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Articles
Login Attempts With Empty Usernames
2020/05/12:
For a the last year or so, Bots have been attempting to login with empty usernames.
Support is Moving
2020/04/01:
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.
MaxMind Geolocation Database
2020/02/05:
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.
Changes to Multisite Support
2020/01/16:
WPf2b v4.3 now fully supports multisite networks in both the Free and Premium versions.
Release Notes
Release 5.2.0
2023/08/09:
- Add new filter file for WAF events. Premium only
- Add WAF feature: prevent unauthorised user deletion. Premium only.
- Fix untrusted proxy message.
- Work-around for WooCommerce bug causing double logging of password reset requests h/t @anuja.
- Site Health: Improve notifications.
Release 5.1.1
2023/07/05:
- Update Freemius library.
Release v5.1.0
2023/06/01:
- Web Application Firewall. Premium only
- Add PTR record lookup to event report. Premium only
- Improve report performance. Premium only
- Site Health: Check `fail2ban` is running.
- Site Health: Obsolete Filters - Detect DigitalOcean Droplet and link to documentation.
- Fix harmless warning h/t @Yavor.
- Fix warning caused by bug in Google Sitekit h/t @DaWolfey.
- Update Freemius library.
Release v5.0.1
2023/03/05:
- Tweak Site Health notifications.
- Update Freemius library.
Release 5.0.0 “Delphi”
2023/02/16:
- IPv6 support.
- Akismet support. Premium only
- Auto-update Cloudflare IPs. Premium only
- Event hooks. Premium only
- Performance improvements:
- Improve reports. Premium only
- Cache IP lists. Premium only
- Cache Plugin API message registration. Premium only
- Check installed filters against previous versions (Site Health).
- Moved "Authentication attempt for unknown user" to wordpress-soft.conf.
- Moved "extra" Comment messages to wordpress-soft.conf.
- Show date/time in local timezone h/t @geniusmedia. Premium only
- Deprecate WP_FAIL2BAN_LOG_COMMENTS_EXTRA and WP_FAIL2BAN_COMMENT_EXTRA_LOG; use WP_FAIL2BAN_LOG_COMMENT_ATTEMPTS and WP_FAIL2BAN_COMMENT_ATTEMPT_LOG instead.
- Update Freemius library.