Title: Severe Attacks
Last modified: March 7, 2025

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# Severe Attacks

 *  Resolved [daveb444](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveb444/)
 * (@daveb444)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/severe-attacks/)
 * Wordfence has been a lifesaver, and routinely stops login attempts from all my
   sites. But a quick question: Every once awhile a site will get a LOT of login
   attempts. I’ve had one going all day. Again – Wordfence is doing its job – but
   I’m wondering if there is something extra I can/should do when a severe attack
   is occurring like this?
 * thanks…

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 *  Plugin Support [wfmargaret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmargaret/)
 * (@wfmargaret)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/severe-attacks/#post-18348394)
 * Hi [@daveb444](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveb444/),
 * Thank you for reaching out! I recommend reviewing our **Rate Limiting **and **
   Brute Force Protection** settings in **Wordfence > All Options**. Our documentation
   details each setting and outlines our recommendations. If you’re the only user
   logging into the site, you can probably make the Brute Force Protection settings
   much stricter than the default recommendations.
 * Rate Limiting: [https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/rate-limiting/](https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/rate-limiting/)
   
   Brute Force Protection: [https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/brute-force/](https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/brute-force/)
 * Please keep in mind that Wordfence, as an endpoint firewall, can’t prevent access
   attempts altogether. Instead, you’ll see that the access was blocked with a 503
   or 403. As long as Wordfence is blocking the attempts and you’re not seeing an
   impact on your hosting, you can rest easy.
 * Please let me know if you have any questions!
 * Thanks,
   Margaret

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/severe-attacks/#post-18348394)
 * Status: resolved