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Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I wanted to clarify my post for people scanning this thread… The cURL issue doesn't…

4 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Good news and bad news… DreamHost upgraded the server, and cURL now works. My "Simple…

4 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
DreamHost support responded. They're running an older version of cURL on Debian. They're in the…

4 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I stand corrected. Full cURL verbosity shows that it's attempting to reach the same IP…

4 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm getting this error because I'm using a self-signed certificate. I did some troubleshooting, then…

4 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Jesse, deactivating Bad Behavior fixed it. Stephen mentioned that it's a known conflict, so I'll…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Wordfence can't resolve cloudflare IP addresses", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Can you turn off IPv6 at your host? That's the first thing I did when…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Server with more WordPress Install, WF should be installed in each wordpress...", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
You need to install the Wordfence plugin on every WordPress site. I have many WordPress…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Need to Change CSS file", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
How are you changing the file? When I edit, I use an SSH-based editor that…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Wordfence can't resolve cloudflare IP addresses", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I've turned off all my IPv6 because of this. I host on Dreamhost and used…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Scan hanging when scanning URLs", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
2 successful scans in a row. I guess that did it. Thanks!

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Blocking Cloudflare?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I stand corrected. They *do* do special magic. In that case, the original problem shouldn't…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Ok, deactivating Bad Behavior fixed it. Is there something I should be whitelisting?

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Doesnt seem to be working, i still get heaps of brute force attacks", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Is it showing you a total numbers of attacks prevented?

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "My BruteProtect Dashboard not available", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I forgot to mention that I'm logging into my.bruteprotect.com account with my wordpress.com credentials…if that…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Scan hanging when scanning URLs", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
It's not a new issue, so here's what it looks like right now ten minutes…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Falcon Engine gets deactived immediately", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Not that I'm aware of. Bummer. If all else fails, use Wordfence Options and set…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Falcon Engine gets deactived immediately", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I've not tried this for non-scan issues, but enable Wordfence debugging and then enable caching.…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to ""Wordfence Live Activity: Call to Wordfence API to resolve IPs failed"", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Do you have any other sites with Wordfence? I think if you turn on debugging,…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Blocking Cloudflare?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm on Dreamhost and use Cloudflare. I use the plugin. I still think you should…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Bulk Select All Deleteable", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
It could be that there are too many for Wordfence select all at once. 500…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Bulk Select All Deleteable", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
After your scan, is it flagging a bunch of Problem Found files? My Scan screen's…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "white screen after form post", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Other posts indicate this could be your server running out of allocated memory. How much…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to ""Wordfence Live Activity: Call to Wordfence API to resolve IPs failed"", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
My wild guess is that the Wordfence server was overloaded and couldn't respond to your…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Wordfence and W3TC", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I don't use W3TC. Do the filenames follow a specific naming convention? If so, then…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "FATAL ERROR: Allowed memory size", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Don't change wfConfig.php. If anything, use the Options Page to check your system's configuration (bottom…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Cannot loging to my wp-admin desktop", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
FTP to your site and rename the plugin folder to wordfence.old and see if that…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Falcon Engine gets deactived immediately", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I haven't had this problem. Are you running any other security or caching plugins? Your…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "high number of email notifications", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
It's not a DDoS. DDoS is designed to knock your site offline. This is just…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Scans failing - Wordfence is currently experiencing high load", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm not exactly sure, but I haven't suffered a week of no-scans. I've had two…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Blocking repeated malicious login attempts", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
My opinion is that it isn't worth the time to block specific IPs. They usually…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Infected Site", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Wordfence looks for vulnerabilities such as old or outdated plugins, weak passwords, or compromised files.…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Invalid Configuration after site migrate to new host", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Once you connect with phpMyAdmin, you'll see a handful of tables that start with wf…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "wp-config.php not be picked up as infected", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I frequently get hung up at the same point on one of my sites. I…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "[WordFence] Can't update WordFence (or several other plugins)", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Manually download them from WordPress, then FTP them to your server. Hopefully things will clear…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Why the developers of wordfence don't accept paypal to sell premium keys?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
PayPal has been known to freeze accounts. As nice as PayPal is, it's one extra…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Invalid Configuration after site migrate to new host", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'd begin by browsing your WP database for Wordfence data. I use phpMyAdmin. It could…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "No option to enable leverage browser caching. Why?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm guessing it's because Wordfence tries to keep all its business on the server. Which…

6 months ago

Posted a reply to "Not clearing cache automatically", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
What action are you performing that you think should clear the cache? I recently got…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "Not receiving confirmation email upon install", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I don't remember when I first installed Wordfence, but I don't see any confirmation emails…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "Emails warning Wordfence needs update are spam", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'd prefer these notifications. If it's a critical security patch, I'd like to update it…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "EMERGENCY: Is this a WordFence issue? Is Wordfence blocking access to my websit", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
There have been a few recent WF updates. Others in this forum had a similar…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "Fatal Error", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Manually download Wordfence and copy it into your Plugins folder, overwriting what's there now.

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "Blocked IPs", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
If you delete and reinstall Wordfence, you will be starting from scratch. What I've found…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "Scan starts but doesn't seem to do anything", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Just for kicks, try enabling: Disable config caching This feature was a frequent cause of…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "How do I pay?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm not a premium user. Is your payment method still valid? Do they email out…

7 months ago

Posted a reply to "admin name showing", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I have these turned on in the Options page: Don't let WordPress reveal valid users…

7 months ago