Title: WangGuard
Author: Jose Conti
Published: <strong>February 26, 2011</strong>
Last modified: February 20, 2017

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# wangguard

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wangguard/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wangguard/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wangguard/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wangguard/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of January 2, 2019 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/83d15f2d7c109c7c28ea43a1976928fe7780c882785650222898e2d59e90c3ef?
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### 󠀁[My site got attacked once WangGuard retired](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-site-got-attacked-once-wangguard-retired/)󠁿

 [uwastud](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uwastud/) November 15, 2017

WangGuard’s closing was a huge loss for my site and for me financially. My site 
got attacked to the point where all the features broke. I still can’t find a comparable
plugin. Sorry to see you go!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ffe43f85dce344c75919a4ea4b8725fd19d2fbf98248f3df2112dfdb5bc22944?
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### 󠀁[Sorry to See It Go](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorry-to-see-it-go/)󠁿

 [espressochic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/espr0810/) October 20, 2017

I literally just found this plugin today in hopes of preventing my Buddypress registration
spam. It’s unfortunate to hear the IndieGogo campaign did not suffice. It certainly
seemed like a very well-developed plugin for an all too common issue.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/736da10e6126508ea702d4db8f2650cba5632334c61d96da0993ad41f8e10e0f?
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### 󠀁[WangGuard : Spam Protector](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wangguard-spam-protector/)󠁿

 [mohitdhawan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mohitdhawan/) August 23, 2017

Earlier, my website websiteh was receiving a lot of spams, and i was not able to
do anything to solve it. But after downloading WangGuard, i am tension free, as 
no spams are coming to my website and i feel safe now. It is the best plugin. You
must download it if you want to protect your website from sploggers.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f123a5f6a02886e138d655ff0e317747f1a6dbe8e944dce2f0d1b8d5e102759?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin out of all available security plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-out-of-all-available-security-plugins/)󠁿

 [Ravijit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ravijit/) April 12, 2017

I’ve tried so many security plugins out there but all have something missing. Recently
I tried wanggaurd and it’s the complete security pack. It provides almost all necessary
things to make my blog secure. Thanks to wanggaurd team.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3dd8cbdb9d71095f695573204d9b2552a307457258dc3667574dbeda75842140?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Still working . just need https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-just-need-https/)󠁿

 [Bonnie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bdparsons/) April 6, 2017

I downloaded this plugin after all the recommendations. It works great in identifying
and stopping the sploggers. I had some minor problems trying to get the activation
to work, but finally just changed the http:// to https:// and everything worked 
perfectly. I’m thinking the developer probably needs some support from all of us.
Give it a try.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b6f10185b76bc0484023207ffca0014ab710404722473a8d5817657ed124a04?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Super Awesome](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-awesome-31/)󠁿

 [kalico](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kalico/) February 17, 2017

I’ve been using WangGuard for several years, and it’s amazing. This should really
be a paid plugin.

 [ Read all 75 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wangguard/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WangGuard” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jose Conti ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jconti/)

[Translate “WangGuard” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wangguard)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wangguard/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wangguard/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wangguard/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wangguard/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.7.3**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wangguard/advanced/)