Category Archive: Ask Wordfence
This entry was posted in Ask Wordfence, WordPress Security on March 14, 2018 by Dan Moen 9 Replies
This question came in from Keith, a Premium Wordfence customer. We’ve dealt with this question a few times in different ways on the blog, but pulling it all together sounds like a great post. Let’s dive in! At a high level, an attacker views a vulnerable website as a juicy collection of resources that they …
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This entry was posted in Ask Wordfence, WordPress Security on November 15, 2017 by Dan Moen 19 Replies
This is the fifth installment in a new series we started last month called Ask Wordfence. You can access previous posts here. Today’s question comes from Brooke in Harrisonburg: When I see IPs blocked by firewall, or blocked for trying to log in, is there a benefit to permanently blocking them, one by one, or is …
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This entry was posted in Ask Wordfence, WordPress Security on November 08, 2017 by Dan Moen 11 Replies
This is the fourth installment in a new series we started last month. You can access previous posts here. Today’s question comes from Michela in Pordenone, Italy: Plugins are necessary for enhanced functionality of each WP site but the more plugins we add the higher the risk to potential threats. How can we limit this risk …
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This entry was posted in Ask Wordfence, WordPress Security on October 25, 2017 by Mark Maunder 131 Replies
In today’s episode of Ask Wordfence, I answer a common question we receive from customers: Should I hide my WordPress login page? You’ll discover why this is a bad idea and see other techniques that you can use to better secure your WordPress login system. You’ll also learn what the most dangerous threats targeting WordPress …
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This entry was posted in Ask Wordfence, Videos on October 10, 2017 by Mark Maunder 5 Replies
Today we are publishing episode 2 of our “Ask Wordfence” series. Today’s question comes from Ilko in Bulgaria who would like to know how to secure an old outdated WordPress installation. You can watch the episode here on our blog or you can watch it on YouTube. Don’t forget to visit our YouTube channel and …
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This entry was posted in Ask Wordfence, Videos, WordPress Security on October 03, 2017 by Mark Maunder 28 Replies
Last week we emailed a small group of our customers asking them to contribute questions for a series of videos we will be running. We received questions from many of you, so thank you very much for participating! Today we are publishing Episode 1 of “Ask Wordfence,” where we discuss one of the questions we …
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