Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

Wordfence Security is a WordPress plugin by Mark Maunder, first published on WordPress.org in 2012. It has 5,000,000+ active installations and 431,627,309 downloads in total, and ranks #11 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Its directory rank held steady over the past week. Users rate it 4.7 out of 5 across 5,030 reviews. Version 9.0.2 was released 23 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 4.7 and PHP 7.0 or later. In the last two months, 152 of 175 support threads were marked resolved (87%). It is listed under 2FA, firewall, malware, scanner and security. Plugins with a similar focus include Vigilant, Limit Login Attempts Security and Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal.