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Layered Security for WordPress: Defend Against Repeated Attacks

Layered Security for WordPress: Defend Against Repeated Attacks

WordPress sites get hit constantly by login abuse, scanner probes, and automated exploitation attempts. In this guide, we show a practical defense pattern that combines Fail2Ban, local ipset/iptables blocking, and AbuseIPDB reporting with redacted evidence. The result is fast local blocking at origin, better threat intelligence sharing, and less repetitive manual response when attack traffic spikes.