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Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

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WordPress plugin by Mark Maunder · detected on 994 sites in our index (18.66% 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.

994
Sites detected
18.66%
Market share
of our WP index
#7
Rank
among indexed plugins
2026-05-22
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 5,328 sites — appearing on roughly 18.66% 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 · 31 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
  • Hello Elementor Child1% of Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security sites · 12 sites
  • UltimaTube1% 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: 2026-05-22
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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.