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CyberPulse — Advanced Security & Bot Protection

🛡️ Real-time security firewall with IP blocking. Blocks bots, brute force attacks, XSS, and AI scrapers. 10 languages, lightweight, no ads.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version5.9.1.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.3 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update30 Oct 20262d ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records CyberPulse — Advanced Security & Bot Protection version 5.9.1.4 as active, updated 2d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

🛡️ CyberPulse (Cyber Pulse) is a powerful security firewall with IP blocking and whitelist that protects your website 24/7.

Every request is analyzed in real time. Bots, scanners, and attackers are blocked instantly — before they reach your site. The plugin detects suspicious behavior, blocks AI data collectors like GPTBot and ClaudeBot, and stops brute force attacks with automatic IP bans.

Why Choose Cyber Pulse:

  • ⚡ Real-Time Protection — monitors every request and blocks threats instantly
  • 🍃 Lightweight & Fast — no database load, logs stored in files with automatic cleanup
  • 🌍 10 Languages — Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
  • 🚀 Easy to Use — install and protect your site in under a minute
  • 🚫 No Ads — clean interface, no upsells in your admin panel
  • 🔗 Works with Caching — compatible with WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, and CDN services

Protection Features:

  • 🤖 AI Scraping Protection — blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, CCBot, and other AI data collectors
  • 🛡️ Server-level.htaccess protection — optional (opt-in) blocking of sensitive files and AI bots directly at the Apache/LiteSpeed level
  • 🔍 Multi-layer bot detection (20+ independent checks: User-Agent, HTTP headers, Referer, Accept-Language, behavioral analysis, and more)
  • 🔐 Brute force protection — automatic permanent /24 subnet ban after exceeding attempt limit
  • 🌍 IP Management — block IPs, subnets (/24), whitelist trusted addresses, detect visitor country by IP
  • 📁 WordPress system files hiding — blocks access to wp-config.php,.env,.git, and other sensitive files
  • ⏱️ Rate Limiting — configurable request limits to prevent DDoS and aggressive scraping
  • ✅ IP Whitelist — manual and automatic (server IP, search engines, administrator IPs)
  • 🔒 Force HTTPS redirect — automatic 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS with proxy-loop protection
  • 🛡️ XSS attack protection — blocks cross-site scripting in requests
  • 🔎 404 scanner detection — blocks vulnerability scanners by excessive 404 errors
  • 🔒 URL Firewall — manual path blocking for specific endpoints
  • 👤 User-Agent blacklist with statistics — block specific bots by User-Agent
  • 🔗 Referer verification — blocks suspicious requests without proper Referer header
  • 📊 Security score dashboard — hourly attack histogram, fix recommendations
  • 📧 Email alerts on attack spikes
  • 📝 Event audit log — track logins, settings changes, and plugin activity
  • 🎨 Dark & Light theme for admin panel

External Services

This plugin connects to external services to provide specific functionality.

🌍 IP Geolocation

com

* Purpose: Determines visitor country for statistics

* Data sent: Visitor IP address

* When: On each page visit from non-whitelisted IP

com/docs/legal

com/docs/legal

🖥️ Server IP Detection

org/

* Purpose: Detects the server’s public IP address

* Data sent: None (only receives IP)

* When: Once on plugin activation, then cached for 24 hours

🔒 Threat Intelligence

ch (FeodoTracker), Tor Project

* Purpose: Checks visitor IPs against known malicious IP databases

* Data sent: None (downloads threat lists locally)

* When: Periodically (cached for 24 hours)

html

ch/

org/about/trademark/

org API

org

* Purpose: Checks for WordPress core updates (security score feature)

* Data sent: None (standard WordPress update check)

* When: On security score calculation

org/about/privacy/

Source Code

org SVN repository.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • bot protection
  • brute force
  • ip blocking
  • firewall
  • security
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.3 · PHP 7.4
Update activity30 Oct 20262d ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version5.9.1.35.9.1.4
WordPress compatibility7.1.37.1.4
Version5.9.1.25.9.1.3
Version5.9.1.15.9.1.2
Version5.9.1.05.9.1.1
Version5.9.0.95.9.1.0
Version5.9.0.85.9.0.9
Version5.9.0.75.9.0.8
Version5.9.0.65.9.0.7
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