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Wordfence Security · Version history

Wordfence Security changelog and version history

Latest version
9.0.2
Sep 30, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
303
since 2012
In the last year
9
about one every 40 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 201261 releases
  • 201320 releases
  • 201434 releases
  • 201529 releases
  • 201629 releases
  • 201723 releases
  • 201823 releases
  • 201916 releases
  • 202010 releases
  • 20218 releases
  • 202212 releases
  • 202314 releases
  • 20249 releases
  • 20259 releases
  • 20266 releases

20266 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 9.0.2Latest

    • Change: Changed IPv6 diagnostics result to be informational only
    • Change: Added help link to increased attack rate emails
    • Improvement: Increased compatibility with WordPress Playground
    • Improvement: Harden REST API user enumeration protection
    • Fix: Upgraded virtualizer dependency to fix Firefox tab crash on screens with a lot of DOM elements (e.g., a running scan)
    • Fix: Better detection and handling of “module” script tagging to avoid conflict with renamed plugin directories
    • Fix: Add missed return value from upgrader_pre_install audit log filter
    • Fix: PHP 8.1 deprecation notice fixes
    • Fix: Fixed translation support on login page
    • Fix: Improve handling of WAF JSON processing to better handle array values
    • Fix: Address early translation calls to avoid _load_textdomain_just_in_time notices
    • Fix: Changed a few translated strings to avoid containing HTML due to a broken CZ translation
    • Fix: Removed obsolete CSS
    • Fix: Fixed typo in “No alerts will be sent for the remain[d]er…”
  2. Wordfence Security 9.0.1

    • Improvement: UX enhancements for passkey authentication and general login security
    • Improvement: GeoIP database updated
    • Fix: Improved error handling in WAF request handlers and XML-RPC parser
    • Fix: Fixed an issue with translations not showing on the Login Security Settings tab
    • Fix: Addressed several potential PHP 8.5+ deprecation notices
    • Fix: Reworked MD5 hash use in MySQL to avoid deprecation in 9.7+
  3. Wordfence Security 9.0.0

    • Improvement: Added support for passkey authentication
    • Available for both free and premium installations
    • Can be enabled for any user role (multisite support is currently limited)
    • WooCommerce integration
    • Support for custom authentication integrations
    • Improvement: GeoIP database updated
    • Improvement: Several mobile styling and layout improvements on the login security page
    • Improvement: Added diagnostics info for authentication hooks to assist with login-related troubleshooting
    • Change: Hardened 2FA flow when installed next to plugins with non-standard authentication (credit: Austin Ginder of Anchor Hosting)
    • Change: Hardened 2FA remember cookie handling
    • Change: The scanner will now display an issue when the standalone Wordfence Login Security plugin is installed because all functionality is already provided by Wordfence itself
    • Change: Updated internal libraries used by the Vue UI
    • Change: Login error masking setting now also applies to the Login Security functionality
  4. Wordfence Security 8.2.2

    • Improvement: Better presentation of Live Traffic data on wide screens
    • Improvement: Increased legibility of token fields
    • Improvement: Reworked the pagination of the Blocking page for a better UX
    • Improvement: Country blocking token field can now expand to show all entries
    • Improvement: Performance improvements for the activity log and better pause behavior on window blur/focus
    • Improvement: GeoIP database updated
    • Change: Removed deprecated Central endpoint
    • Fix: Addressed issue where the last activity log entry could repeatedly appear
    • Fix: Using the embedded shortcode for the 2FA form now correctly enqueues core JavaScript dependencies
    • Fix: Modals with content that overflows on smaller viewports can now be scrolled
    • Fix: The changelog link in plugin upgrade scan issues now links correctly
  5. Wordfence Security 8.2.1

    • Fix: Fixed issue with some i18n plugins/themes when a user has no 2FA recovery codes
    • Fix: Toggled options with additional help links now correctly open the link rather than toggling the option
    • Fix: Country Blocking editing fixed when there are multiple pages of block rules
    • Fix: Added better error handling to the initial Vue data load
    • Fix: Handled error when logging in using legacy 2FA with separate prompts enabled
  6. Wordfence Security 8.2.0

