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Troubleshooting

Allow PowerSEC through Cloudflare or a firewall

If Cloudflare or a firewall challenges PowerSEC's requests, actions to your site can be delayed or fail. Here is how to allow them.

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WordPress security

Behavioral WAF: learning, monitor, and block modes

PowerSEC's Behavioral WAF is an optional signature layer on top of the core firewall. It is off by default and has three modes so you can turn it on without breaking your site.

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Troubleshooting

Performance impact of PowerSEC

What PowerSEC runs on your server, when it runs, and how to reduce its footprint on a busy or small host.

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PowerSEC plugin

IP blocking and rate limiting

Block specific addresses or ranges, block countries, and limit how many requests one address can make.

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WordPress security

Web Application Firewall (WAF) basics

How PowerSEC's firewall layers inspect requests to your WordPress site, and how to handle a blocked legitimate request.

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