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Wordfence 5.0.7 Beta1 is now available

Hi Beta team! Wordfence 5.0.7 Beta1 is now available at: http://wordfence.com/betas/wordfence-5.0.7-beta1.zip As always to install this beta, disable and uninstall your current Wordfence plugin.

Please stop password protecting your /wp-admin folder because it breaks public AJAX for WordPress.

There are many helpful articles like this one that explain how to add “another level of security” to your website by password protecting access to the /wp-admin folder.

Wordfence 5.0.6 Released

Thanks to our beta teamĀ of around 400 testers now, we tested Wordfence 5.0.6 over the weekend and it has been released this morning into production.

Wordfence 5.0.6 Beta 1 Released

[UPDATE May 5th: Wordfence 5.0.6 Official has now been released. Thanks to our beta team for testing this release and their feedback.] This is for our Beta team.

Nginx.conf rules for Wordfence Falcon Engine Caching when using Nginx and PHP5-FPM

Below you will find a configuration file for nginx web server that contains the rewrite rules that you need to run Falcon with nginx.

Wordfence 5.0.5 Beta 1 is now available.

Hi Beta Team, The 5.0.5 beta for wordfence is available at: http://www.wordfence.com/betas/wordfence-5.0.5-beta1.zip This is a minor maintenance release.

Wordfence 5.0.4 released! Now with (verified) HeartBleed detection.

A HUGE thank you to our team of beta testers. This is the first release we put through our improved release and beta process.

Wordfence 5.0.4 Beta1 now available. Targeting tomorrow for release.

Hi Beta Testers! Wordfence 5.0.4 Beta1 is now available for your downloading pleasure at: http://www.wordfence.com/betas/wordfence-5.0.4-beta1.zip What we’ve changed: Feature: We now scan for the infamous heartbleed openssl vulnerability using a non-intrusive scan method safe for production servers.

The first Falcon Engine results are in and WOW!

We’ve had amazing feedback from our customers on how the new Falcon Engine we built into Wordfence has improved their site performance.

We have launched a Wordfence Beta Testing Program

As part of our ongoing effort to improve our release process and ensure that every release of Wordfence is enterprise ready and rock solid, we’re introducing a Beta Program for Wordfence.