Great firewall, malware scanner and two-factor authentication. A solid choice.

  • Bjarne Oldrup

    (@oldrup)


    1 year, 5 months ago

    Okay, after being protected and informed of security incidences for more than 8 years, I owe Wordfence Security a review. I’ve had it installed on many servers and different sites, with very lax settings and very strict settings, and I’ve combined it with my hosts’ hardening features as well. Here’s my takeaways:

    • Not once has Wordfence caused any issues for me.
    • Very sensible defaults settings are beginner-friendly while providing good protection.
    • Two-factor authentication (2FA) is included and very well implemented.
    • Logging and monthly reports helps me decide whether I should tighten brute force settings.
    • Monthly malware signature updates.
    • I have tried and tried, but I’m yet to measure any noticeable performance hit.
    • Wordfence Central, available for free users too, provide central overview of multiple sites.

    Combined with a good host, regular backups, principle of the least privilege and regular updates, Wordfence provides great security on a budget. That is undeniable a good deal. Recommended!

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by Bjarne Oldrup. Reason: fixed minor typo
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  • Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    1 year, 5 months ago

    This is a simply fantastic review to read @oldrup and we’re always delighted to see long-standing customers provide a thorough reason why they keep using the plugin, so I’ll make sure to share it with the team.

    We’re happy to see the features and performance you highlight are working well for you and agree that your choice of hosting and/or other all-round measures to secure and back-up are absolutely critical to a well-managed site that Wordfence can be a critical part of.

    Our in-house Threat Intelligence team along with the recently enhanced Bug Bounty program allow us, with the hard work of others in the community, to find issues that directly protect your sites with always evolving firewall rules and malware signatures as you mentioned.

    We do have an affiliate program, so if you have clients/colleagues that you’re also recommending Wordfence to, you may be able to benefit from that recommendation if they ever choose to upgrade: https://www.wordfence.com/affiliate/

    All the best,
    Peter.

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