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10 WordPress Security Mistakes You Might Be Making

Yesterday, August 18, 2020, the Wordfence Live team covered 10 WordPress Security Mistakes You Might be Making.
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Malware Detection: Measuring Recall to Catch Them All

At Wordfence, we take performance seriously on all levels. While speed is one way to measure performance, there are other metrics that are equally important.

Vulnerabilities Patched in Page Builder by SiteOrigin Affects Over 1 Million Sites

On Monday, May 4, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered two vulnerabilities present in Page Builder by SiteOrigin, a WordPress plugin actively installed on over 1,000,000 sites.

Wordfence Helping Our Friends in Australia Fight Bush Fires

Last fall as wildfires ravaged much of Australia, we were deeply affected by the stories of destruction coming out of numerous communities.

Vulnerability Patched in Import Export WordPress Users

On February 26th, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Import Export WordPress Users, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites.

COVID-19 and WordPress Community Engagement in 2020

This is an update regarding Wordfence’s community engagement in 2020 along with a recommendation for WordCamps globally and for the global WordPress community.

Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in Pricing Table by Supsystic Plugin

On January 17th, our Threat Intelligence Team discovered several vulnerabilities in Pricing Table by Supsystic, a WordPress plugin installed on over 40,000 sites.

Wordcamp Asia Cancellation Fee Assistance Package from Wordfence

A few minutes ago it was announced that Wordcamp Asia has been cancelled due to the recent COVID-19 concerns in the region.
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Wordfence Now Works on WP Engine and with Load Balancers

Today we are launching a version of Wordfence containing a new feature for sites on hosting providers with read-only file systems such as WP Engine or for environments where multiple web servers are behind a load balancer.

Major Central Release: Alerts, Security Events and Slack Integration

In February we launched Wordfence Central, an efficient way to manage the security of many WordPress sites in one place.