WP Cerber Security 8.7
This version brings multiple code improvements to WP Cerber’s security algorithms and new features that enable you to manage concurrent user sessions in several ways. Limiting the number of allowed concurrent user sessions You can choose from two available policies to enforce if the specified limit is reached. One terminates the [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.6.8
The coronavirus pandemic is not an excuse; we continue developing new versions of WP Cerber and supporting our customers. This version brings the following features and improvements. New shortcode to display WP Cerber’s cookies Using the new shortcode you can display a list of browser cookies set by WP Cerber. See several examples [...]
How to get User Switching working with WP Cerber
The User Switching plugin is a handy admin tool that enables you to switch between WordPress user accounts quickly. However, if you’ve configured the custom login page in the WP Cerber settings, the User Switching plugin might not work. To get the user switching feature to work again, go to the Main Settings, and enable [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.6.7
We continue to develop and improve WP Cerber to deliver better security, reliability, and performance to your WordPress powered websites. This version brings many small but important improvements to the plugin code and a few bug fixes. New features In the professional version of WP Cerber, you can now permit user registrations for IP [...]
My custom 404 page does not work
When you configure how WP Cerber blocks unauthorized access to the default login page and your WordPress dashboard, you can select how to render the 404 pages for those locations. It can be either a simple, plain 404 page or a custom 404 page styled and rendered by the active theme or a visual WordPress page builder. Unfortunately, not [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.6.6
We hope that you and your families are safe and well. The last few months have been unprecedented for all of us. Despite the pandemic, we continue to develop and improve WP Cerber Security so you can protect your WordPress more effectively. An improvement to the layout of the Live Traffic log Now all events that are logged during a [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.6.5
We continue developing and improving one of the most advanced and reliable security solutions for WordPress. Now it’s better than it was. Here is what’s new in WP Cerber Security 8.6.5. New features New: File system analytics. It’s located on the Site Integrity admin page under the new Analytics tab. It’s [...]
What is RID and how to use it
RID is a Request ID or a unique request identifier. It’s a unique string that WP Cerber generates for every logged HTTP request and writes to the log along with other request details. The main reason for using RID is to look up a particular request in the log while performing maintenance tasks. This is especially useful when a [...]
WordPress 5.4.1. A security update fixes seven XSS vulnerabilities
Here we go. Multiple serious security issues affect WordPress versions 5.4 and earlier. Those issues include seven XSS vulnerabilities that exist for years in the WordPress core. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your websites immediately. Along with a security plugin you have. Here is the list of [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.6.3
While doctors around the world are fighting against COVID-19, we continue developing WP Cerber so you can protect your WordPress more effectively. This update brings the following improvements to your website. New: A bulk load of access list’s entries. Use a new text field on the Tools admin page. Enter new access list entries, one [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.6
The coronavirus pandemic is not an excuse; we continue developing new versions of WP Cerber and supporting our customers. Since WP Cerber 8.6 the minimum supported PHP version is 5.6. If you’re still on 5.x versions of PHP, we strongly encourage you to update PHP to version 7.3. Integration with Cloudflare WP Cerber 8.6 brings [...]
Cloudflare add-on for WP Cerber
This optional add-on brings an additional security measure for your WordPress by providing integration with the Cloudflare cloud-based firewall. When enabled, it adds and removes IP addresses blocked by WP Cerber to and from the Cloudflare IP Access Rules continuously. This prevents malicious IP addresses from accessing the entire [...]
Development version 8.5.9.1
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, we’re committed to developing new versions of the plugin and supporting our customers. This version of WP Cerber brings integration with the Cloudflare firewall. It’s implemented as a special WP Cerber add-on and available to download for free from our website. The Cloudflare add-on is a [...]
WP Cerber Security 8.5.9
This version adds several minor features, improvements and bug fixes. It also has been updated and tested to fully support and be compatible with PHP 7.4. On the Live Traffic log, now you can search and filter out requests with software errors if they occurred. Two new fields in the Advanced Search form allow you to either search a [...]
Troubleshooting malware scanner issues
If you come across an issue with the malware scanner, your go-to tool is diagnostic logging. Normally and by default it’s disabled. 1. Enable diagnostic logging in the scanner settings To do this, click the “Site Integrity” menu and then click the “Settings” tab, turn on “Enable diagnostic [...]