Built-In WordPress Security With WordFence
WordFence is the leading cyber security solution for WordPress. It offers a complete anti-virus and firewall package for your WordPress website and has been downloaded by happy users over 22 million times to date.
Standard (Free) Version
The standard free version that we install offers a lot of security features and protection already built-in. This is why it is one of the very first items we install on all of the websites we design and develop!
If you are on one of our Maintenance Plans, we stay on top of WordFence alerts for you and correct any issues that arise. If you are not on a plan, WordFence can be configured to email you when a potential problem arises, so you can go in and research it more thoroughly.**
Premium Version
While we offer the standard version for free, you can upgrade to the premium version for $8.25 per month (one-year prepaid). We do not mark this up – it’s the same price as what WordFence charges, we just handle the technical stuff for you.
This premium version includes enterprise WordPress security features like two-factor authentication and country blocking. We highly recommend you consider this, for all of the wonderful features it offers for the low price!
WordFence Features
Security Feature |
Standard Version |
Premium Version |
| Scan Core, Theme & Plugin Files |
✓ |
✓ |
| Scan Content for Bad URLs |
✓ |
✓ |
| Scan for Known Malware |
✓ |
✓ |
| Scan for Hundreds of Backdoors |
✓ |
✓ |
| Scan for DNS Changes |
✓ |
✓ |
| Real-time Traffic Shows Hackers |
✓ |
✓ |
| View Crawlers in Real-Time |
✓ |
✓ |
| View Top Content Leeches |
✓ |
✓ |
| Get Detailed IP Info |
✓ |
✓ |
| Monitor Disk Space |
✓ |
✓ |
| Enforce Strong Passwords |
✓ |
✓ |
| Track IP Addresses |
✓ |
✓ |
| Rate Limit Rogue Crawlers |
✓ |
✓ |
| Block IPs |
✓ |
✓ |
| Manage Blocked IPs |
✓ |
✓ |
| Advanced Network Blocking |
✓ |
✓ |
| Block Fake Google Bots |
✓ |
✓ |
| Block Brute Force Attacks |
✓ |
✓ |
| Repair Files |
✓ |
✓ |
| Remote Scans |
✓ |
|
| Frequent Scans |
✓ |
|
| Scheduled Scans |
✓ |
|
| Check if Site is Spamvertized |
✓ |
|
| Check if Site IP is Generating Spam |
✓ |
|
| Cell Phone Sign In |
✓ |
|
| Premium Support from WordFence |
✓ |
|
| Advanced Comment Spam Filter |
✓ |
|
| Audit Existing Passwords |
✓ |
|
| Country Blocking |
✓ |
|
Cost |
$0 per year |
$99 per year |
You can learn more about WordFence by clicking here.
* In a handful of cases we have found some clients’ hosting companies are incompatible with WordFence, which is a shame. In those cases, we have substituted a similar security plug-in.
** Please note, we are not responsible if something you do while working in WordFence causes your site to go down. While rare, if you aren’t careful you could cause something to “break,” which would require us to fix the problem at an additional charge. This is one of the reasons we suggest a Maintenance Package since we take care of all of these details for you.
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