    • Improvement: Migrated all deprecated JavaScript libraries in use to a Vue-based infrastructure
    • Improvement: GeoIP database update
    • Improvement: Better coverage of aria- accessibility attributes
    • Improvement: Added translators comments to translatable strings where previously missing
    • Fix: WordPress 7.0 compatibility fixes
    • Note: Legacy two factor authentication using SMS-based codes will be discontinued around July 1, 2026. Sites using this functionality should migrate users to the TOTP-based two factor authentication on the Login Security page of the plugin

20259 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 8.1.4

    • Fix: Fixed an issue with inet_pton introduced by a recent patch to PHP 8.1+ that could cause a fatal error if a malformed IP address was passed to the call
  2. Wordfence Security 8.1.3

    • Improvement: Updated the bundled geoip database
    • Note: Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.9
  3. Wordfence Security 8.1.2

    • Improvement: Updated the bundled geoip database
  4. Wordfence Security 8.1.1

    • Improvement: Improved localization support for the various block screens and messages
    • Improvement: Updated the bundled geoip database
    • Improvement: Prioritized Wordfence tables in the diagnostics tool when large numbers of tables exist
    • Improvement: Allow non-US Google crawler IP addresses to pass country blocking
    • Improvement: Enforcement of password strength requirements is now applied on the corresponding REST API endpoints
    • Fix: Fixed detection for first-time logins and overall sending for login alerts when the corresponding settings are enabled
    • Fix: When the WAF is using the mysql storage engine, fixed an issue with exclusion rules for the WAF not running correctly
    • Fix: Reduced per-hit database query load around checking license status for free installations
    • Fix: Optimized data sync with the WAF to better detect when the known server IP address list has changed
  5. Wordfence Security 8.1.0

    • Improvement: Added password scanning support for WordPress 6.8 and later
    • Improvement: Limited email alerts to 5 per hour by default and added notification when limit has been reached
    • Improvement: Improved URL scanning performance
    • Improvement: Updated GeoIP database
    • Change: Reduced scan result severity for vulnerabilities with high attack complexity or required privileges
    • Change: Added messaging around WAF support when NGINX Unit is detected
    • Change: Added notice and scan result about Wordfence Assistant
    • Change: Adjusted IPv6 connection issue message and appearance
    • Fix: Prevented deprecation notice about calling base64_encode with null parameter
    • Fix: Prevented deprecation message about calling preg_match with null parameter
    • Fix: Corrected license type shown on dashboard when expiring
    • Fix: Prevented disabled getmyuid function from causing fatal error
    • Fix: Prevented disabled get_current_user function from causing fatal error
    • Fix: Prevented notice about _load_textdomain_just_in_time being called incorrectly
  6. Wordfence Security 8.0.5

    • Fix: Compatibility fixes for WordPress 6.8
  7. Wordfence Security 8.0.4

    • Improvement: Improved error handling and messaging for some responses from our servers
    • Improvement: Added messaging when a site may be using the same free license shared among multiple sites because it can cause the sites to use the same scan schedule rather than spreading out the load
    • Improvement: Updated the readme content and formatting
  8. Wordfence Security 8.0.3

    • Improvement: Added support for hosts relocating the WAF’s auto-prepend file via the constant/envvar WORDFENCE_WAF_PREPEND_DIRECTORY
    • Improvement: Added detection for non-repo plugins and themes to avoid the scanner reporting changes when the same slug + version exists within the wordpress.org repo
    • Improvement: Messaging for Central disconnections now better reflects the user making the change
    • Improvement: Scan errors due to unreachable Wordfence servers will now provide a link to our status page to check for outages
    • Improvement: Reduced the number of network calls created to sync scan issues when updates are performed in bulk
    • Change: Reworked setting caching to avoid issues with some object caches
    • Change: Reworked cURL check to avoid using WP_Http_Curl, which has been deprecated
    • Fix: Normalized all wordfence.com links to be https
    • Fix: Fixed a rare error that could occur on the diagnostics page when displaying a list of error logs
    • Fix: Removed the “back to top” button and related script block from emailed diagnostics
    • Fix: Fixed some UI coloring that did not correctly reflect the license type in use
  9. Wordfence Security 8.0.2

