AJD on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Limit access to wp-login.php (Feature...
I am currently experiencing a brute force attack that is originating from a different IP every 2-10 seconds. It is trying to log in as admin, which I have set as a username to be instantly blocked....
View ArticleAJD on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Limit access to wp-login.php (Feature...
As an update. This did not stop the attack, adding to htaccess: <files wp-admin.php> order deny,allow deny from all allow from my.ip.add.ress </files> Also I tried deleting wp-login.php,...
View ArticleAJD on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Limit access to wp-login.php (Feature...
They weren't accessing wp-login.php at all because this stopped the attack: <Files "xmlrpc.php"> Order Allow,Deny deny from all </Files> Sadly this will also stop all trackbacks and...
View Articleaperson on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] "Wordfence Live Activity: Call to...
I have been getting the following error and can't figure out how to get rid of it: Wordfence Live Activity: Call to Wordfence API to resolve IPs failed: We received an error response when trying to...
View Articlekbi_user on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence and W3TC"
Wordfence is also scanning the cache files of W3TC. Since W3TC rebuilds its cache in my site every 3 hours, the daily report will of course field a huge list of changed files. Question: How do I tell...
View Articlemrfoxtalbot on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] FATAL ERROR: Allowed memory size"
Same problem over here when trying to login (it´s only happening to no-admin users): "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 100663296 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 56 bytes) in...
View Articlegiles Norman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Cannot loging to my wp-admin...
Hi there. I installed Wordfence and deactivated wp cache. I activated Falcon and have not been able to sign in since. I installed my .htaccess backup but that made no difference. It does not even give...
View Articleahenriod on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Bulk Select All Deleteable"
After a scan, Bulk Select All Deleteable files selects "None" What a I doing wrong? https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
View Articlecompanyv on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] When forcing strong passwords...
RESOLVED DOH - this is NOT being caused by Wordfence FYI: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21093541/wordpress-3-8-gives-me-you-must-enable-cookies-to-use-wordpress-at-login...
View Articlewwwolf on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Scans failing - Wordfence is...
Using free (up to date) version of Wordfence, on one of my sites, I am consistently getting failed scans with the following error: Scan terminated with error: WordFence API error: Wordfence is...
View Articleferhatakguen on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Falcon Engine gets deactived...
Nobody out there having the same problems? I have seen that Wordfence was able to change my htaccess file. But thats all.... Caching is still not active. Some additional info about my blog: My blog is...
View Articlerocketdocket on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] EMERGENCY: Is this a WordFence...
You have major issues with your Wordpress installation, let alone Wordfence. Testing your front page on WebPageTest.org shows 304 re-directs, lack of compression on image files and a 10+ second home...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Scans failing - Wordfence is...
I'm not exactly sure, but I haven't suffered a week of no-scans. I've had two sites start scans at the same time, then have just one get kicked off due to the high load. If I manually try again...
View Articlemdahmke on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] white screen after form post"
I've tried several fill-in form plugins (Ninja, FS Contact Form, Contact Form Manager). On some clients (seems to be dependent on network address not browser type) after the form redirects it goes to a...
View ArticleWordfence on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Scans failing - Wordfence is...
Hi wwwolf. Just try a scan in a few seconds and you should be fine. We're in the process of upgrading our infrastructure so this issue is temporary. We got slammed with growth during the last 2 weeks...
View Articlelawriem1 on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Wordfence breaks WP Smart"
Hi It seems that Wordfence breaks the WPSmart mobile theme plugin. If I disable Wordfence then WPSmart works again. Anyone else had this problem? Lawrie https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
View Articlekokoruz on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] high number of email notifications"
I am experiencing the same flood of emails. Do these bot attacks typically end over a period of time? My login has been under attack for over 24 hours now. Using strong passwords and my core is current...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] high number of email notifications"
It's not a DDoS. DDoS is designed to knock your site offline. This is just a bot login attack. I don't have email alerts turned on for failed logins due to how frequently this happens. Instead of a...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Falcon Engine gets deactived...
I haven't had this problem. Are you running any other security or caching plugins? Your subfolder setup shouldn't be an issue as long as WordPress is set up correctly in its own General Settings page...
View Articlesdayman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Cannot loging to my wp-admin desktop"
FTP to your site and rename the plugin folder to wordfence.old and see if that lets you back in. That will deactivate the plugin. If your login works again, try renaming back to wordfence and try...
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