Release 5.5.0

2026/10/16: Free, LTS, v5.5, WPf2b

  • Add support for closing keep-alive connections on blocked and failed requests (was Premium only).
  • Fix Site Health reporting compatible filters as old. [Back-port from 6.3.0]
  • Fix blocked-user list matching to be case-insensitive for array lists. [Back-port from 6.3.0]
  • Fix password reset logged as success too early. [Back-port from 6.3.0]
  • Fix pingback errors not using WP_FAIL2BAN_PINGBACK_LOG. [Back-port from 6.3.0]
  • Update Freemius library.