    • Improvement: General compatibility improvements and better error handling for PHP 8+
    • Improvement: Added audit log status to the plugin dashboard
    • Change: Increased width of diagnostics text export for better legibility
    • Fix: Addressed an error with mail hooks and the audit log when third party plugins send unexpected value types

20249 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 8.0.1

    • Improvement: Updated GeoIP database
    • Change: Revised some help text related to the audit log to be more clear
    • Fix: Improved audit log compatibility with some plugins that would cause excessive noise due to their behaviors around setting up user roles and capabilities
    • Fix: Fixed a log notice that could occur when deactivating Wordfence with audit log events still pending and a broken Wordfence Central link
  2. Wordfence Security 8.0.0

    • Improvement: Introduced the Wordfence Audit Log, a new premium feature to monitor all changes and actions in security-sensitive areas of the site with remote tamper-proof data storage via Wordfence Central
    • Change: Increased the minimum supported WordPress version to 4.7
    • Change: Increased the minimum supported PHP version to 7.0
  3. Wordfence Security 7.11.7

    • Improvement: Optimized scan performance by reducing database queries by approximately 38% along with CPU usage
    • Fix: Added translation support for “Page not found” string when viewing recent traffic
  4. Wordfence Security 7.11.6

    • Improvement: Revised the strong password requirements notice to be more readable
    • Improvement: Removed unnecessary calls for the plugin and theme vulnerability checks
    • Improvement: Reduced the frequency of calls to Wordfence Central during some operations where the values do not need to be synced
    • Improvement: Refactored some queries to avoid the automatic SHOW FULL COLUMNS queries that WordPress performs to verify database encodings
    • Improvement: Infrequently-used config values are no longer automatically loaded into memory and instead loaded only on demand
    • Fix: Fixed an issue where multisite installations using the WAF mysqli storage engine could repeatedly attempt to update WAF rules when not in optimized mode
    • Improvement: Updated the bundled GeoIP database
    • Change: Revised the formatting of TOTP app URLs to prioritize the site’s own URL for better sorting and display
    • Fix: Fixed the last captcha column in the users page so it no longer displays “(not required)” on 2FA users since that no longer applies
    • Fix: Added a check in wflogs/rules.php to only run when within the WAF’s bootstrap stage when hosted behind nginx
  5. Wordfence Security 7.11.5

    • Fix: Revised the behavior of the reCAPTCHA verification to use the documented expiration period of the token and response to avoid sending verification requests too frequently, which could artificially lower scores in some circumstances
    • Fix: Addressed PHP 8 deprecation notices in the file differ used by file changed scan results
    • Fix: Reduced the frequency of Wordfence Central status update callbacks in sections of the scan that occur quickly in sequence
  6. Wordfence Security 7.11.4

    • Change: CAPTCHA verification when enabled now additionally applies to 2FA logins (may send an email verification on low scores) and no longer reveals whether a user exists for the submitted account credentials (credit: Raxis)
    • Fix: Addressed a potential PHP 8 notice in the human/bot detection AJAX call
    • Fix: Addressed a potential PHP 8 notice when requesting a lockout unlock verification email
    • Fix: Fixed the emailed diagnostics view not showing the missing table information when applicable
    • Fix: Improved quick scan logic to base timing on regular scans so they’re more evenly distributed
  7. Wordfence Security 7.11.3

    • Fix: Fixed an issue with sites containing invalid Wordfence Central site data where they could throw an error when viewing Wordfence pages
  8. Wordfence Security 7.11.2

