So this “review” is either malicious, or completely misinformed.
ShieldFREE is absolutely packed with good features!
ShieldPRO has extra features, of course, for professionals and businesses that want to extend their WordPress security further.
If this review is malicious, and there’s no shortage of folk who want to do things like that, there’s probably nothing I can say.
But for the reader that sees this review, allow me to defend this attack by listing just some of what you get for absolutely free.
Automatic Bot & IP Blocking
– Block, Bypass and Analyse IP Addresses
– Automatic IP Address Blocking Using Points-Based/Offenses System
– Block or Bypass individual IPs
– Block or Bypass IP Subnets
Block Bot Attacks On Important Forms: Login, Registration, Password Reset
Limit Login Attempts + Login Cooldown System
Powerful Firewall Rules
Restricted Security Admin Access Prevents Unauthorized Changes To Site Even By Admins.
(MFA) Two-Factor Login Authentication: Email, Google Authenticator, Yubikey
Block XML-RPC (including Pingbacks and Trackbacks)
Block Anonymous Rest API
Full IP Analysis in 1 place to see their activity on your sites
Complete WordPress Scanning for Intrusions and Hacks
Detect File Changes – Scan & Repair WordPress Core Files
Detect Unknown/Suspicious PHP Files
Detect Abandoned Plugins.
Create a Custom Login URL by hiding wp-login.php
Detect (and optionally Block) Comment SPAM from Bots and Humans.
reCAPTCHA & hCAPTCHA support
Never Block Google or other search engines.
Full Audit Trail monitoring for:
– All login/registration attempts, Plugin/Theme installation, activation, deactivation etc.
– User creation and promotion
– Page/Post create, update, delete
Advanced User Sessions Control:
– Restrict Multiple User Login
– Restrict Users Session To IP
– Block Use Of Pwned Passwords
Block User Enumeration (?author=x)
Full/Automatic Support for All IP Address Sources including Proxy Support
Traffic Log and Request Monitoring
HTTP Security Headers
Whether misinformed, or malicious, the reviewer appears to have forgotten that we, just like them, can’t work for free. We put a lot of work into this plugin and but for some people, there will never be enough features for “free”. For those users, we invite them to use another plugin.
Best of luck!
