RobinInTexas on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Permanent Block when attempted...
Simply check off "Immediately lock out invalid usernames" under options. Unless you have "ADMIN" as a user, they only get one attempt before they are blocked for up to 60 days. The important thing is...
View ArticleRobinInTexas on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] HOW TO: IP blocking...
Go to the dashboard Wordfence->Advanced blocking and follow the instructions there. if they are all in one range you might be blocking something like 69.175.0.0 - 69.175.127.255 Make sure you really...
View Articleblack lion on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] HOW TO: IP blocking 123.123,123.123"
Ok that is the range, but I mean 69.175.0.0 69.175.127.255 69.14.12.9 enz. 123.123.123.12 69.12.12.5 213.115.255.12 All seperated bij comma.
View ArticleRobinInTexas on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] HOW TO: IP blocking...
If you want those individual IPs then use Wordfence->Blocked IPs and enter them one at a time.
View Articleasmaloney on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Advanced Blocking duplicate entries"
It would be convenient if Advanced Blocking did not add duplicate entries. I use this a lot (I'm ruthless). https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
View Articleblack lion on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] HOW TO: IP blocking 123.123,123.123"
That is what I am doing now. Only there are more then 500 a day. But it is going fast. Whas hoping to do it with a , seperated. Mayby a idee for the makers of this good plugin. Getting to many attack's...
View Articlevj.scriv on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Scans getting stuck"
I have been testing Wordfence on a few sites because if I can get it to work reliably I would like to use it on all of my sites. I have been running to some issues though with the scans get stuck and...
View ArticleOizuled on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Scan will not complete"
I know this is an older question, but for anyone who is having this issue, check out the WordFence FAQ article on this topic. It might help you out....
View Articlescottmliddell on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Site doing porn redirect but...
Thanks all. The effect seems to be exactly the same as the Avast article but with a different root cause, the redirect is even to the same IP, but I've grep'd the whole file system and there isn't a...
View ArticleTamrahJo on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Have minor change to files for...
WordFence version 5.0.4 Plug-in: Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order version 1.3.6 During recent scan of sites I have the above plug-in installed on, I received a Warning from Wordfence that files...
View Articleleehodson on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Site doing porn redirect but clean...
Try grep -r 'top.location.replace'. Bare in mind that the malicious code could be base64 encoded so might look more like "dG9wLmxvY2F0aW9uLnJlcGxhY2U=" (without quotes). Try other encoding options too,...
View Articlescottmliddell on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Site doing porn redirect but...
cheers Lee, had done the recursive grep but not with any encoding, will try that, have just exported the whole DB too so i can search that!
View Articleleehodson on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Site doing porn redirect but clean...
Welcome Scott. Will be very interested to know what you find.
View Articlefuyuko on "/wp-content/plugins/wordfence/readme.txt was quarantined"
My hosting company, namecheap.com, deteremined that your readme.txt is malcious and and quarantined the file when I upgraded WordFence plugin. Should I be concerned or is this a false positive? WP 3.9...
View Articletj fruichantie on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Won't finish scan"
I updated the plugin to Version 5.0.4 last night and started a scan. It keeps getting hung up at the following step: [Apr 18 13:19:27]Scanning your site for the HeartBleed vulnerability. It's not 13:57...
View Articlescottmliddell on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Site doing porn redirect but...
ok, so, I think I've found it and it was, erm, hiding in plain sight in the root index.php - a big nasty slug of encoded junk, I found it using the grep tip in the comments of this article......
View ArticleCChickman on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Upgraded to v5.0.4, but now hangs...
I have upgraded WordFence to version 5.0.4, but now the scans hang when it gets to "Scanning your site for the HeartBleed vulnerability". Is this happening to others, and what is the solution? I have...
View Articleleehodson on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Site doing porn redirect but clean...
Always the last place you think. At least your site has had a scan of its innards performed. wp-header is another place where hackers sometimes hide malicious junk. You might want to reinstall the...
View Articlephotaust on "[Plugin: Wordfence Security] Permanent Block when attempted...
Hey Robinin Texas, Thank you for your message. I looked at that option. The only problem is that I run a membership site and often legitimate mistakes are made be members entering their username...
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