Wordfence – is it necessary for simple display only website

  • Resolved physicalgrafitti75

    (@physicalgrafitti75)


    7 years, 2 months ago

    Hello. We have a very simple website used to display pictures of the items we sell, which are sheds, gazebos, swingsets and the like.

    We recently had our site go down because our wordpress .ini file did not have a reference to our site. We are wondering – for a site like ours – which does not have login capabilities, is it necessary to keep an maintain wordfence?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    wordfence is a security plugin. IF you are concerned about security of your site, then it’s good to keep it.

    Thread Starter physicalgrafitti75

    (@physicalgrafitti75)

    Yes, we are concerned about the security of our site. But for a site like ours, which only displays pictures and prices – there are no user logins or any kind of financial information for anyone to steal, so is it necessary? The question arose because this past week our site went down. I contacted IPOWER(our provider) and they said they had to disable all our plugins to fix. The issue was that they needed to add a reference to our site in the .ini file. of our wordpress path. We don’t understand how that reference was not there because we have had wordfence installed for over a year now. And now because they disabled and removed all our plugins, we have to go back and re-install all of them. The only plugin that provides user interface is our contact form.

    I guess the bigger question is why was that reference missing.

    Wordfence blocks bandwidth hogging attacks, giving site all site users more bandwidth, subsequently a more enjoyable browsing experience. So yes, I recommend it for all sites.

    Security is necessary for all WP sites – just a fact of life. Does not have to be Wordfence – there are other solutions – but Wordfence is popular and effective.

    Thread Starter physicalgrafitti75

    (@physicalgrafitti75)

    Thank you all for your replies. I will add it back – I just wanted to get some opinions and consider all options.

    Thanks all

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    You are welcome ??

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