Enhanced AntiBot Detection Engine

11.3.0

Finish 11.3.0

Improved AntiBot Detection + 2FA Anywhere

We're improving the scoring logic for the AnitBot Detection Engine to ensure more bad bots are detected, while also reducing the chances that legitimate users will be blocked.

We're also making Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) available for the frontend through the use of a WordPress shortcode.

See here for full details on this release

New Dashboard UI + MainWP Integration

Changelog: https://shsec.io/shieldchangelog

Improved 2-Factor Authentication

• Two-Factor Authentication system has been rewritten and improved.
• Deep scanning for valid email addresses when user registers with site to prevent SPAM registrations.
• New option allows users to turn on email-based two-factor authentication from their own profile.
• Support for manually blocking IP Ranges (not just single IPs).
• Table ordering and descriptions for the IP Black List.

Improvements to Rename wp-login feature

Improvements to the rename wp-login feature including:

1. when the website home url include a sub-directory
2. flushes the re-write rules to ensure that the .htaccess is properly populated

Silence touch() Warnings

(v.1) TRANSLATIONS: Polish (100%), Finnish (100%), Czech (73%), Arabic (34%).
(v.1) FIX: Silence warnings from filesystem touch() command.

Admin UI redesign

UPDATED: Options page user interface re-design.
FIX: Audit trail time now reflects the user’s time-zone correctly.
FIX: Better compatibility with BBPress.
UPDATED: Underlying plugin code improvements
ADDED: Hack protect feature

Small fix for XMLRPC compatibility

XMLRPC compatibility was preventing non-XMLRPC items from running.

Site Plugin Badge

Added the option for users to display a site plugin badge on the front-facing website.

Improved Readme.txt and update Finnish 100%

Improved Readme.txt content and better display of changes.
Updated Finnish translation to 100%
Updated Czech to 16%