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Nikola (FirePhage)

Security Engineer / Founder at FirePhage

@bhccomp Belgrade, Serbia joined Nov 2016

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    Bio

    Security engineer focused on WordPress, active since 2015.

    Working on malware cleanup, attack mitigation, WAF tuning and server hardening.

    Founder of FirePhage – managed edge security (WAF, CDN, caching and origin protection) built specifically for WordPress.

    Interests

    WordPress security, web application security, performance optimization, malware analysis, infrastructure, edge networks.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Started working with WordPress while building and maintaining client sites, which quickly led to dealing with performance issues, security problems, and malware infections.

    Over time, the focus shifted heavily towards security – cleaning hacked sites, analyzing attack patterns, and improving protection setups.

    That experience eventually led to building FirePhage.

    The goal is to make WordPress security simpler and more reliable at the edge.

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    Contributions

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    May 2026
    May 26 Tue · 18:50
    Plugins high
    Committed [3549640] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 0.1.2
    April 2026
    Apr 28 Tue · 19:17
    Plugins high
    Committed [3517761] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix contributor username
    Apr 28 Tue · 19:13
    Plugins high
    Committed [3517757] to Plugins SVN:
    Update 0.1.1 changelog
    Apr 28 Tue · 19:11
    Plugins high
    Committed [3517755] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 0.1.1
    Apr 22 Wed · 13:28
    Plugins high
    Committed [3512901] to Plugins SVN:
    Rebalance <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a>.org banner layout
    Apr 22 Wed · 13:13
    Plugins high
    Committed [3512880] to Plugins SVN:
    Update <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a>.org plugin banner copy
    Apr 22 Wed · 13:05
    Plugins high
    Committed [3512871] to Plugins SVN:
    Add <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a>.org plugin icon and banner assets
    Apr 22 Wed · 12:56
    Plugins high
    Committed [3512859] to Plugins SVN:
    Initial release 0.1.0
    February 2017
    Feb 14 Tue · 12:12
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Great Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have tried few plugins and all of them have failed t…

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