Wordfence

Wordfence is considered one of the most popular security and firewall scanners. It includes a malware scanner and endpoint scanner there were each built from the ground up as a means of protection for WordPress. WordFence is armed with what is referred to as a Threat Defence Feed, and it is comprised of the newest malicious IP addresses, firewall rules, and malware signatures for keeping your website safe. There are additional features available to help round out Wordfence helping make it the most comprehensive solution available for WordPress security.

WordPress Firewall

Malicious traffic is blocked and identified by Web Application Firewall. Maintained and built by a large team with a 100% focus on security for WordPress. For premium users, real-time malware signature and firewall rule updates through the Threat Defence Feed (free version delayed after 30 days).

For premium users, real-time all requests are blocked in real-time by IP Blacklist from the most malicious IPs, thus offering your site protection and load reduction. Your site receives endpoint protection while simultaneously enabling integration on a deep level with WordPress. Will not experience a break in encryption, leads in data cannot occur, and bypasses cannot occur as with cloud alternatives.

Block requests occur from integrated malware scanner that includes malicious content or code. Brute force attack protection is offered by enforcing strong passwords, limiting login attempts, and using other security measures for logins.

WordPress Security Scanner

Scanner for malware checks plugins, core files, and themes for malware, backdoors, bad URLs, malicious directed, SPAM, and code injections. For premium users, the Threat Defence Feed updates the malware signature in real-time (free version delayed after 30 days).

Your themes, core files, and plugins are compared with the repository available through WordPress.org to check for integrity, and changes are reported to you. Files are repaired by with an overwriting process. If files no longer belong in the Wordfence interface, they’re deleted. Your site is checked for any known security vulnerabilities, and all issues are reported to you. You also receive alerts when plugins are abandoned or closed.

The safety of your content is checked by scanning posts, contents, and comments for suspicious content and dangerous URLs. For premium users, checks occur to see if your IP or website is on a blacklist for activity that’s malicious, spam generation, or other security problems.

Security Tools

Life Traffic offers monitoring for hack attempts and visits that other analytics packages don’t show in real time; including their IP address, origin, and what time of day they visited your site. For premium users, brute force attacks are stopped permanently through the use of two-factor authentication, one of the most secure remote system authentication systems available.

Users have access to an excellent comment spam filter that is available through the free version of Wordfence. Those who are premium users receive an advanced comment filter that is automatically enabled. Build advanced rules or block attackers by IP on IP Range, User Agent, Hostname, and Referer. Wordfence Premium also offers country blocking.

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