Wordfence Security

wordfence · By Mark Maunder
5M+ installs 4.7 (5,044) Updated 17 hours ago v9.1.1 WP 4.7–7.1.4 PHP 7.0+

Impact score

Footprint Score across the two most representative contexts.

21 scans · last scan 1 day ago

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Homepage Score

Impact measured on the public homepage

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v9.0.2 · 11 scans · Consolidated score over 90 days · 3 versions

Not enough data to publish the grade (15 scans min, currently 11).

What it adds to every page load

Added time
32 ms
Added memory
2.0 MB
SQL queries
+13
CSS/JS files
+3
External calls
0

Admin Score

Impact measured in the WordPress admin

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v9.0.2 · 2 scans · Consolidated score over 90 days · 1 versions

Not enough data to publish the grade (15 scans min, currently 2).

What it adds to every page load

Added time
92 ms
Added memory
1.5 MB
SQL queries
+71
CSS/JS files
+13
External calls
0

About

WordPress security requires a team of dedicated analysts researching the latest malware variants and WordPress exploits, turning them into firewall rules and malware signatures, and releasing those to customers in real-time.

Choose the right protection for you: Wordfence Free, Premium, Care or Response

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Wordfence is widely acknowledged as the number one WordPress security research team in the World. Our plugin provides a comprehensive suite of security features, and our team’s research is what powers our plugin and provides the level of security that we are known for.

At Wordfence, WordPress security isn’t a division of our business – WordPress security is all we do. We employ a global 24-hour dedicated incident response team that provides our priority customers with a 1 hour response time for any security incident.

The sun never sets on our global security team and we run a sophisticated threat intelligence platform to aggregate, analyze and produce ground breaking security research on the newest security threats.

Wordfence Security includes an endpoint firewall, malware scanner, robust login security features, live traffic views, and more. Our Threat Defense Feed arms Wordfence with the newest firewall rules, malware signatures, and malicious IP addresses it needs to keep your website safe.

Rounded out by passkeys, 2FA, and a suite of additional features, Wordfence is the most comprehensive WordPress security solution available.

Description published by Mark Maunder on WordPress.org, licensed under GPLv3.

Tags
2FA firewall malware scanner security
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Screenshots

Screenshots published by Mark Maunder on WordPress.org, licensed under GPLv3.

The dashboard gives you an overview of your site's security including notifications, attack statistics and Wordfence feature status.
The dashboard gives you an overview of your site's security including notifications, attack statistics and Wordfence feature status.
The firewall protects your site from common types of attacks and known security vulnerabilities.
The firewall protects your site from common types of attacks and known security vulnerabilities.
The Wordfence Security Scanner lets you know if your site has been compromised and alerts you to other security issues that need to be addressed.
The Wordfence Security Scanner lets you know if your site has been compromised and alerts you to other security issues that need to be addressed.
Wordfence is highly configurable, with a deep set of options available for each feature. High level scan options are shown above.
Wordfence is highly configurable, with a deep set of options available for each feature. High level scan options are shown above.
Brute Force Protection features protect you from password guessing attacks.
Brute Force Protection features protect you from password guessing attacks.
Block attackers by IP, Country, IP range, Hostname, Browser or Referrer.
Block attackers by IP, Country, IP range, Hostname, Browser or Referrer.
The Wordfence Live Traffic view shows you real-time activity on your site including bot traffic and exploit attempts.
The Wordfence Live Traffic view shows you real-time activity on your site including bot traffic and exploit attempts.
Take login security to the next level with Two-Factor Authentication.
Take login security to the next level with Two-Factor Authentication.
Logging in is easy with Wordfence 2FA.
Logging in is easy with Wordfence 2FA.

Per-version history

Show per-version detail (3 versions)

How the plugin evolves version by version.

Version Homepage Admin Last scan
v9.0.2 7 scans 2 scans 6 days ago
v9.0.1 1 scan — 1 month ago
v9.0.0 3 scans — 2 months ago

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Scan history

Show individual scan log (14 scans)

Date Version Context Score Grade Time Memory
6 days ago v9.0.2 Homepage 90/100 A 56 ms 13.0 MB
6 days ago v9.0.2 Homepage 86/100 A 108 ms 0.0 MB
6 days ago v9.0.2 Admin 60/100 C 101 ms 3.0 MB
6 days ago v9.0.2 Homepage 93/100 A 52 ms 8.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.2 Homepage 89/100 A 12 ms 2.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.2 Homepage 93/100 A 0 ms 2.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.2 Homepage 89/100 A 8 ms 2.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.2 Homepage 90/100 A 32 ms 0.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.2 Admin 57/100 C 82 ms 0.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.2 messages.page_type.custom 94/100 A 0 ms 0.0 MB
1 month ago v9.0.1 Homepage 83/100 B 0 ms 14.0 MB
2 months ago v9.0.0 Homepage 64/100 C 3,103 ms 12.0 MB
2 months ago v9.0.0 Homepage 90/100 A 29 ms 2.6 MB
2 months ago v9.0.0 Homepage 94/100 A 40 ms 2.0 MB