jenngQ: Firewall vs defense vs CDN, etc.?
Hi. I purchased the Cloudfilt program last year on AppSumo to try and protect my sites and it took a very long time to get the sites to even get close to working as expected... My question is, so I understand where WP Security Ninja is coming into play - I'm assuming I still need the CDN that Cloudfilt is providing, but you would be taking over the WAF that they're providing and making the site more secure?
My primary domain was hacked by a major known hacker - so much so that there are blog posts about this guy's email being used as a persistent admin and I had to hire a third-party security company to resolve the problems, but still get more infections.
Can you really stop these attacks?
Thanks
Lars_Koudal
Mar 10, 2026A: Hi jenng
Sorry to hear that. If a site keeps getting reinfected, that usually means the root cause was never fully removed, or the environment is still exposed somewhere.
WP Security Ninja is not a CDN replacement, so if you want CDN/performance benefits, that is still a separate layer.
In simple terms:
Cloudfilt/CDN-type services sit in front of the site and can help with traffic filtering, caching, and edge protection.
WP Security Ninja works inside WordPress and focuses on hardening, firewall rules, login protection, scans, vulnerabilities, and ongoing monitoring.
So no, we are not really replacing a CDN. We are a different layer.
Can we stop attacks? We can absolutely reduce risk a lot and block many common attacks, bad bots, abuse attempts, weak access points, and known vulnerable situations. But no honest security product should promise that it can stop every attack or guarantee a hacked site will never be compromised again.
If a site has already been hacked multiple times, the right approach is usually:
clean the site properly
reset all access
check hosting and file integrity
remove backdoors
update everything
then add protection and monitoring
WP Security Ninja is very useful as part of that setup, but it is not a magic fix for an already compromised environment.
Best regards
Lars