Security - Firewall
Analyzing Traffic and Server Responses with Staq Firewall
The Staq Firewall is a powerful tool provided within your WordPress site that enables comprehensive insight into every request made to the server. It helps…
Cloudflare 520 or 521 error
Cloudflare errors 520 and 521 can occur when there is an issue with the connection between Cloudflare and the origin server. These errors are often…
How Staq Firewall Blocks Bots Attacking Contact Forms
Staq Firewall acts as a robust replacement for Akismet or Cleantalk, safeguarding your WordPress site from spam and bot attacks on form submissions. Staq subscribes…
How the Staq Firewall system works
The Staq Firewall is a state-of-the-art security solution for WordPress that was built from the ground up to suit the Staq environment. Users and bots…
How to ban an IP Address using Staq Firewall
Managing access to your WordPress site is crucial for maintaining security and performance. Staq Firewall provides tools to ban IP addresses that pose a threat…
How to block a country in the firewall
For security, compliance, or operational reasons, you may wish to block visitors from certain countries from accessing your WordPress site. With Staq Firewall, blocking access…
How to configure the Max Login Attempts (Firewall)
To protect your WordPress site from brute force login attempts, Staq applies a default limit of 4 failed login attempts before temporarily banning the IP…
How to stop DDoS attacks
Issue You may be experiencing a slow website and suspect that it is due to a DDoS attack. Below are the tools to diagnose and…
How to whitelist an IP address
You can whitelist trusted services on your WordPress site hosted with Staq in two main ways: By adding specific IP addresses or IP ranges By…
How we block malicious comments submitted by bots
Default Configuration – WordPress Comments All sites hosted on Staq will now by default have Allow people to submit comments on new posts option disabled. You…
My website uptime monitoring is showing the website is down but it’s up when I check?
If your website uptime monitoring: has been marked as spam with CleanTalk has been marked as spam with Quality IP Score has been identified as…
Service Unavailable / 503 Error code and how to fix
Problem If you see a Service Unavailable with an error code as 503, this doesn’t mean that the website/server is down. It means that the…
Staq is blocking my SEO tools with 502 or 503 server errors
When SEO tools, such as SEM Rush, SE Rankings, Screaming Frog, or Ahrefs display a 502, 503 or 520 (Cloudflare) error, it is likely because…
Staq’s Multi-Layer Security Architecture
Understanding Staq’s Multi-Layer Security Architecture At Staq, every WordPress site runs on a secure, multi-layered architecture designed to protect your websites from network attacks, malware…
Why was an IP address blocked by Staq Firewall?
Staq’s Firewall is a robust security feature designed to protect your WordPress site from malicious activity and unauthorized access. It actively monitors incoming requests, blocking…
