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Wordfence Research and News
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The Increasing Role of AI in Vulnerability Research
At Wordfence, we run a bug bounty program that pays out mid-six figures per year to researchers in bug bounties for WordPress related vulnerabilities. Funding this research helps us improve security for the WordPress community overall, and helps us secure our customers by rolling out protection for new vulnerabilities as they’re discovered. We started tracking what vulnerability submissions used AI in some form, starting in late November 2025.
Pushing Boundaries With Claude Code
Claude Code stormed onto the programming scene when Anthropic launched it in February of this year.
Use Genuine Wordfence and Stay Secure, Stay Supported, and Avoid Malware, Vulnerabilities and Backdoors
Use Genuine Wordfence and Stay Secure, Stay Supported, and Avoid Malware, Vulnerabilities and Backdoors - Genuine Wordfence is only available on Wordfence.com or from the WordPress Plugin Repository.
Wordfence Price Increases Coming December 5th, 2024
We haven’t raised our prices in a relatively high inflation environment in 2 years, and in the case of Wordfence Care and Response, for 2.5 years.
A (Beta) Audio Roundup of September’s WordPress Vulnerabilities
For those of you that want to stay abreast of the newest vulnerabilities in the WP ecosystem, but like to multitask, here’s an audio roundup of the vulnerabilities we published in the month of September.
GPU Hosting and Open Source AI Will Revolutionize or Kill WordPress
On the eve of WordCamp US 2024 we find ourselves in the midst of a revolution.
Up to 30X Faster PHP Malware Scans with Wordfence CLI 4.0.1
Today we're announcing Wordfence CLI 4.0.1 which includes a massive scan speed-up of 6X to 30X depending on your workload.
Fostering Innovation in Web Security
I’ve always created growth by focusing on free. It started back in 2003 when I launched WorkZoo in London.
Wordfence Reviews and Where to Find Them
Just a quick note. If you’re looking for objective Wordfence reviews, you can find them on the official WordPress plugin repository in the Wordfence reviews section which is linked to from the Wordfence entry in the official WordPress repository.
Wordfence 7.10.0 Released!
Wordfence remains the number one security plugin of choice for website owners serious about protecting their investment and their customers.
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