Automatic Deactivation

Thanks for getting in touch – this is a very unusual issue. We’ve not had any other reports of this so I agree it could be an incompatibility somewhere.

The only way I can think of troubleshooting the problem is to re-introduce your plugins one-by-one. i.e. deactivate/remove plugins so you have a clean install and then introduce them back slowly.

Better still, if you have access to another server you could do this without affecting your main site.

I hope that helps. Let me know how you get on.

I’ve discovered that it’s being deactivated by Really Simple SSL Pro with the following notice:

“This is the vulnerability overview. Here you will find current known vulnerabilities on your system.

GuardGiant Brute Force Protection – November 28, 2023 – medium severity”

However, no other information is given.

It’s also being flagged by WordFence:

• The Plugin “GuardGiant Brute Force Protection” has a security vulnerability. Type: Plugin Vulnerable
• Issue Found December 7, 2023 8:01 am Critical

Thanks for flagging this up. We will take a look.

This has now been patched so please update the plugin from your dashboard (if auto-update is not enabled).

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention.

Of course! Thank you for your quick response.