    • Improvement: Enhanced the vulnerability scan to check and alert for WordPress core vulnerabilities and to adjust the severity of the scan result based on findings or available updates
    • Improvement: Updated the bundled GeoIP database
    • Improvement: Increased compatibility of brute force protection with plugins that override the normal login flow and omit traditional hooks
    • Change: Adjusted the behavior of automatic quick scans to schedule themselves further away from full scans
    • Fix: Added detection for a site being linked to a non-matching Wordfence Central record (e.g., when cloning the database to a staging site)
    • Fix: Streamlined the license and terms of use installation flow to avoid unnecessary prompting
    • Fix: Fixed an issue where user profiles with a selected locale different from the site itself could end up loading the site’s locale instead
  9. Wordfence Security 7.11.1

    • Improvement: Added “.env” to the files checked for “Scan for publicly accessible configuration, backup, or log files”
    • Improvement: Provided better descriptive text for the option “Block IPs who send POST requests with blank User-Agent and Referer”
    • Improvement: The diagnostics page now displays the contents of any auto_prepend_file .htaccess/.user.ini block for troubleshooting
    • Fix: Fixed an issue where a login lockout on a WooCommerce login form could fail silently
    • Fix: The scan result for abandoned plugins no longer states it has been removed from wordpress.org if it is still listed
    • Fix: Addressed an exception parsing date information in non-repo plugins that have a bad last_updated value
    • Fix: The URL scanner no longer generates a log warning when matching a potential URL fragment that ends up not being a valid URL

202314 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 7.11.0

    • Improvement: Added new functionality for trusted proxy presets to support proxies such as Amazon CloudFront, Ezoic, and Quic.cloud
    • Improvement: WAF rule and malware signature updates are now signed with SHA-256 as well for hosts that no longer build SHA1 support
    • Improvement: Updated the bundled trusted CA certificates
    • Change: The WAF will no longer attempt to fetch rule or blocklist updates when run via WP-CLI
    • Fix: Removed uses of SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS, which is deprecated as of MySQL 8.0.17
    • Fix: Fixed an issue where final scan summary counts in some instances were not sent to Central
    • Fix: Fixed a deprecation notice for get_class in PHP 8.3.0
    • Fix: Corrected an output error in the connectivity section of Diagnostics in text mode
  2. Wordfence Security 7.10.7

