Over the years hackers have built up long lists of web vulnerabilities that they can use to compromise a site. They create bots than scan your site by running through that long list looking for weaknesses. “BBQ” stands for Block Bad Queries, the bad requests that bots make when probing your site for security holes. This plugin blocks them and helps to keep your site safe.
The plugin is blazing fast and does not impact your WordPress site’s performance. It is user-friendly and doesn’t require any configuration to start working. In addition to a general purpose firewall, BBQ Pro blocks SQL injection attacks, executable file uploads, directory traversal attacks, and user-ID phishing. It provides real-time protection for your WordPress website.
Jeff Starr, the creator of the BBQ Firewall plugin, also developed the well respected 6G/7G PHP firewall. This PHP firewall has been integrated into numerous other security solutions and plugins, both within WordPress and the larger PHP community. The BBQ Firewall plugin brings many rules from the 6G and 7G firewall into a WordPress plugin. BBQ Pro works well with other plugins, including other security plugins.
BBQ Pro is highly recommended.