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why SlickStack did not support WordFence plugin?

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  • April 7, 2023 at 1:40 pm #4853
    Randy
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    hello, why did SlickStack disable WordFence whenever I activate this plugin.

    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-wordfence-assistant-wordfence-assistant-php-has-been-deactivated-due/

    April 7, 2023 at 1:42 pm #4854
    Frances
    Guest

    and what about WordFence Assistant

    April 7, 2023 at 5:03 pm #4856
    Helen
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    why are you using Wordfence? doesn’t it require Apache and htaccess not really for Nginx servers?

    April 7, 2023 at 8:41 pm #4857
    Amber
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    https://www.linode.com/community/questions/22059/nginx-vs-litespeedapache-for-wordpress-security

    it can use Nginx

    but if you use Nginx or Slickstack why use Wordfence…

    April 8, 2023 at 7:17 am #4859
    Ann
    Guest

    hello, why did SlickStack disable WordFence

    There are several WordPress plugins that SlickStack will disable by default, either because they are malware/spyware type of stuff, or directly conflict with the SlickStack configuration and functionality.

    Blacklisted WordPress Plugins

    WordFence and Sucuri are both blacklisted by default because they “hack” core files and conflict with SlickStack’s built-in server-level security features such as rate-limiting of wp-login attempts, blocking XML-RPC DDOS attacks, and such.

    April 9, 2023 at 8:07 pm #4885
    Frank
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    you can use your custom blacklist.txt if you want @OP

    April 9, 2023 at 8:15 pm #4886
    Alexis
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    Wordfence is better for low-end shared hosting with bad security like cPanel servers and bloated WP themes and websites that never update their plugins and full of bloated code and security holes…

    If you use quality and lightweight code and cloud servers or premium type of WP hosting you should not have any necessary for Wordfence guys.

    April 10, 2023 at 6:21 am #4888
    Christopher
    Guest

    avoid .htaccess files if you care about security!!

    April 24, 2023 at 4:05 pm #5119
    Nicole
    Guest

    Do I really need security plugin for WordPress?

    August 4, 2023 at 9:44 pm #7128
    Samuel
    Guest

    Wordfence adds HUGE amounts of data and tables to your mysql… I know they are open source and not Saas so it makes sense. But holy crap.

    August 4, 2023 at 9:45 pm #7129
    Brittany
    Guest

    try Jeff’s BBQ plugin linked in the other thread.

    August 5, 2023 at 9:21 am #7142
    Justin
    Guest

    Wordfence also discriminates against Russians and disabled the security of their paying customers’ websites in Russia…. trying to simp for the neolibs after Democrats anti-Russian hate campaign in 2022

    Talk about cringe 🤮

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