WTB Firewall is a lightweight but powerful WordPress firewall plugin designed to help you protect your site from unwanted visitors, brute-force attacks and malicious traffic.

The plugin allows you to define clear access rules, automatically block suspicious behaviour, and correctly detect real visitor IP addresses even when your site is behind a proxy or CDN.

Core Features

Manual IP allow and block rules
Country-based access control
Automatic blocking after repeated authentication failures
Built-in rate limiting to protect your site from excessive requests and abuse
404 monitoring to detect and block traffic generating repeated missing-page errors
Proxy support with trusted header detection
Lightweight design with minimal performance impact
Clean WordPress-native admin interface

Why use WTB Firewall?

Many WordPress security plugins include dozens of features that add complexity and overhead. WTB Firewall focuses on essential firewall functionality so you can:

Stop brute-force login attempts
Restrict access from unwanted regions
Block abusive visitors quickly
Ensure accurate IP detection behind proxies or CDNs
Keep your site fast while improving security

Designed for Performance

WTB Firewall is built with performance and reliability in mind. Rules are processed efficiently, unnecessary background tasks are avoided, and the plugin integrates cleanly with WordPress without slowing down your site.