{"id":124,"date":"2021-04-10T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/?p=124"},"modified":"2021-04-10T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T13:54:50","slug":"how-to-turn-off-wordfence-email-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/how-to-turn-off-wordfence-email-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Turn Off Wordfence Email Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re wondering how to turn off Wordfence email alerts, you\u2019ve probably got a new installation with all the defaults. The number of emails can be a little overwhelming. Wordfence keeps you informed of nearly everything, which may not be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a quick guide to accessing the Wordfence email alerts settings, and some tips on which you may want to disable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you are increasing risk by disabling any setting. But when my younger websites aren’t generating revenue, I balance the risk with not having much to lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Are The Wordfence Email Alerts Settings?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Alerts settings are on the \u201cAll Options\u201d page. There\u2019s a link under the Wordfence menu that opens the page directly. I\u2019ve highlighted it on the left in this picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You\u2019ll need to scroll down a little to get to the \u201cEmail Alert Preferences\u201d section. When you expand this section, you\u2019ll see a lot of settings (look above). And most of the settings are enabled by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Is Wordfence Flooding You With Emails?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve never seen the traffic to a new WordPress website, you may get an unpleasant surprise by what WordFence reveals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an unfortunate fact of life that bad actors are monitoring for new domains and WordPress sites. They will send traffic that tries to log in to your WordPress installation using standard logins like \u201cadmin\u201d and a variety of passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bot blocking and login attacks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The WordFence plugin protects you by blocking IP addresses for suspicious activity. And by default, the plugin will send emails to tell you the action that it’s taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to learn more, here\u2019s an article on how Wordfence limits login attempts<\/a>. And this article is on how Wordfence stops bots<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll get to the options that I tend to disable in the next section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequent emails<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To illustrate my point here, I returned my Wordfence installation to the default options on three new-ish WordPress sites that I manage. One of them is a week old. The domains are hidden in this screen capture of my emails, but I can tell you that Wordfence sent me several email alerts for all three websites within a 70-minute window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Every email refers to Wordfence locking out an IP address due to repeated failed attempts to log into your WordPress installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s actually a single alert setting that is whizzing out these emails. The thing is\u2026this is usual internet behavior. There\u2019s not much I\u2019m going to do about it on a small site, other than be grateful that I\u2019ve got Wordfence installed and taking action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Choices For Disabling Wordfence Email Alert Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are my personal choices for new websites that aren\u2019t generating much revenue. This may not be right for you, but it can be useful to see what other administrators do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I keep options enabled to ensure I\u2019m notified when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n