{"id":25932,"date":"2020-12-21T02:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=25932"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:25:57","slug":"security-tips-wordpress-security-plugin-wordfence","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/security-tips-wordpress-security-plugin-wordfence","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Security Plugin- Wordfence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25932\" class=\"elementor elementor-25932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc19acb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc19acb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c8ee74\" data-id=\"5c8ee74\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13c262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f13c262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WordPress Security Plugin- Wordfence\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef80976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef80976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our safety crew recommends a beneficial security WordPress plugin referred to as \u201c<strong>WordFence<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><p>This tool will help with scanning any intrusion tries into your WordPress website as nicely as with scanning for any malware that exists.<\/p><p>Besides, it has a Premium version which consists of extra protection selections however requires some expense.<\/p><p>So, you can check out free version<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wordfence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><strong>\u00a0here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Latest version \u2013&gt; 6.1.10 (as of 11th July 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-064e5d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"064e5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Install Wordfence WordPress Security Plugin<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3edae2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3edae2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>There are many\u00a0essential types of WordPress plugins\u00a0for the best performance needed by small and mid-size businesses (SMBs). Below we\u2019ll focus on how to\u00a0secure WordPress\u00a0with the\u00a0Wordfence security plugin. Wordfence has been one of the most popular WordPress security plugins\u00a0for years because of its long list of features:<\/p><ul><li>Brute-force protection against bad bots and automated cyber attacks<\/li><li>WordPress login security options including multi-factor authentication<\/li><li>Consoles with verbose server related information for easier debugging<\/li><li>Malware scanning for the website and child directories within the\u00a0website root directory<\/li><li>Some security information and event management (SIEM) features such as live traffic monitoring<\/li><li>And others<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb65198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb65198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Installing the Wordfence Plugin<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1936eb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1936eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>To install Wordfence Plugin, you do not need to enter an API key for the free version.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61675f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d61675f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Install from the Dashboard<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901145a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"901145a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><ol class=\"article_list\"><li>First off, log into your WordPress dashboard.<\/li><li>Then, install the Wordfence plugin\u00a0and activate it.<\/li><li>Finally, on the left, select <strong>Wordfence<\/strong>\u00a0to start hardening WordPress.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524afe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"524afe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Install via WP-CLI<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29bbf09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29bbf09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><ol class=\"article_list\"><li>Firstly, log into SSH.<\/li><li>Secondly, install and activate Wordfence with WP-CLI using the following command:<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7105b37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7105b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p><em>wp plugin install wordfence &#8211;activate<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91d7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c91d7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Install Manually<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd07a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdd07a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><ol class=\"article_list\"><li>To install the plugin manually, you would first need to download the plugin zip file from <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordfence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress.org\/plugins<\/a>.<\/li><li>After that, upload the zip file\u00a0and\u00a0extract the folder\u00a0to the website\u2019s\u00a0<code>wp-content\/plugins<\/code>\u00a0folder.<\/li><li>Lastly, log into your WordPress site or use the WP-CLI command to activate the plugin:<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952492f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"952492f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><div class=\"copy-the-code-outside\"><em>wp plugin activate wordfence<\/em><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0bdc61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0bdc61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>After activating Wordfence, you will be prompted with a message stating \u201c<em>You have successfully installed Wordfence.<\/em>\u201d Enter your preferred email address for Wordfence email notifications, agree to the Wordfence terms, and <strong>Continue<\/strong>. If you don\u2019t have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordfence.com\/wordfence-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wordfence premium (paid) license<\/a>, click\u00a0<strong>No Thanks<\/strong>\u00a0at the bottom.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3836d95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3836d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordfence-security-terms.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc54ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bc54ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p class=\"alert alert-info\">When you first visit some Wordfence pages, you\u2019ll be prompted with pop-ups explaining notable features.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress Security Plugin- Wordfence Our safety crew recommends a beneficial security WordPress plugin referred to as \u201cWordFence\u201d This tool will help with scanning any intrusion tries into your WordPress website as nicely as with scanning for any malware that exists. 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