WordPress powers more than 40% of the web — and that also makes it one of the most targeted platforms for automated attacks, scanners, and malicious bots.

Today we are announcing the IPIntel AI Firewall for WordPress — a security plugin (WAF) designed to analyze, explain, and react to attacker behavior, not just blindly block traffic.

What Is IPIntel AI Firewall?

IPIntel AI Firewall is a behavior-driven firewall plugin that integrates WordPress with the IPIntel.ai threat intelligence platform.

Instead of relying on static rules, country bans, or generic blocklists, the plugin evaluates real attacker behavior and makes decisions based on risk, confidence, and intent.

It supports three outcomes:

  • Allow — legitimate traffic passes normally
  • Challenge — suspicious visitors must verify they are human
  • Block — high-risk traffic is stopped immediately

How It Works (In Simple Terms)

  1. Each visitor IP is evaluated using IPIntel.ai threat intelligence
  2. A risk score (0–250) is calculated based on:
    • Threat score
    • Confidence level
    • Behavioral indicators
  3. Your configured thresholds decide what happens next:
    • Allow
    • Human verification challenge
    • Block

The challenge page is fully custom, cache-safe, and bot-resistant.
So far, automated bots have not been able to bypass it.

Key Features

  • AI-powered IP reputation and threat scoring
  • Human verification challenge page (bot-proof)
  • Real-time decisions: allow, challenge, or block
  • IP whitelist and blacklist support
  • Admin dashboard with live threat activity
  • Interactive threat map visualization
  • No external JavaScript dependencies
  • Cache-safe (LiteSpeed, Cloudflare compatible)
  • Fully compliant with WordPress.org plugin guidelines

Why This Is Different

Most WordPress security plugins focus on blocking.

IPIntel focuses on understanding.

The goal is not just to stop attacks, but to:

  • Identify attacker patterns
  • Detect stealth and rotating bot traffic
  • Reduce false positives
  • Preserve performance and UX for real users

We don’t just score IPs — we explain attackers.

Requirements

Plugin Page

You can find full plugin details here:

https://ipintel.ai/wordpress-plugin