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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. Our Threat Intelligence team and engineering team stay abreast of the newest threats and ensure that Wordfence is able to protect against them. But keeping a product like Wordfence ahead of the pack requires that …
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Wordfence 7 Update

It has now been a few weeks since we launched Wordfence 7.

The Benefits of Wordfence Premium

On April 21 this year, Wordfence celebrated our fifth year making the world’s best firewall and malware scan for WordPress.

Why Choose An Endpoint Firewall Like Wordfence

When choosing a firewall for your WordPress website to protect it against attacks, you have a handful of choices.

Wordfence Scan Gets Faster and Smarter

Wordfence is highly effective at securing your website in part because it is tightly integrated with the WordPress API.

The March 2017 WordPress Attack Report

Today we are releasing the WordPress Attack Report for March, 2017.

1.4 Million Attacks in 24 Hours: 32% Blocked by the New Blacklist

Last Friday we quietly launched a new Premium feature in Wordfence: A real-time IP blacklist that completely blocks known malicious IPs from accessing your website.

Wordfence Launches Real-Time IP Blacklist for Premium Customers

Today we are very excited to announce that we have launched a real-time IP blacklist for Wordfence Premium customers.

A Big Thank You to our Premium Customers for Powering Wordfence and Helping Secure the Community

At Wordfence we are intensely customer focused. A few years ago when we made our first non-founder hires, we hired two amazing people: Matt Barry and Tim Cantrell.

Wordfence In Depth: How Malware Becomes Scan Signatures

One of the most effective ways the Wordfence team keeps the WordPress community and customers secure is through something we call the ‘Threat Defense Feed’.