LindaLovesWP on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Performance Settings to Reduce...
Thank you very much Barnez and sdayman.
View ArticleBarnez on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Massive Hit from - over 50 IP Addresses"
@nikwolf @Colleen This article describes how how to resolve the issue of protecting your wp-admin when you have a dynamic IP address:...
View ArticleBarnez on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Fatal error: Allowed memory size with...
Try disabling "Live Traffic" Also: Go to Wordfence options. Scroll to the bottom of the page and find: Update interval in seconds (2 is default) Set this update interval to something like 30 seconds...
View Articleatdblog on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Blocking bad bots in htaccess and...
Thanks for the heads-up on 6G. I didn't realize that existed. The 2014 Micro Blacklist is two years newer than the 6G Beta, which is odd. I'll have to go through the comments after that post - I see on...
View ArticleColleen on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Massive Hit from - over 50 IP...
@Barnez - I tried that method - created the subdomain at Afraid.com as instructed, but inserting it into the code didn't work. Had to go back to using my IP address. Also, note that his code has one...
View ArticleBarnez on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Blocking bad bots in htaccess and...
Yep, it's a pretty aggressive firewall, so it's definitely a good idea to check the comments first, and then work through the site after enabling of course (I had issue with the thumbnail on my blog...
View Articlemountainguy2 on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Massive Hit from - over 50 IP...
I've been dealing with this stuff for years now, huge attacks, some so bad they shut down my site due to exceeding server resources. First step is to indeed get to know your .htaccess like a lover and...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Warning message without details?"
Your earlier screenshot shows only the Scan Summary. On the same (Scan) page, does the New Issues section at the bottom provide any more information? I don't recall if the Scan Details window would...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence live traffic security...
My wp-admin and wp-login are unrestricted and I'm getting a lot of similar hits with blank usernames. The same site is also getting hit with tons of hits to xmlrpc.php. I don't know if they're related,...
View ArticleOvidiu on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Warning message without details?"
That screen shot is 5 months old so I cannot remember but right now it does provide more info... Its just missing from the email.
View Articleziggy909 on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence live traffic security...
Hi in the end i had to turn off email notifications as i was getting hit every second, but today all appears to be back to normal, i really think that it was maybe a wordfence server or software issue...
View ArticleMatt on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence missed a compromised file"
Looking through a site that has been compromised I found a file that looked VERY dodgy. After reformatting the minified code and unobfuscating some of it, it does indeed look to be a threat. I removed...
View Articledcwebman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] XML-RPC being disabled is blocking...
I used to use iThemes Security and the Written plugin together with no problems. Written interacts with the site via the XML-RPC interface so they can manage content licenses. I decided to make the...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] XML-RPC being disabled is blocking...
Try http://example.com/xmlrpc.ppi and see if it responds (change example.com to your domain). Mine responds with blahblahneed to POST.
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] New "blocked URLs" feature"
I'm just now trying this feature out. An offender is blocked by the duration set in the Firewall Rules section – default is 5 minutes, I believe.
View Articledcwebman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] XML-RPC being disabled is blocking...
Thanks. I got a 404 page not found error.
View ArticleOddly Active on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Fatal error: Allowed memory...
Hi - I'm having same problem with latest update. I have tried disabling live traffic and changing the update interval to 30 seconds but still getting fatal error... Any other suggestions?
View Articlegogetter on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] NGINX support?"
Hi Mark, Does this great plugin support WordPress installations on NGINX webserver? If not, will it, and when? Thanks a lot! Yuri https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
View Articlechoconat on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Option to have or not on some...
Witch page on my website should be protected with your plugin, example i have a SSL certificated on my checkout page.... because i see the option you can remove it for some page if you want ? thank...
View ArticleIan McLeish on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Cannot kill a running scan 5.9.1"
Hi, updated to the latest version today 5.1.5. Set a scan to run this morning, and it has been stuck on Scanning file contents for infections and vulnerabilities and Scanning files for URLs in Google's...
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