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Project Force Field

Save your WordPress sites and servers from certain death during brute force attacks with Project Force Field by Orion Group!

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Download Momentum

180 days
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Source Evidence

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 1.0
Most "attacks" have been thwarted. A few going to new URL.

Most "attacks" have been thwarted. A few going to new URL.: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
This plugin is great!
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.98
How to enable PFF with Bulletproof Security

How to enable PFF with Bulletproof Security: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
How to enable PFF with Bulletproof Security Project Force Field (PFF) looks very promising, but I haven’t been able to use it because it appears to be blocked from writing to .htaccess by Bulletproof Security (BPS free).
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.97
Feature question

Feature question: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Feature question On my site, I used to get two forms of attack, one after the login.php, which this plugin seems to have stopped.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.96
Alternatives to Project Force Field

Alternatives to Project Force Field: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Alternatives to Project Force Field This plugin looks of interest (I am just starting to research) but despite a few “this feature is coming” comments, it looks like it’s not been updated for a while (a year tomorrow, actually).
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.6
Stops Brute Force Hack Attacks

Stops Brute Force Hack Attacks: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Stops Brute Force Hack Attacks This plugin saves your server resources when under a brute force attack.
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
Brute Force Hacking Stops Here

Brute Force Hacking Stops Here: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Brute Force Hacking Stops Here The devs at Orion Group have done it again.
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
Blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me.

Blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me.: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
This security plugin blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.93
Plugin Conflicts

Plugin Conflicts: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin Conflicts I want to make this thread a place to list out known plugin conflicts with Project Force Field, so that I can figure out how to fix the issues in the future.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
compatible wordfence?

compatible wordfence?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
compatible wordfence?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Issues logging into WP site

Issues logging into WP site: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Issues logging into WP site Hi, I installed your plugin (Project Force Field) yesterday and I now can’t access my site.

Competitor Context

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Redirection weak incumbent · intel 82.6 · weakness 69.7
weak incumbent
6 unresolved support thread(s) 20 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor redirect drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source 1 source 2
AIO Cache & Performance praise owner · intel 75.7 · weakness 69.2
praise owner
stale update history below-average rating performance support 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor apache health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
source 1 source 2
Lite Cache praise owner · intel 73.6 · weakness 64.4
praise owner
stale update history 14 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect performance slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source 1 source 2
Spider Blocker praise owner · intel 67.4 · weakness 52.6
praise owner
stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) value compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source 1 source 2
Custom PHP Settings praise owner · intel 61.3 · weakness 40.0
praise owner
5 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight php code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Disable Directory Listings praise owner · intel 46.8 · weakness 37.0
praise owner
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
Apache Status & Info praise owner · intel 46.7 · weakness 23.5
praise owner
2 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor apache health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
source 1 source 2
PageSpeed Module praise owner · intel 44.3 · weakness 20.5
praise owner
1 collected complaint signal(s) security compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect cache slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source 1 source 2

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Collected Signals

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complaint uninstalling this plugin support · 2016-10-10T10:00:33+00:00 · medium severity · apache

uninstalling this plugin: users show compatibility, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: uninstalling this plugin There is no mechanism to disable this plugin and revert the site back to it’s original state.
compatibility support setup hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Working (5 stars) review · 2015-11-02T00:09:30+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Working: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Working Great Job, i haven’t seen any problems yet on 4.3.1 Great Job, i haven’t seen any problems yet on 4.3.1
quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Alternatives to Project Force Field support · 2015-05-12T19:40:02+00:00 · high severity · apache

Alternatives to Project Force Field: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Alternatives to Project Force Field This plugin looks of interest (I am just starting to research) but despite a few “this feature is coming” comments, it looks like it’s not been updated for a while (a year tomorrow, actually).
security compatibility missing feature form hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Project Force Field- Page Not Found Error when logging in??? support · 2015-03-29T06:49:41+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Project Force Field- Page Not Found Error when logging in???: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Project Force Field- Page Not Found Error when logging in???
bugs compatibility hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise A very good plugin (4 stars) review · 2015-03-03T10:36:57+00:00 · medium severity · apache