  3. Wordfence Security 7.10.6

  4. Wordfence Security 7.10.5

  5. Wordfence Security 7.10.4

  6. Wordfence Security 7.10.3

  7. Wordfence Security 7.10.2

  8. Wordfence Security 7.10.1

  9. Wordfence Security 7.10.0

  10. Wordfence Security 7.9.3

  11. Wordfence Security 7.9.2

  12. Wordfence Security 7.9.1

  13. Wordfence Security 7.9.0

  14. Wordfence Security 7.8.2

202212 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 7.8.1

  2. Wordfence Security 7.8.0

  3. Wordfence Security 7.7.1

  4. Wordfence Security 7.7.0

  5. Wordfence Security 7.6.2

  6. Wordfence Security 7.6.1

  7. Wordfence Security 7.6.0

  8. Wordfence Security 7.5.11

  9. Wordfence Security 7.5.10

  10. Wordfence Security 7.5.9

  11. Wordfence Security 7.5.8

  12. Wordfence Security 7.5.7

20218 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 7.5.6

  2. Wordfence Security 7.5.5

  3. Wordfence Security 7.5.4

  4. Wordfence Security 7.5.3

  5. Wordfence Security 7.5.2

  6. Wordfence Security 7.5.1

  7. Wordfence Security 7.5.0

  8. Wordfence Security 7.4.14

202010 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 7.4.12

  2. Wordfence Security 7.4.11

  3. Wordfence Security 7.4.10

  4. Wordfence Security 7.4.9

  5. Wordfence Security 7.4.8

  6. Wordfence Security 7.4.7

  7. Wordfence Security 7.4.6

  8. Wordfence Security 7.4.5

  9. Wordfence Security 7.4.4

  10. Wordfence Security 7.4.3

201916 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 7.4.2

  2. Wordfence Security 7.4.1

  3. Wordfence Security 7.4.0

  4. Wordfence Security 7.3.6

  5. Wordfence Security 7.3.5

  6. Wordfence Security 7.3.4

  7. Wordfence Security 7.3.3

  8. Wordfence Security 7.3.2

  9. Wordfence Security 7.3.1

  10. Wordfence Security 7.2.5

  11. Wordfence Security 7.2.4

  12. Wordfence Security 7.2.3

  13. Wordfence Security 7.2.2

  14. Wordfence Security 7.2.1

  15. Wordfence Security 7.1.20

  16. Wordfence Security 7.1.19

201823 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 7.1.18

  2. Wordfence Security 7.1.17

  3. Wordfence Security 7.1.16

  4. Wordfence Security 7.1.15

  5. Wordfence Security 7.1.14

  6. Wordfence Security 7.1.12

  7. Wordfence Security 7.1.11

  8. Wordfence Security 7.1.10

  9. Wordfence Security 7.1.9

  10. Wordfence Security 7.1.8

  11. Wordfence Security 7.1.7

  12. Wordfence Security 7.1.6

  13. Wordfence Security 7.1.5

  14. Wordfence Security 7.1.4

  15. Wordfence Security 7.1.3

  16. Wordfence Security 7.1.2

  17. Wordfence Security 7.1.1

  18. Wordfence Security 7.1.0

  19. Wordfence Security 7.0.5

  20. Wordfence Security 7.0.4

  21. Wordfence Security 7.0.3

  22. Wordfence Security 7.0.2

  23. Wordfence Security 7.0.1

201723 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 6.3.22

  2. Wordfence Security 6.3.21

  3. Wordfence Security 6.3.20

  4. Wordfence Security 6.3.19

  5. Wordfence Security 6.3.18

  6. Wordfence Security 6.3.17

  7. Wordfence Security 6.3.16

  8. Wordfence Security 6.3.15

  9. Wordfence Security 6.3.14

  10. Wordfence Security 6.3.12

  11. Wordfence Security 6.3.11

  12. Wordfence Security 6.3.10

  13. Wordfence Security 6.3.9

  14. Wordfence Security 6.3.8

  15. Wordfence Security 6.3.7

  16. Wordfence Security 6.3.6

  17. Wordfence Security 6.3.5

  18. Wordfence Security 6.3.4

  19. Wordfence Security 6.3.3

  20. Wordfence Security 6.3.2

  21. Wordfence Security 6.3.1

  22. Wordfence Security 6.3.0

  23. Wordfence Security 6.2.10

201629 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 6.2.9

  2. Wordfence Security 6.2.8

  3. Wordfence Security 6.2.7

  4. Wordfence Security 6.2.6

  5. Wordfence Security 6.2.5

  6. Wordfence Security 6.2.4

  7. Wordfence Security 6.2.3

  8. Wordfence Security 6.2.2

  9. Wordfence Security 6.2.1

  10. Wordfence Security 6.2.0

  11. Wordfence Security 6.1.17

  12. Wordfence Security 6.1.16

  13. Wordfence Security 6.1.15

