Impossible to make a scan
Replies: 0 Hello, I’m having an issue with Wordfence on my WordPress site (hosted on Infomaniak cloud server). Whenever I run a security scan, it consistently fails with the message:“The current scan...
View ArticleUsers Locked Out, and Front End Blocked
Replies: 0 Hello – We updated the wordfence theme a few days ago, and it is now blocking all users from logging in, and as of today it is not allowing the front end to be viewed. I have had to remove...
View Article“Scan Failed”
Replies: 0 Today I started a full scan, each I start a full scan I get a repeated message “Scan failed” Have I been hacked?
View ArticleWordfence Country Blocking
Replies: 1 Hello forum members: Will the Country Blocking features of either Wordfence Premium or Care if enforced for a particular country, block bots or humans from those countries from maliciously...
View ArticleMy site was hack malware attack
Replies: 1 My site was hacked on June 14, 2025. The sitemap was changed, and my website started redirecting or showing spammy and irrelevant URLs in Google search results. Over 1,000 suspicious URLs...
View ArticleCritical 503 Errors on Login — Isolated to wordfence::loginAction Hook
Replies: 2 We’re experiencing intermittent 503 errors during a custom login flow on our WordPress site. After authenticating the user, we manually call: do_action( 'wp_login', $user->user_login,...
View Article2FA after update from PHP 8.1 to 8.3
Replies: 1 The PHP update seems to have killed the 2FA function
View ArticleWordfence Block and Compatibility
Replies: 0 Hi there, I have a couple of questions I’d like help with: I recently shared login credentials with my theme provider’s support team, but they reported being unable to access the website at...
View ArticleI get a message that the scan is interrupted.
Replies: 0 I have a site where I’ve set the following values very high:max_execution_timepost_max_sizeupload_max_filesizemax_input_varsmax_input_timememory_limitmuch higher than what Wordfence...
View ArticleHow to set up WordFence (free version) settings
Replies: 1 I jus installed the free-version of the Wordfence plugin. Is there a video or link with how I should configure the setting? For example, if I already have 2FA set up for WP, do I need to do...
View ArticleCan’t connect to recenetly removed but now new site
Replies: 1 Hello, I removed a site from WF, removed the plugin from the site, but I’m now not able to add the (new) site back to WF; it just says “Unable to communicate with Wordfence plugin. Please...
View ArticleUpdate plug-in
Replies: 1 Wordfence is telling me to update a plugin [WPCodeLite] that i don’t have installed, what should i do?
View ArticleWhere is license being saved?
Replies: 1 I have multiple websites that I recently migrated to a new server. Unfortunately i had to delete the wordfence tables in the databases due to structure that the new database would not...
View ArticleCannot activate 2FA on my account
Replies: 2 I’ve made numerous attempts to activate 2FA on my account and encountered the same error message each time. Here are the steps I followed: I scan the QR code on the 2FA setup page using the...
View ArticleProduct suggestion: Wildcards in Brute Force Protection
Replies: 2 I was wondering if the use of wildcards can be added to the “Immediately block the IP of users who try to sign in as these usernames” in the Brute Force Protection section? I’m getting...
View Article503 error after entering 2FA Code
Replies: 1 I’ve had Wordfence (free) plugin installed on my WordPress site for years without any issues, today when I tried to log in to my site I would enter my user name and password and then would...
View ArticleUnable to get a free license
Replies: 0 Different behaviours on two WordPress sites. On the first web site, I’ve just installed the Wordfence Security plugin (i.e. for the first time).As soon as I activate it, I see the “GET YOUR...
View Article2FA QR Code not showing
Replies: 1 Hi!I’m trying to setup 2FA for my users on my web site, but when I go at the user settings to setup it, the QR Code doesn’t show to make scan. You can check it on link...
View ArticleScan process ended after forking
Replies: 3 Hello, I have installed wordfence a site and after completing all the “Scan process ended after forking” ideas to get it working the scans still fail. Support email sent. Any further...
View ArticleIP Blocking with Wordfence Central Templates
Replies: 0 Is it possible to block an IP address or addresses using a template in Wordfence central and push it out to all managed sites and if not why?
View ArticlePremium license showing as free version after installation
Replies: 1 Hello admins We have bought 3 years premium license today, before that we have installed free license to check. Few hours later we bought premium version for 3 years. Now trying to update...
View ArticleReceiving 503 Error Upon Admin Login
Replies: 0 Greetings – first of all thank you for a fantastic security solution – we’re a non-profit org and have been using your free version of WordFence for years. Our issue is that upon login via...
View Article503 Errors when WordFence plugin active
Replies: 0 STARTING NEW THREAD AS REQUESTED BY WORDFENCE. see original text below. I am having the same issue today with 3 of my websites. 1 Premium version and two on the free version. I do not use...
View Articleerror 500 website crash
Replies: 0 after performing a malware scan some of the wordfence code was deleted causing a 500 error on my website and crashing the site
View ArticleUnable to connect site to Wordfence Central because of Cloudflare
Replies: 2 Hi,I have two WordPress sites behind Cloudflare, using a free account.I’ve added one of them to the Wordfence Central without problem, but the others returns the error:We’ve detected...
View ArticleError 53 admin login
Replies: 0 Starting a new thread as requested by admin. Here are our issues Suddenly unable to login via wordfence 2FA admin login. Error 503 appears. Webhost is Stablehost. They state that issue is...
View ArticleWordfence not sending all notification emails
Replies: 0 I’m having an issue on my client’s site where not all Wordfence alerts are being sent. In the settings, all of the alert emails are checked to be sent, including when administrators log in....
View ArticleHow Can i set up my firewall protection to be at 100%
Replies: 1 I want increase my firewall protection from 84 to 100%, I was recently subjected to a brute force attack over the weekend and any assistance on what settings i can apply to prevent a...
View ArticleRedirected to spam when I reload a page.
Replies: 0 I’ve been having this problem for a while. On certain pages [it doesn’t seem to happen with the home page], when i reload the page it gets redirected to spam. It doesn’t happen all the time...
View ArticleA potentially unsafe operation triggered on GravityForm entry
Replies: 0 Hello I’d be grateful for some advice please. WordFence is showing ‘A potentially unsafe operation has been detected in your request to this site’ screen when certain text is entered in a...
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