A very good plugin: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: A very good plugin Works nicely but no update for 10 monthes.
reliable hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Feature question support · 2014-09-16T08:48:33+00:00 · high severity · apache

Feature question: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Feature question On my site, I used to get two forms of attack, one after the login.php, which this plugin seems to have stopped.
security compatibility missing feature setup hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Stopped my dubious login attempts (5 stars) review · 2014-09-16T08:40:19+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Stopped my dubious login attempts: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Stopped my dubious login attempts I installed this last night and since then not a single one dubious login attempt.
setup login hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Couldn't log out (1 star) review · 2014-08-04T05:47:42+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Couldn't log out: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: It’s too bad I was looking forward to a simple solution.
easy hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint How to enable PFF with Bulletproof Security support · 2014-07-24T19:15:15+00:00 · high severity · apache

How to enable PFF with Bulletproof Security: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: How to enable PFF with Bulletproof Security Project Force Field (PFF) looks very promising, but I haven’t been able to use it because it appears to be blocked from writing to .htaccess by Bulletproof Security (BPS free).
security bugs compatibility missing feature hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint No settings page? support · 2014-06-11T20:53:46+00:00 · medium severity · apache

No settings page?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: No settings page?
missing feature value hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise The force is strong in this one (5 stars) review · 2014-06-11T17:39:41+00:00 · medium severity · apache

The force is strong in this one: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: The force is strong in this one May the force be with you! May the force be with you!
hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
mixed Issues logging into WP site support · 2014-06-09T11:42:15+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Issues logging into WP site: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Issues logging into WP site Hi, I installed your plugin (Project Force Field) yesterday and I now can’t access my site.
bugs compatibility missing feature setup hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
mixed Completely disable login support · 2014-06-03T19:39:48+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Completely disable login: users show compatibility, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Completely disable login I installed this plugin on a site and logged in and out no problem.
compatibility support setup easy hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise A much needed plugin! (5 stars) review · 2014-05-21T00:06:30+00:00 · medium severity · apache

A much needed plugin!: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This plugin is a great solution to what continues to be an increasingly irritating issue for webmasters and server admins.
bugs support setup quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me. (5 stars) review · 2014-05-09T19:26:13+00:00 · high severity · apache

Blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me.: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This security plugin blocks around 99.9% of brute force attacks for me.
security hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Most "attacks" have been thwarted. A few going to new URL. support · 2014-05-09T14:58:13+00:00 · high severity · apache

Most "attacks" have been thwarted. A few going to new URL.: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This plugin is great!
security compatibility missing feature support hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Nice Job (5 stars) review · 2014-05-07T18:04:41+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Nice Job: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Nice Job Great solution to a growing problem!
quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Multisite Support (5 stars) review · 2014-04-23T22:22:53+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Multisite Support: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Multisite Support I’m glad to read you’re attacking the multisite issue next.
bugs support hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Stops Brute Force Hack Attacks (5 stars) review · 2014-04-23T14:35:01+00:00 · high severity · apache

Stops Brute Force Hack Attacks: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Stops Brute Force Hack Attacks This plugin saves your server resources when under a brute force attack.
security bugs hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise Smart solution! (4 stars) review · 2014-04-23T11:29:58+00:00 · medium severity · apache

Smart solution!: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Very smart solution, would be cool if this would work with NGINX too, these rewrites should work for that: rewrite ^/safe-entrance.php$ /wp-login.php last; if ($request_uri ~ ^/wp-login\.php) { return 403; } Very smart solution, would be cool if this would work with NGINX too, these rewrites should work for that: rewrite ^/safe-entrance.php$ /wp-login.php la
compatibility login hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test brute force lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin