Articles

Support is Moving

2020/04/01: News

TL;DR: https://forums.invis.net/

In the early days of WPf2b the WP (WordPress.org) support forum was a friendly place and covered more than just support. As WPf2b matured so did the forum, but recently things have changed – and not for the better.

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MaxMind Geolocation Database

2020/02/05: Feature Change, News, v4.3

Using the "California Consumer Privacy Act" as an excuse, MaxMind have decided to make it far more difficult to use their geolocation databases; quite how the CCPA applies to a country database is beyond me, but that's what they've done.

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Release Notes

Release 5.3.2

2024/08/05: Free, Premium, v5.3, WPf2b

  • Drop Site Health checks for free add‑ons.

Release 5.3.1

2024/07/28: Free, Premium, v5.3, WPf2b

  • Fix regression in plugin message registration.

Release 5.3.0

2024/07/11: Free, Premium, v5.3, WPf2b

  • Add WP_FAIL2BAN_SYSLOG_TAG_HOST to simplify fail2ban configuration with journald.
  • Fix database upgrade when jQuery not loaded. Premium only
  • Update Freemius library.

Release 5.2.2

2024/01/28: Free, Premium, v5.2, WPf2b

  • Fix regression in Site Health when exec is disabled h/t @ahardy42.
  • PHP 8.3: Fix harmless warning on About tab.
  • WAF: Add support for themes that update image size options (h/t Jerker Wredenmark). Premium only
  • Update Freemius library.

Release 5.2.1

2023/09/21: Free, Premium, v5.2, WPf2b

  • Fix bug in WAF when not logged in (h/t Rudi Diedrich). Premium only
  • Site Health: Add support for open_basedir (h/t Jaroslav Huba).
  • Update Freemius library.

Archive

IPv6 Support

2022/06/01: Archive, News

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.

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