Proxy & VPN Blocker

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Proxy & VPN Blocker In Brief Using the proxycheck.io API, this Plugin prevents access to your WordPress login, registration pages, select pages and posts (or the entire site!) by proxies, Tor, VPNs, specific IP addresses, ranges, ASN, and selected countries. It also blocks comments from these sources, helping to prevent spam as many spammers use proxies to hide their true location. Features Below is a list of the main features supported by this plugin. Block Proxies, SOCKS4/4a & SOCKS5/5h, The Onion Router (TOR), Web Proxies, and Compromised Servers. Optional blocking of VPNs. Support for Cloudflare integration. Support for both IPv4 and IPv6. TLS Support for secure communication with the proxycheck.io API. Block select Countries and/or Continents by selecting them from a list, with the option to create a whitelist instead. Caching of known good IP addresses for a configurable duration (between ten and 240 minutes) to minimize repeat queries and improve performance for legitimate visitors. Optional blocking based on IP Risk Score functionality provided by the proxycheck.io API. Note: By default blocking happens on Login, Registration, WP-Admin area, posting comments, and pingbacks, but you can extend this to blocking on any specified page or post. Added Extras Proxy & VPN Blocker goes beyond the basic API features of proxycheck.io. It includes built-in country blocking, an API Key statistics page, and allows manipulation of proxycheck.io Whitelist and Blacklist directly from your WordPress Dashboard. This integration streamlines the management process by providing most functionalities within WordPress, eliminating the need to login to the proxycheck.io Dashboard. Customisation Specify additional pages and posts to protect beyond the default settings. Choose a specific page on your site as the Blocked page, replacing the default message page. Define a custom blocked message to be displayed if a custom Block page isn’t specified. Customize the tag text shown in the positive detection log instead of the URL from which the query was made. The proxycheck.io API This plugin can be used without a proxycheck.io API key, but it will be limited to 100 daily queries. To enhance the capabilities, you can obtain a free API key from proxycheck.io, which allows for 1,000 free daily queries, making it suitable for small WordPress sites. Here’s an overview of the free and paid API options: Free Users without an API Key: 100 Daily Queries. Free Users with an API Key: 1,000 Daily Queries. Paid Users with an API Key: 10,000 to 10.24 Million+ Daily Queries. It’s important to note that your API key can be used on multiple sites or applications, providing flexibility in its usage. User IP Logging Feature Proxy & VPN Blocker allows for local logging of user registration IP addresses. The IP addresses are displayed next to each user in the Users list and on their profile pages, visible to administrators. The plugin also logs the most recent login IP address for each user, which is also displayed in the User’s list and profile page, with the IP address linked to the proxycheck.io Threats page. Caching Plugin Notice If your WordPress site utilizes a caching plugin (e.g., WP Rocket, WP Super Cache), please note that blocking on specific pages, posts, or the option to block on all pages may not function correctly due to caching plugin mechanisms. Privacy Notice This plugin is designed to work with the proxycheck.io API and by extension of this, the IP addresses of your site visitors are sent to the API to be checked. No other user identifiable information is transmitted. Please refer to the proxycheck.io privacy notice and GDPR Compliance for further information. The plugin developer does not have access to information that identifies your website users. Disclaimer This plugin is not made by proxycheck.io despite being recommended by the company, if you need support with the Proxy & VPN Blocker plugin please use the WordPress Support page for this plugin and not proxycheck.io support on their website, unless you have a query relating to the proxycheck.io API, service or your account. Likewise the plugin developer does not provide support for issues relating to your proxycheck.io account or the API. The plugin developer and proxycheck.io are not the same entity. Logo used with express permission. Supporting The Plugin Coding a plugin is a lot of hard work and any support from plugin users like you is very much welcomed. Contributions will help with encouragement to continually improve the plugin. Feedback and feature ideas are welcomed too!