diff --git a/filter.d/wordpress.conf b/filter.d/wordpress.conf
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+## Version 2024/10/15
+# Fail2Ban filter for Wordpress login failures
+
+[INCLUDES]
+before = common.conf
+
+[Definition]
+
+# pattern: 69.12.111.70 - - [28/Apr/2021:15:09:19 -0400] "GET /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 200 8315 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
+#          69.12.111.70 - - [28/Apr/2021:15:09:21 -0400] "POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1" 503 18354 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
+#          69.12.111.70 - - [28/Apr/2021:15:09:22 -0400] "POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1" 503 18382 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
+#
+#
+# Option:  failregex
+# Notes.:  regex to match the password failure messages in the logfile.
+
+failregex = ^<HOST>.* (GET|POST) (wp-login\.php|xmlrpc\.php)
+
+ignoreregex =
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diff --git a/jail.d/wordpress.conf b/jail.d/wordpress.conf
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+## Version 2024/10/15
+# Fail2Ban jail configuration for wordpress via NGINX logs
+
+[wordpress]
+
+enabled  = false
+port     = http,https
+logpath  = %(nginx_error_log)s