izzy9746 on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence fatal error in wfConfig.php"
Hi I am new to Wordfence and running my first scan. I'm getting a fatal error and am not sure what to do? The error is in my site apps folder:...
View Articleautotim on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Falcon Engine safe on multisite?"
Hello Bet, I too just network enabled Falcon on a multi-site set-up (much kudos to WF for forcing me to backup my .htaccess file). It went smoothly. To address your question, I don't think WF is...
View Articleautotim on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Falcon Engine safe on multisite?"
Just switched off Falcon & ran the P3 test again - no significant change in load times. Therefore, I should reasonably conclude that the overnight increase in ticks, queries & load times had...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Feature Request: Kill before Scan"
I'm again running into frequently hung scans: never-ending scans, cron key mismatch. It'd be nice if Wordfence would automatically kill a running scan when the next scan begins....
View Articlecloudduster on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] What exactly does Falcon Engine?...
As a humble blogger, I love falcon engine because I don't have to force myself to understand the jargon in the world.
View Articleaptharsia on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username...
Every 30 seconds since early this morning I've been getting attempted logins from different IP's. Each attempt shows: attempted a failed login using an invalid username "test". Has anyone else been...
View Articleaptharsia on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username...
Installed Wordpress Simple Firewall and it put a stop to it. I don't understand why my host said nothing was showing up in their side, showing that the attempts were being made. Glad I have WF...
View ArticleBarnez on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username "test""
Using the Wordfence firewall, you can immediately block invalid usernames that you see with frequency in your logs. Just add the usernames, separated by a comma, to: Options- Login Security Options -...
View ArticleGermanKiwi on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Falcon Engine causes 403 error"
Hi Wordfence, I've enabled the Falcon Engine on one of my WP sites and immediately afterwards the site starts giving an HTTP 403 error to every visit, although it also still delivers the web page...
View Articleaspirenetwork on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] All my sites went down. Header...
After 2 years I was experiencing the websites down issue in my account. The hosting provider had database server issues a last week, which they worked and restored but it kept going down often. The day...
View ArticleSaltank on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] All my sites went down. Header code...
The exact same thing happened to my site. The hosting provider is Clook, if that means anything. I wonder if they're somehow to blame for this? Either way, I didn't update to the latest WP version for...
View Articleaptharsia on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username...
It doesn't help when every attempt is a different IP.
View ArticleBet Hannon on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Falcon Engine safe on multisite?"
Okay. Maybe it just takes a while for the cache to build – now I'm seeing cached pages (or at least directories for them) in wp-content/wfcache. More to the point of the OP however, those cached pages...
View ArticleBarnez on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username "test""
No firewall can block an IP address until it either a) attempts to login using a blacklisted username or b) it breaks the firewall rules by the specified number of failed login attempts in the...
View ArticleCBFSHC on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username "test""
Similar problem started late yesterday. Had Wordfence set to send email notifications on attempted login with invalid user name. Hundreds of attempts with same invalid user name, all from different...
View Articlejabdo on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence is not playing nicely with...
I haven't been able to run scans on a certain machine, and I've narrowed it down to a plugin that I'm using to prevent users from seeing the site without logging in called Force Login. I could try to...
View Articleaptharsia on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username...
So Wordfence will completely shut down the login preventing anyone from even being able to access it except for me? I don't think they offer that protection do they? Even the htaccess hacks were not...
View ArticleCBFSHC on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username "test""
The attempts triggered Wordfence to send notification emails to me, as I had it set to do that. Unfortunately, there were hundreds of attempts using a blank user name each one from a different IP...
View Articleaptharsia on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] attempted login using username...
CBFSHC, there's an option to turn that off in options (notifications.) I had to after a while and just monitored the live view logins. I was getting an email every 30 seconds, if I had kept it on I...
View Articlewclune on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Changed headers in all .php files?"
doby did you manage to find a root cause of this??
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