Title: Firewall Update
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Firewall Update

 *  Resolved [jwebguy1211](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwebguy1211/)
 * (@jwebguy1211)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-update/)
 * I received a notification on my WordPress dashboard about updating it or improving
   the Wordfence Firewall feature. Right now, it is on “learning mode” and I have
   it set to switch to “Enabled Mode” on the 19th, next Tuesday. My question I have
   is, is Wordfence still working like it should and protecting my site while it’s
   currently in it’s “learning mode?” or is it only providing protection when it’s
   on the enabled mode?
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-update/#post-7282725)
 * Hello jwebguy1211,
    Wordfence is still working and protecting your site while
   the Firewall is in learning mode. Learning mode just means that the Firewall 
   will be responsive and check if some requests should be whitelisted. In learning
   mode Wordfence takes in to consideration that a human is trying to teach it how
   to behave. You can check the whitelist and make sure it’s not listing things 
   there that should be blocked. You can find more information on learning mode 
   [here](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Web_Application_Firewall_-_How_to_use_Learning_Mode).

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