• Resolved qnkov

    (@qnkov)


    Hello, i just install the free version. Do i need to do something else, or just leave it like this. It’s all set up?

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  • Plugin Support wfphil

    (@wfphil)

    Hi @qnkov

    There are a lot of options in Wordfence. With some of them you may need to read our documentation if you are not sure what they do. All options have a question mark icon that link to our help documentation.

    To begin with I would check the following settings:

    If you have the latest version of Wordfence installed then please open the All Options page and use the EXPAND ALL button to expand all sections.

    1) Setup email alerts to receive important notifications about your site security. If Wordfence finds any issues with your overall site security then you will receive an email alert.

    2) We recommend the firewall Protection Level is set to Extended Protection and the Firewall Status is set to Enabled and Protecting. If the Protection Level says Basic WordPress Protection then you will see a notification at the top of Wordfence admin pages asking you to optimize the firewall. Once the firewall has been optimized then the Protection Level will say Extended Protection.

    If the Firewall Status is set to Learning Mode it is important to understand that the firewall rules aren’t protecting your site so please read about Learning Mode here:

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/learning-mode/

    However, other firewall protection mechanisms such as the Brute Force Protection rules will still be active in Learning Mode.

    3) Make sure that Wordfence is correctly detecting visitor IP addresses. In the General Wordfence Options section, where it shows an IP address for Your IP with this setting, make sure this IP address matches your IP address using this link below (note that this detection is not 100% accurate on cellular phone network connections):

    https://www.whatsmyip.org/

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/dashboard/options/#get-ips

    4) Configure the Brute Force Protection rules as per our recommended settings here:

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/brute-force/

    5) Setup two factor authentication for your cellphone.?

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/tools/two-factor-authentication/

    6) Setup the Rate Limiting rules as per our recommended settings here:

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/rate-limiting/

    We then recommend that you read through our documentation for all of the available options and recommended settings. Our documentation is available here:

    https://www.wordfence.com/help/

    Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    I’ve removed my message as @wfphil has responded, thanks for using Wordfence!

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by wfpeter. Reason: Phil has already responded
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