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Endpoint firewall for WordPress websites.

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Wordfence - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: August 2026

Wordfence overview

What is Wordfence?

Wordfence is a web application firewall that identifies and blocks malicious traffic on WordPress websites. With an integrated security scanner, Wordfence can analyze WordPress files, themes, and plugins for malware, SEO spam, bad URLs, malicious redirects, and code injections. Wordfence is focused on complete WordPress security, providing a Threat Defense Feed that includes the up-to-date firewall rules, malicious IP addresses, and malware signatures.

With Wordfence, users can manage multiple WordPress sites and view real-time activity across all sites in one place. Whenever malicious activity is detected, Workfence can quickly isolate security threats by blocking malicious networks and any other activity that indicates suspicious intentions. Files that have been overwritten can easily be reverted back to the original version by validating the integrity of files with the WordPress.org repository.

Wordfence also provides two-factor authentication, password protection, IP blacklisting, and country-level blocking.

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Wordfence reviews

Overall rating

4.9

/5

29

Positive reviews

97

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.97/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
“Wordfence offers very reliable security for your Wordpress sites. Since the free version is usually enough for most Wordpress sites, that is a plus.”
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Collis C.

Internet Marketer

“It's easy to use and provides various ways to completely prohibit website attacks like filtering IPs, brute-forcing, and Filtering by countries, and offers additional security grids for website administrators (2FA and backup codes).”
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Ferent L.

Web Designer - Junior Platform Maintainance Engineer And Seasoned Online Marketing Assistant

“It gives you peace of mind that your website is protected from external attacks and the alerts will always notify you if something unusual is taking place. If you need to interrogate traffic further it is simple to do so and it is possible to add rules to create an extra security level which has helped us prevent bot attacks through our donation/payment system.”
LG

Lauren G.

Digital Fundraising Manager

Cons
“It's not a perfect solution and you have to pay $100 per year for full protection.”
RB

Richard B.

CEO

“Even with the 25% discount when we buy more than 15 licenses, it is still expensive for the smaller clients.”
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PAUL O.

IT Director

“I think maybe a bit difficult to understand some of their features and settings after you are set up”
HB

Helena B.

professional mentor

Who uses Wordfence?

Based on 29 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Marketing and Advertising
Computer Software
Non-Profit Organization Management
E-Learning
Others

Use cases

Website Security
Firewall

Wordfence's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Wordfence users:

Intrusion prevention system

All Wordfence features

Features rating:

Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
Alerts/Escalation
Anomaly/Malware detection
Endpoint protection
Filtering
Firewalls
Intrusion detection system
Intrusion prevention system
IP filtering
Monitoring
Real-Time monitoring
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time reporting
SQL injections
Summary Reports
Threat response
Two-Factor authentication
Vulnerability scanning
Web-Application security
Web traffic reporting

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Wordfence pricing

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User opinions about Wordfence price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Wordfence's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Wordfence offers very reliable security for your Wordpress sites. Since the free version is usually enough for most Wordpress sites, that is a plus.”
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Collis C.

Internet Marketer

“It's easy to use and provides various ways to completely prohibit website attacks like filtering IPs, brute-forcing, and Filtering by countries, and offers additional security grids for website administrators (2FA and backup codes).”
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Ferent L.

Web Designer - Junior Platform Maintainance Engineer And Seasoned Online Marketing Assistant

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Integration rating: 5.0 (4)

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Director of Marketing

Wordfence support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Wordfence FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Wordfence?

Wordfence has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Small Business, Large Enterprises, Mid-size Business

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