Wordfence plugin not visible in WP (vers 4.9.6) when upgrading to PHP7.

  • When I view the plugins in the WP dashboard after upgrading to PHP7, some of the plugins are not visible any longer. I only see a few – Wordfence isn’t visible.

    Is there a compatibility issue with Wordfence in WP 4.9.6 running PHP 7?

    If I can’t see it in the dashboard, I’m not sure if I’ll get email alerts to upgrading WF, but even if I get the email alert, I won’t be able to upgrade the plugin as it’s not visible in the Plugins screen.

    Please advise.

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  • Wordfence ver 7.1.7 in WP 4.9.6 running PHP 7.0.30 works fine in my website, and perfectly visible on the dashboard. So I guess something else may be at play in your configuration.

    Hi @lmd99

    Yes, the plugin is compatible with PHP 7. If you are running WordPress Network, then make sure you are checking the Network Admin Dashboard page as the plugin won’t appear on every site dashboard in the network, only the main network dashboard page.

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter LMD99

    (@lmd99)

    I’m not using a WordPress Network. It’s a managed VMS plan which I can host up to 90 domains, but each site is supposed to have it’s own and separate “hosted environment”. So this site is technically a stand-alone site on a shared server.

    When I use the PHP compatibility checker plugin, the results for Wordfence show as “Unknown”. And the details: “The plugin/theme was skipped as it was too large to scan before the server killed the process.”

    Regardless, the Wordfence plugin isn’t visible in the WP dashboard plugin page when I upgrade the PHP version from 5.x to 7.x.

    Is there anything specific I can ask our hosting support that I can post here for further clarification?

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by LMD99.
    • This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by LMD99.

    Hi @lmd99

    When you connect to your website via FTP, under (/wp-content/plugins/) directory, do you see a folder for Wordfence plugin? if there is a one, then most probably it’s a permission issue, report it to your web host. If you didn’t find it and it got deleted for unknown reasons, then I wonder if you have Jetpack plugin installed with the feature of connecting your WordPress.com with your website? if so, then please check my other reply here.

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter LMD99

    (@lmd99)

    Prior to the PHP upgrade (while using PHP5), the site works fine, in the WP dashboard I can see all plugins (including Wordfence) and via FTP – all of the following plugin folders are visible.

    Contact form 7
    google sitemap generator
    php compatibility checker
    seo ultimate
    updraftplus
    wordfence
    wp-editor
    wp fastest cache

    After updating the web space to PHP7, the site works fine, I can see all of the above plugin folders via FTP (including Wordfence), but when I look at the plugins in WordPress Dashboard, I only see three plugins, and Wordfence isn’t one of the three. These are what I see in the WP dashboard.

    Contact form 7
    Google XML sitemaps
    PHP compatibility checker

    Also, I’m not using Jetpack.

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by LMD99.

    Hi @lmd99

    Since this is happening to other plugins as well, I believe it could have something to do with file permissions/ownership, I recommend getting in contact with your web host regarding this issue.

    Thanks.

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