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20protect%20against%20sql%20injection%2C%20xss%2C%20and%20bad%20bots%3F\"><h3>Does it protect against SQL injection, XSS, and bad bots?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The firewall inspects each request on <code>init<\/code> against a managed rule set and blocks common attacks \u2014 SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), path traversal, and known bot\/scanner signatures \u2014 before they reach your theme or plugins.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20it%20conflict%20with%20wordfence%2C%20cloudflare%2C%20or%20another%20security%20plugin%3F\"><h3>Will it conflict with Wordfence, Cloudflare, or another security plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Defen.so complements them \u2014 many sites run it alongside Cloudflare or another WAF for a second layer. It doesn't require DNS changes and doesn't take over <code>wp-login.php<\/code> or the REST API; its checks are additive and fail open.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20with%20woocommerce%20and%20multisite%3F\"><h3>Does it work with WooCommerce and multisite?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. It runs at the request level, so it protects WooCommerce stores and other plugins the same way. It activates per-site on multisite.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.3.3<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>New: local Path rate limiting \u2014 throttle any slug or wildcard pattern on your own site by IP, entirely in the plugin. 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Maintenance release to refresh the WordPress.org listing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.9<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Listing: refreshed the plugin tags and short description so people searching WordPress.org for \"security scanner\", \"malware scanner\", \"firewall\" and \"uptime monitor\" can find it. No functional changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.8<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Maintenance release: republish to WordPress.org (registry was serving an older build). No functional changes since 1.2.7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.7<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>New: Spanish (es_ES) and French (fr_FR) translations \u2014 the admin screen is now fully localised, with the plugin loading its text domain from \/languages.<\/li>\n<li>Every user-facing admin string is now translatable (translators can add more languages via the bundled .pot template).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.6<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>New: three screenshots on the plugin listing (Overview, Firewall &amp; hardening, Uptime &amp; alerts) so you can see the admin before installing.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed: stray HTML entities in the readme description and changelog now render as plain text.<\/li>\n<li>Cleaner links: the admin footer and rate-limit panel link straight to defen.so instead of a pricing page.<\/li>\n<li>Housekeeping: version constant aligned with the plugin header. No changes to any security module behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.5<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>SEO: refreshed the plugin description with the full feature list (managed WAF, upload scanning, login hardening, malware &amp; file-integrity scans, core-file verification, live attack log).<\/li>\n<li>Housekeeping: aligned the internal version constant with the plugin header. No changes to any security module behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.4<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>New: the admin screen is now organised into tabs \u2014 Overview, Firewall &amp; hardening, Scans, Rate limits, Uptime &amp; alerts, and Activity log \u2014 so every tool is one click away instead of one long scroll. The tab you were on is remembered across reloads.<\/li>\n<li>New <strong>Rate limits<\/strong> tab: the login brute-force limiter (attempts + window + optional reCAPTCHA) gets its own clear home, alongside a note about the managed per-endpoint \/ per-IP edge limits available when connected.<\/li>\n<li>New <strong>Uptime &amp; alerts<\/strong> tab: everything the Defen.so cloud adds \u2014 multi-region uptime monitoring, SSL &amp; domain-expiry checks, Slack \/ Discord \/ Telegram \/ email \/ webhook alerts, and the call-style Defenso Alerts mobile app \u2014 in one place.<\/li>\n<li>Improved: the Scans tab shows a small count badge when a scan has flagged something, so you can see at a glance whether anything needs attention.<\/li>\n<li>Housekeeping: aligned the internal version constant with the plugin header. No changes to any security module behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.3<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Improved: the admin screen now uses clean in-page modals and toasts instead of the browser's blocking alert()\/confirm() dialogs \u2014 disconnect and take-baseline confirmations, scan errors and save errors all look native.<\/li>\n<li>SEO: refreshed the plugin description and tags (malware scan, WAF &amp; firewall, brute-force protection, uptime &amp; SSL monitoring, instant alerts).<\/li>\n<li>No changes to any security module behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.2<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Improved: <strong>Upgrade<\/strong> and <strong>Open dashboard<\/strong> buttons now deep-link straight to <em>this<\/em> site's page in your Defen.so dashboard (and its checkout), instead of the generic app home.<\/li>\n<li>Polish: unified the admin UI typeface with the WordPress admin (dropped the bundled monospace face).<\/li>\n<li>No changes to any security module behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Compatibility: tested up to WordPress 6.8.<\/li>\n<li>Hardening: declare <code>Update URI: false<\/code> so a same-slug plugin can never hijack updates.<\/li>\n<li>Housekeeping: version + metadata alignment; no functional changes to security modules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>New <strong>Firewall-lite<\/strong> (free, local): blocks known-bad scanner user-agents and common exploit request patterns (path traversal, LFI\/RFI wrappers, code-in-querystring, wp-config &amp; dotfile probes) before they reach WordPress. Blocked hits show in your Defen.so dashboard when connected.<\/li>\n<li>New <strong>WordPress hardening<\/strong> panel (free, local): one-click toggles for username-enumeration blocking (?author= + REST \/users), hide WP version, disable the theme\/plugin file editor, disable XML-RPC, comment\/pingback hardening, and security response headers (X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, optional HSTS). 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Plan tiers only affect the optional server-side cloud services.<\/li>\n<li>Every AJAX handler now verifies a nonce; sanitized all request\/server inputs.<\/li>\n<li>Documented external services (Defen.so API, optional Google reCAPTCHA) in the readme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added login hardening, geo-block, file-integrity, activity log, and vulnerability + malware scanning modules.<\/li>\n<li>Cleaner admin page and connect flow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release. 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