Upgrading to Version 5
2023/01/16:
A summary of steps to take and things you should be aware of before upgrading to v5.
2023/01/16:
A summary of steps to take and things you should be aware of before upgrading to v5.
2022/10/10:
Premium users can now run whatever code they’d like when an event occurs.
2022/10/10:
Probably the most common reason WP fail2ban doesn't work “properly” is out-of-date fail2ban filters. <Read more>
2022/10/09:
Moved "Authentication attempt for unknown user" to wordpress-soft.conf
Moved "extra" Comment messages to wordpress-soft.conf
2022/06/01:
The basic core functions of WP fail2ban have always worked with IPv6, more by luck than design, but they did work. However, none of the more advanced features (e.g. trusted proxies) or Premium features did.
That's all changed with v5: every part of WP fail2ban now fully supports IPv6.
2024/08/05:
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2024/07/11:
2024/01/28:
2023/09/21:
2022/11/28:
50% discount this week only - use code CyberWeek2022
at checkout.
See here for more details.
2022/10/04:
This is a major feature BETA release. You MUST update your filters; several features have changed and will not work with older filters.
Premium Users: The v5 database schema is NOT compatible with v4; to revert to v4 you will need to restore your database from backup.
2020/08/08:
TL;DR: 4.3.1.x is a Premium-only development (beta) branch. <Read more>
2020/04/16:
The v4.2 branch is now a year old and overdue for an upgrade. It's fortunate then that v4.3.0 is nearly ready for release ;-)