Description
Banhammer: Protect your site against enemy hordes!
Banhammer gives you full control over who and what may access your site. Visit the Armory to monitor traffic and review suspicious visitors. If you find some user or bot that is causing problems, you can ban them with a click. Or, if you just want to keep an eye on someone, you can flag them with a warning. Any banned users will be denied access to your site, until you restore access via the Tower. Check out the video and screenshots to get a better idea of how it works.
Important: Not yet compatible with WP Multisite!
Core Features
Ban or Warn any WP user or IP address
Restore access to any banned targets
Monitor site traffic in the Armory
Monitor logged users in the Admin Area
Monitor all visitors on the front-end
Manage banned targets in the Tower
Complete Ajax-powered navigation
Useful tools like jump, sort, search
Complete documentation via Help tab
Automatically clear logged data
Sound effects for Ban, Warn, et al
NEW: manually block any IP address
Options Galore
Optionally ignore logged-in users
Optionally protect Login Page and Admin Area
Customize the banned response and status code
Display banned message or redirect the request
Choose the interval to clear logged data
One-click restore plugin default options
All collected data may be deleted easily
More Features
Easy to use
Clean code
Fast and secure
Built with WP API
Lightweight and flexible
Regularly updated and “future proof”
Works great with any WordPress theme
Comprehensive search of all logged data
Works great with other WordPress plugins
Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor
Focused on usability, performance, and security
Banhammer is perfect for site owners, admins, and developers who want to keep an eye on traffic and block any unwanted visitors. It is a simple, flexible, and powerful security solution. Perfect for the best WordPress sites.
For complete documentation, visit the Help tab on any Banhammer screen.
+ Banhammer Pro now available »
Privacy
User Data: Banhammer collects user data to “do its thing”. The collected data is temporary and automatically deleted every day, or at whatever time interval is specified in the plugin settings. The only time that any data is “remembered” is when you ban something. For each person/thing that you ban, the plugin stores either the IP address OR the username (never both). At any time, all saved data may be deleted permanently via the plugin settings and Armory Tools.
Cookies: Banhammer does not set any cookies for regular visitors, but does set a few simple cookies for admin-level users. These simple cookies enable dope effects and interactivity in the Armory and Tower UI. But no cookies are set or used for any other visitor/user or purpose.
Services: Banhammer uses a free lookup service for GeoIP information. This happens only for admin-level users when they are viewing data in the Armory or Tower. No other third-party services are used by this plugin.
Banhammer is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
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 – Super 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
Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms
USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you!