Development Versions – WordPress security plugin, firewall & anti-spam

Development version 8.8.6

Gregory — Wed, 05 May 2021 20:16:20 +0000

What’s new in this version

You can specify the “User-Agent” string for requests from the main (master) Cerber.Hub website by defining the PHP constant CERBER_HUB_UA in the wp-config.php file. Here is the line you can use:
define('CERBER_HUB_UA', 'My User Agent');
Diagnostic logging for network requests to the WP Cerber cloud. To enable logging, define the PHP constant CERBER_CLOUD_DEBUG in the wp-config.php file. Logging covers admin operations on the WP Cerber admin pages only. Here is the line you need to add:
define('CERBER_CLOUD_DEBUG', 1);
Fixed bug: “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function crb_admin_hash_token() in cerber-load.php:1521”.
Fixed bug: “PHP Notice: Undefined property: WP_Error::$ID in cerber-load.php on line 1131”

Use this link to download the development version:

https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-cerber.8.8.6.zip

What is a development version?

Although it’s a development version, it’s stable and safe to use. The plugin is constantly evolving. Every week we add a new feature or fix some bugs. Some of these updates will be included in the next version of the plugin, some of them will be available after a while. You can start using and evaluating them right now. Download this version by using the link above. An update to the plugin documentation will be available later, once the production version will be released.

Development version 8.5.9.1

Gregory — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:00:48 +0000

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, we’re committed to developing new versions of the plugin and supporting our customers. This version of WP Cerber brings integration with the Cloudflare firewall. It’s implemented as a special WP Cerber add-on and available to download for free from our website. The Cloudflare add-on is a standard WordPress plugin, use the link below to download it.

Note that this add-on is supported starting WP Cerber 8.5.9.1 and requires the Load security engine setting is set to any option other than “Legacy mode”.

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.8.5.9.1.zip

Know more: How to install the Cloudflare add-on

Know more: How to install the development version

Development version 8.2.3

Gregory — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:08:56 +0000

While a new version of Cerber Security for WordPress in the works, you can get early access to last code improvements and bug fixes.

Use this link to download this version:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

Improvements

Handling the installed license key has been improved to avoid conflicts with caching plugins and caching engines with aggressive and uncontrollable caching.

Fixed bugs

Switching to the English language in the plugin admin interface has no effect if WordPress uses a language pack automatically installed from wordpress.org.
While using Cerber.Hub on a master website: user roles on a slave website are not displayed on the Activity log and Live Traffic page.

Development version 7.9.9

Gregory — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:07:30 +0000

Managing multiple WP Cerber instances from one centralized dashboard is not a tedious task anymore. While the 8.0 version of WP Cerber with a new remote management technology currently in the works, you can get early access to it right now. We’d love to hear your feedback!

What’s new in this release

We’re introducing a new feature that you can’t afford to miss. The feature called Cerber.Hub enables you to manage the WP Cerber plugin and monitor activity on an unlimited number of websites. Read more: Manage multiple WP Cerber instances from one dashboard.

We’ve significantly improved the export routine for the Activity log and Live Traffic. Now it’s capable of exporting more than 500K rows in a single CSV file.

Use this link to download the development version:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

What is a development version?

Although it’s a development version, it’s stable and safe to use. The plugin is constantly evolving. Every week we add a new feature or fix some bugs. Some of these updates will be included in the next version of the plugin, some of them will be available after a while. You can start using and evaluating them right now. Download this version by using the link above. An update to the pugin documentation will be available later, once the production version will have been released.

Development version 7.9.5

Gregory — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:42:38 +0000

While a new version of Cerber Security for WordPress in the works, you can get early access to new features and code improvements.

What’s new in this release

An ability to block a WordPress user. See more: How to block a WordPress user.
Role-based access to WordPress REST API. See more: Restrict access to WordPress REST API.
A separate setting for disabling user enumeration via WordPress REST API
Extended diagnostic information for the malware scanner
Fixed several HTML markup errors on plugin admin pages

Use this link to download the development version: https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

Development version 7.8.3

Gregory — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:55:05 +0000

While a new version of Cerber Security for WordPress in the works, you can get early access to some new features, code improvements and bug fixes right now.

What’s new in this release

A new set of heuristics algorithms for detecting obfuscated malware JavaScript code have been added to the Traffic Inspector firewall rules and malware scanner.
A new file filter on the Quarantine tab lets to filter out quarantined files by the date of the scan.
Improved handling the plugin settings in a buggy or misconfigured hosting environment that could cause the plugin to reset settings to their default values.
Improved the compatibility with hostings that have old MySQL and old PHP versions.
Fixed an issue with saving settings on the Hardening tab: “Unable to get access to the file…”

Use this link to download the development version:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

Development version 7.7.2

Gregory — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:00:38 +0000

While a new version of Cerber Security for WordPress in the works, you can get early access to some new features, code improvements and bug fixes right now.

New: Now you can enable English for the plugin admin interface. The new switch is located in the Main Settings right above the submit button.
New: Diagnostic logging for the malware scanner. It can be enabled in the scanner settings. If it’s needed you can also specify a particular location of the log file with the constant CERBER_DIAG_DIR. By default, the log file is located in the uploads folder with no access from the Internet. To view the log go to the Tools / Log admin page.
Update: The performance of malware scanning on a slow web server with thousands of issues and tens of thousands of files has been improved.
Update: PHP 5.3 is not supported anymore. The plugin can be activated and run only on PHP 5.4 or higher.
Fix: If a malicious file is detected on a slow shared hosting, the file can be shown twice in the results of the scan.
Fix: A possible issue with the short PHP syntax on old PHP versions in /wp-content/plugins/wp-cerber/common.php on line 1970.

Use this link to download the development version:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

Development version 7.6.3

Gregory — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:28:20 +0000

While a new version of Cerber Security for WordPress in the works, you can get early access to some new features, code improvements and bug fixes right now.

What’s new in this release

A possible issue with uploading a large JSON or CSV file addressed in this development version of the plugin. When Traffic Inspector scans uploaded files for malware payload, some files might be erroneously identified as malicious. An algorithm of handling those files have been improved to avoid this issue.
Algorithms of the malware scanner have been improved to detect obfuscated malware code more precisely for all types of files. This applies for the quick and full scans. As well as scheduled scans.

Use this link to download the development version:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

Development version 7.6.1

Gregory — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:17:06 +0000

While a new version of Cerber Security for WordPress in the works, you can get early access to some new features, code improvements and bug fixes right now.

A possible Divi theme forms incompatibility addressed in this development version of the plugin.

If you use the Divi theme (by Elegant Themes), you can come across a problem with submitting some forms. A form just doesn’t work, and you’re unable to submit it at all. To fix this issue you need to install v 7.6.1. of the plugin.

Use this link to download the development version of the plugin:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip

Development version 7.5.2

Gregory — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:23:02 +0000

Now the malware scanner and integrity checker supports multisite WordPress installations.

Bug fixed. Once an address IP has been locked out after reaching the limit to the number of attempts to log in the “We’re sorry, you are not allowed to proceed” forbidden page is being displayed instead of the normal user message “You have exceeded the number of allowed login attempts”.

Bug fixed. PHP Notice: Only variables should be passed by reference in cerber-load.php on line 5377

Use this link to download the development version of the plugin:

https://my.wpcerber.com/downloads/wp-cerber.zip