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wpf2b-addon-blocklist

WP fail2ban Blocklist

WP fail2ban Blocklist is a collaborative preemptive blocklist for WordPress.

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Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

23 / 46 rows with source links

50.0% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

23 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
320 367 -12.8% 2.2K

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
SiteHealth.php:121 Warning

SiteHealth.php:121 Warning: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
SiteHealth.php:121 Warning Im using php 8.1 and this warning show, please fix this: Warning syntax error, unexpected '=' in /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wordpress.conf on line 5 wp-content/plugins/wpf2b-addon-blocklist/classes/SiteHealth.php:121 parse_ini_file() wp-content/plugins/wpf2b-addon-blocklist/classes/SiteHealth.php:121 com\w\a\B\SiteHealth->get_test_blockl
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead

Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead When I have WP fail2ban Blocklist activated, I get the following warnings in DEBUG: Deprecated : Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /var/www/vhosts/cfloinc.com/staged.cfloinc.com/wp-content/plugins/wpf2b-addon-blocklist/admin/widgets.php on line 68 Deprecated : Us
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Blocklist not being downloaded

Blocklist not being downloaded: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Blocklist not being downloaded I’m not sure if this plugin is currently supported or not.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Connection to Freemiums

Connection to Freemiums: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Connection to Freemiums Connection to Freemiums, just satying on the same page nothing is happening and when it does work when you get the email it gives an error.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
How this plugin block? (Site behind Cloudflare proxy)

How this plugin block? (Site behind Cloudflare proxy): users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I have set up my server Fail2ban to pass blocked IPs to the Cloudflare firewall using the Cloudflare API.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Prevenire e meglio che curare

Prevenire e meglio che curare: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Prevenire e meglio che curare WP fail2ban Blocklist – Superb WordPress plugin Prevention is better than cure. WP fail2ban Blocklist – Superb WordPress plugin Prevention is better than cure.
praise review · low severity · relevance 0.12
Essential for any WP website

The reviewer says the security plugin is easy to set up and works flawlessly.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Setup is easy, usage is flawless.

Competitor Context

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Gravity Forms Block Email Domains praise owner · intel 58.8 · weakness 41.4
praise owner
stale update history 2 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, and lead-generation site owners · Wedge: monitor gravity forms submissions, notification delivery, spam, and CRM handoffs
Block List Updater praise owner · intel 50.5 · weakness 25.2
praise owner
2 collected complaint signal(s) quality bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test spam lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
I don't like Spam! praise owner · intel 44.2 · weakness 19.5
praise owner
1 collected complaint signal(s) security compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, and lead-generation site owners · Wedge: monitor ninja forms submissions, notification delivery, spam, and CRM handoffs

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

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praise Essential for any WP website (5 stars) review · 2025-11-06T19:28:32+00:00 · low severity · fail2ban

The reviewer says the security plugin is easy to set up and works flawlessly.

Evidence: Setup is easy, usage is flawless.
easy reliable WordPress security setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
complaint SiteHealth.php:121 Warning support · 2024-11-01T08:50:00+00:00 · medium severity · fail2ban

SiteHealth.php:121 Warning: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: SiteHealth.php:121 Warning Im using php 8.1 and this warning show, please fix this: Warning syntax error, unexpected '=' in /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wordpress.conf on line 5 wp-content/plugins/wpf2b-addon-blocklist/classes/SiteHealth.php:121 parse_ini_file() wp-content/plugins/wpf2b-addon-blocklist/classes/SiteHealth.php:121 com\w\a\B\SiteHealth->get_test_blockl
bugs compatibility setup form trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
praise Prevenire e meglio che curare (5 stars) review · 2024-05-27T19:56:33+00:00 · medium severity · fail2ban

Prevenire e meglio che curare: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Prevenire e meglio che curare WP fail2ban Blocklist – Superb WordPress plugin Prevention is better than cure. WP fail2ban Blocklist – Superb WordPress plugin Prevention is better than cure.
trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
complaint Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead support · 2024-04-18T16:28:00+00:00 · medium severity · fail2ban

Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead When I have WP fail2ban Blocklist activated, I get the following warnings in DEBUG: Deprecated : Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /var/www/vhosts/cfloinc.com/staged.cfloinc.com/wp-content/plugins/wpf2b-addon-blocklist/admin/widgets.php on line 68 Deprecated : Us
bugs compatibility easy trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
complaint Blocklist not being downloaded support · 2024-04-12T05:58:04+00:00 · medium severity · fail2ban

Blocklist not being downloaded: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Blocklist not being downloaded I’m not sure if this plugin is currently supported or not.
support reliable value trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
complaint Connection to Freemiums support · 2023-03-20T09:42:48+00:00 · medium severity · fail2ban

Connection to Freemiums: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Connection to Freemiums Connection to Freemiums, just satying on the same page nothing is happening and when it does work when you get the email it gives an error.
bugs value email trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
complaint How this plugin block? (Site behind Cloudflare proxy) support · 2022-06-04T06:35:58+00:00 · medium severity · fail2ban

How this plugin block? (Site behind Cloudflare proxy): users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I have set up my server Fail2ban to pass blocked IPs to the Cloudflare firewall using the Cloudflare API.
setup api trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts