Banhammer WordPress Plugin

♦ Posted by Jeff Starr in Security, WordPress

Updated February 5, 2021 • 11 comments

[ Banhammer - Protect your site from enemy hordes! ]

Banhammer makes monitoring traffic and banning visitors crazy easy and fun. Say your forum is being harassed by some dirtbag. Or your admin directory is crawling with bad bots. Or some script kiddie is trying to brute-force your login page. Don’t just sit there and watch it happen.. drop the Banhammer on those fools and block them forever.

Pro version now available! Get Banhammer Pro »

Hammer the Enemy!

Banhammer gives you full control over who and what may access your site. Visit the Armory to monitor traffic and review suspicious visitors. If you find some user or bot that is causing problems, you can ban them with a click. Or, if you just want to keep an eye on someone, you can flag them with a warning. Any banned users will be denied access to your site, until you restore access.

Check out the video and screenshots to see Banhammer in action!

Plugin Features

Ban or Warn any WP user or IP address
Restore access to any banned targets
Monitor site traffic in the Armory
Manage banned targets in the Tower
Complete Ajax-powered navigation
Useful tools like jump, sort, search
Complete documentation via Help tab
Automatically clear logged data
Sound effects for Ban, Warn, et al

Options Galore

Optionally ignore logged-in users
Optionally protect Login Page and Admin Area
Customize the banned response and status code
Display banned message or redirect the request
Choose the interval to clear logged data
One-click restore plugin default options
All collected data may be deleted easily

More Features

Easy to use
Clean code
Fast and secure
Built with WP API
Lightweight and flexible
Works great with any WordPress theme
Works great with other WordPress plugins
Focused on usability, performance, and security

Screenshots

Check out some screenshots (click thumbnail to view full-size image).

Choose thy options!

Monitor site traffic

Ban the bad guys

Default message displayed to banned targets

Visit the Tower to manage banned targets

Hit the Help tab for more information and tips!

Download & Documentation

Banhammer is perfect for site owners, admins, and developers who want to keep an eye on traffic and block any unwanted visitors. It is a simple, flexible, and powerful security solution. A perfect security solution for the best WP sites.

Download Banhammer »

Banhammer Pro ~~coming soon~~ now available!

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About the Author

Jeff Starr = Designer. Developer. Producer. Writer. Editor. Etc.

11 responses to “Banhammer WordPress Plugin”

Anh Tran 2018/01/22 10:13 pm

Nice plugin.

My 2 cents: Why don’t you design the admin page the same UI as WordPress?

Jeff Starr 2018/01/23 12:52 am • Post Author

Thanks Anh. Most of my plugins use the WP UI, and in general it’s best to do so. But in this case, I had a specific vision in mind for the data sorting, with Ajax navigation, sound effects, and so forth. So it was necessary to go beyond the default WP UI for this particular plugin. And actually, everything except for the #banhammer container <div> is pure WP API. It’s quite elegant, please take a closer look.

Jim Walker 2018/01/23 6:52 am

Is country blocking an option as well?

Jeff Starr 2018/01/23 10:00 am • Post Author

Not yet, but it may be a feature of either free or pro at some point.

Collins Agbongham 2018/01/23 8:37 am

Look like a great plugin. Going to try it out.

Jim S Smith 2018/01/27 3:46 pm

Hmmm!

That’s one for the “Toolbox”!

I pretty much have been using an “outside of WordPress” solution for a while, but this makes for one an easier installation for most users.

How very useful.

– Jim

Jeff Starr 2018/01/27 4:49 pm • Post Author

Yeah thanks Jim, that’s the idea: something useful, simple, and even “fun” to use. Working on the pro version now, has a lot of great additional features. Cheers!
- Jim S Smith 2018/02/06 12:43 pm
  
  As a curiosity,
  
  Any plans of incorporating the use of lists from StopForumSpam? I was thinking of adding that feature to my site-wide anti-hammering system, together with getting daily updates of StopForumSpam’s black-lists (automatically). I have noticed there are some IP’s that repeatedly try my security protocols.
  
  I typically set IP-based bans for twenty-four hours for most of them, and a few days for the worst offenders. This takes into account that some of these IP-addresses translate into proxy server addresses (which may change over the course of a few days).
  
  Oh and BTW:
  
  Being that not all of my site works only on WordPress, this is why I have a custom-coded solution. However, for those whose sites are rendered entirely by WordPress, this new plugin of yours should be a boon for them.
  
  Again, good going! :-)
  
  – Jim
- Jeff Starr 2018/02/07 10:22 am • Post Author
  
  Sounds like a great system!
  
  I may end up adding some automatic banning features to the plugin, but really it is designed for manually blocking unwanted visitors, users, et al. We’ll see what the future holds though, the possibilities are endless.
  
  Thanks for the feedback! :)

bigdreamstheory 2018/03/15 8:26 am

Hello

Is there the possibiltiy (in free or pro version) to ban users for a limited time (length that could be set for each user, for example if i want to ban a user 1 week, and another 1 day) ?

Is it possible to create conditional, in order to have for example “3 warning = a ban”

And a mix of both

If not, is it something you could implement it ? I never found a plugin to manage ban this way.

Thanks

Jeff Starr 2018/03/15 8:46 am • Post Author

Awesome ideas, I will see what I can do in future versions of Banhammer Pro. Thank you for the feedback.

Comments are closed for this post. Something to add? Let me know.

Anh Tran 2018/01/22 10:13 pm

Nice plugin.

My 2 cents: Why don’t you design the admin page the same UI as WordPress?
- Jeff Starr 2018/01/23 12:52 am • Post Author
  
  Thanks Anh. Most of my plugins use the WP UI, and in general it’s best to do so. But in this case, I had a specific vision in mind for the data sorting, with Ajax navigation, sound effects, and so forth. So it was necessary to go beyond the default WP UI for this particular plugin. And actually, everything except for the #banhammer container <div> is pure WP API. It’s quite elegant, please take a closer look.
Jim Walker 2018/01/23 6:52 am

Is country blocking an option as well?
- Jeff Starr 2018/01/23 10:00 am • Post Author
  
  Not yet, but it may be a feature of either free or pro at some point.
Collins Agbongham 2018/01/23 8:37 am

Look like a great plugin. Going to try it out.
Jim S Smith 2018/01/27 3:46 pm

Hmmm!

That’s one for the “Toolbox”!

I pretty much have been using an “outside of WordPress” solution for a while, but this makes for one an easier installation for most users.

How very useful.

– Jim
- Jeff Starr 2018/01/27 4:49 pm • Post Author
  
  Yeah thanks Jim, that’s the idea: something useful, simple, and even “fun” to use. Working on the pro version now, has a lot of great additional features. Cheers!
  - Jim S Smith 2018/02/06 12:43 pm
    
    As a curiosity,
    
    Any plans of incorporating the use of lists from StopForumSpam? I was thinking of adding that feature to my site-wide anti-hammering system, together with getting daily updates of StopForumSpam’s black-lists (automatically). I have noticed there are some IP’s that repeatedly try my security protocols.
    
    I typically set IP-based bans for twenty-four hours for most of them, and a few days for the worst offenders. This takes into account that some of these IP-addresses translate into proxy server addresses (which may change over the course of a few days).
    
    Oh and BTW:
    
    Being that not all of my site works only on WordPress, this is why I have a custom-coded solution. However, for those whose sites are rendered entirely by WordPress, this new plugin of yours should be a boon for them.
    
    Again, good going! :-)
    
    – Jim
  - Jeff Starr 2018/02/07 10:22 am • Post Author
    
    Sounds like a great system!
    
    I may end up adding some automatic banning features to the plugin, but really it is designed for manually blocking unwanted visitors, users, et al. We’ll see what the future holds though, the possibilities are endless.
    
    Thanks for the feedback! :)
bigdreamstheory 2018/03/15 8:26 am

Hello

Is there the possibiltiy (in free or pro version) to ban users for a limited time (length that could be set for each user, for example if i want to ban a user 1 week, and another 1 day) ?

Is it possible to create conditional, in order to have for example “3 warning = a ban”

And a mix of both

If not, is it something you could implement it ? I never found a plugin to manage ban this way.

Thanks
- Jeff Starr 2018/03/15 8:46 am • Post Author
  
  Awesome ideas, I will see what I can do in future versions of Banhammer Pro. Thank you for the feedback.