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Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

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WordPress plugin by Mark Maunder · detected on 1011 sites in our index (18.64% of WordPress sites scanned)

Firewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth, and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24-hour team. Make security a priority with Wordfence.

1,011
Sites detected
18.64%
Market share
of our WP index
#7
Rank
among indexed plugins
2026-08-20
Last detected

Where Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sits in the WordPress plugin ecosystem

Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security is the #7 most-detected WordPress plugin in our scan index of 5,424 sites, appearing on roughly 18.64% of WordPress sites we've fingerprinted. Most sites running Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security are hosted on Pantheon (47% of identified hosts). The most common companion plugin is Yoast SEO: Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, present on 76% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites. The most frequent theme is Hello Elementor.

Every data point here comes from actual scans of public WordPress sites, not vendor case studies or curated showcases. We don't accept submissions; everything you see is detected automatically when a site is scanned through the tool.

Plugins commonly used with Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

From co-occurrence analysis across sites running Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security in our index.

Themes commonly running Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

Top themes on sites using this plugin.

  • Hello Elementor4% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 33 sites
  • divi3% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 26 sites
  • unified2% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 18 sites
  • Hello Elementor Child1% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 13 sites
  • UltimaTube1% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 12 sites
  • Hello Elementor Child1% of Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 12 sites

Hosting providers running Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

Limited to sites where we identified the hosting provider.

Sites using Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

Most-recently-scanned sites detected with this plugin.

How we detect Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

Five-vector detection: /wp-content/plugins/wordfence/ asset paths, /wp-json/ REST API namespaces, HTML signature patterns, sitemap XML comments, and asset-probe HEAD requests against the top-100 popular plugins on wordpress.org. Each detected plugin carries provenance pills showing which sources corroborated it; cross-vector matches indicate high-confidence detections. More on how detection works.

Reviewed by Matt Hall · founder of Scepter Marketing · 10+ years building WordPress sites
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Last reviewed: 2026-08-20
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Data comes from real-time scans of public WordPress sites, not vendor case studies or curated showcases. Every claim on this page traces back to a specific detection in our scan corpus, observable via our methodology. Affiliate links are disclosed per the affiliate disclosure.