Why is Wordfence Security so popular?
Wordfence's free version is genuinely powerful — the firewall and malware scanner alone are worth more than most paid alternatives charge. Its Threat Intelligence Feed, backed by its 24/7 security research team, keeps the free firewall rules updated within 30 days of new threats.
What is Wordfence Security used for?
Every WordPress site — blogs, eCommerce stores, business sites, membership sites. Particularly important for WooCommerce stores handling payment data and membership sites managing user accounts.
How DetectWP detects Wordfence Security
Wordfence is deliberately difficult to detect (for security reasons). DetectWP looks for specific HTTP response headers and HTML comments that Wordfence sometimes includes. We power our own vulnerability database with Wordfence Intelligence data.
Paste any competitor URL into DetectWP — we scan and report all active plugins in under 3 seconds, including version numbers and known CVE vulnerabilities from the Wordfence Intelligence database.