John Summer Both the free and premium versions of Wordfence will limit login attempts to help protect your WordPress site. The default options are good for many small websites, but it’s worth reviewing and tweaking them for your own needs. This article runs through every option and gives tips on the best settings for different scenarios. How … Read more
Has a service asked you to whitelist an IP address in Wordfence? Or perhaps you want to whitelist your own IP to avoid being blocked from your site. This article walks step by step through real examples of whitelisting one or more IP addresses in Wordfence. We’ll also look at why it may be difficult … Read more
You can block specific IP addresses with the free version of the Wordfence plugin. The paid version gives you some extra options for handling unwanted traffic. This article gives you a step-by-step walkthrough on how to block an IP Address with Wordfence. If you know the exact deatils, you can jump to the section on … Read more
If you’re looking for a security plugin for your WordPress site, you may be wondering if Wordfence protects against unwanted bot traffic. Both the free and premium versions of Wordfence will stop bots that the plugin identifies as being malicious. No service is perfect, but you can also set up your own block lists within … Read more
Wordfence can affect SEO in both positive and negatives ways. The positive far outweighs any negative aspects. This article goes through how Wordfence helps your website SEO. We also discuss two main issues that can make Wordfence affect SEO, and how to prevent them. But we’ll look at the good points first. Wordfence Protection From … Read more
If you use the standard way of deleting a WordPress plugin to remove Wordfence, you will not completely remove the security plugin. That will become clear if you reinstall Wordfence: your configuration options and other data will reappear. This may be what you want. Perhaps you are testing Wordfence behavior with other plugins. This article … Read more
If you look at older reviews about Wordfence, you’ll see reports that it slows down a website. But recent changes to the Wordfence plugin have greatly increased performance. I tested the latest version of Wordfence on four of my websites this year. Here’s my verdict: Wordfence doesn’t slow down most of my websites. I’ll discuss … Read more
Let’s take a trip down memory lane to take a look at the Scarecrow Bandits. Their takedown used techniques way back in 2008 that are commonly known today but were more akin to spy thrillers back then. We’re talking about cellphone tracking through the triangulation of cell towers. A Brief History Of The Scarecrow Bandits … Read more
A while ago, I was looking at Google Analytics for a young website and I noticed a spike in traffic. This is usually a social media mention. but I noticed it was due to a new traffic source: “trafficbot4free.club”. That didn’t look right. This article will show you how to identify bad bot traffic using … Read more