  14. Wordfence Security 6.1.14

  15. Wordfence Security 6.1.12

  16. Wordfence Security 6.1.11

  17. Wordfence Security 6.1.10

  18. Wordfence Security 6.1.9

  19. Wordfence Security 6.1.8

  20. Wordfence Security 6.1.7

  21. Wordfence Security 6.1.6

  22. Wordfence Security 6.1.5

  23. Wordfence Security 6.1.4

  24. Wordfence Security 6.1.3

  25. Wordfence Security 6.1.2

  26. Wordfence Security 6.1.1

  27. Wordfence Security 6.0.25

  28. Wordfence Security 6.0.24

  29. Wordfence Security 6.0.23

201529 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 6.0.22

  2. Wordfence Security 6.0.21

  3. Wordfence Security 6.0.20

  4. Wordfence Security 6.0.19

  5. Wordfence Security 6.0.18

  6. Wordfence Security 6.0.17

  7. Wordfence Security 6.0.16

  8. Wordfence Security 6.0.15

  9. Wordfence Security 6.0.14

  10. Wordfence Security 6.0.12

  11. Wordfence Security 6.0.11

  12. Wordfence Security 6.0.10

  13. Wordfence Security 6.0.9

  14. Wordfence Security 6.0.8

  15. Wordfence Security 6.0.7

  16. Wordfence Security 6.0.6

  17. Wordfence Security 6.0.5

  18. Wordfence Security 6.0.4

  19. Wordfence Security 6.0.3

  20. Wordfence Security 6.0.2

  21. Wordfence Security 6.0.1

  22. Wordfence Security 5.3.12

  23. Wordfence Security 5.3.11

  24. Wordfence Security 5.3.10

  25. Wordfence Security 5.3.9

  26. Wordfence Security 5.3.8

  27. Wordfence Security 5.3.7

  28. Wordfence Security 5.3.6

  29. Wordfence Security 5.3.5

201434 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 5.3.4

  2. Wordfence Security 5.3.3

  3. Wordfence Security 5.3.2

  4. Wordfence Security 5.3.1

  5. Wordfence Security 5.2.9

  6. Wordfence Security 5.2.8

  7. Wordfence Security 5.2.7

  8. Wordfence Security 5.2.6

  9. Wordfence Security 5.2.5

  10. Wordfence Security 5.2.4

  11. Wordfence Security 5.2.3

  12. Wordfence Security 5.2.2

  13. Wordfence Security 5.2.1

  14. Wordfence Security 5.1.9

  15. Wordfence Security 5.1.8

  16. Wordfence Security 5.1.7

  17. Wordfence Security 5.1.6

  18. Wordfence Security 5.1.5

  19. Wordfence Security 5.1.4

  20. Wordfence Security 5.1.2

  21. Wordfence Security 5.1.1

  22. Wordfence Security 5.0.9

  23. Wordfence Security 5.0.8

  24. Wordfence Security 5.0.7

  25. Wordfence Security 5.0.6

  26. Wordfence Security 5.0.5

  27. Wordfence Security 5.0.4

  28. Wordfence Security 5.0.3

  29. Wordfence Security 5.0.2

  30. Wordfence Security 5.0.1

  31. Wordfence Security 4.0.3

  32. Wordfence Security 4.0.2

  33. Wordfence Security 4.0.1

  34. Wordfence Security 3.9.1

201320 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 3.8.9

  2. Wordfence Security 3.8.8

  3. Wordfence Security 3.8.7

  4. Wordfence Security 3.8.6

  5. Wordfence Security 3.8.5

  6. Wordfence Security 3.8.4

  7. Wordfence Security 3.8.3

  8. Wordfence Security 3.8.2

  9. Wordfence Security 3.8.1

  10. Wordfence Security 3.7.2

  11. Wordfence Security 3.7.1

  12. Wordfence Security 3.6.9

  13. Wordfence Security 3.6.8

  14. Wordfence Security 3.6.7

  15. Wordfence Security 3.6.6

  16. Wordfence Security 3.6.5

  17. Wordfence Security 3.6.4

  18. Wordfence Security 3.6.3

  19. Wordfence Security 3.6.1

  20. Wordfence Security 3.5.2

201261 releases

  1. Wordfence Security 3.5.1

  2. Wordfence Security 3.4.5

  3. Wordfence Security 3.4.4

  4. Wordfence Security 3.4.1

  5. Wordfence Security 3.3.7

  6. Wordfence Security 3.3.6

  7. Wordfence Security 3.3.5

  8. Wordfence Security 3.3.4

  9. Wordfence Security 3.3.3

  10. Wordfence Security 3.3.2

  11. Wordfence Security 3.2.7

  12. Wordfence Security 3.2.6

  13. Wordfence Security 3.2.5

  14. Wordfence Security 3.2.4

  15. Wordfence Security 3.2.3

  16. Wordfence Security 3.2.1

  17. Wordfence Security 3.1.6

  18. Wordfence Security 3.1.4

  19. Wordfence Security 3.1.2

  20. Wordfence Security 3.1.1

  21. Wordfence Security 3.1.0

  22. Wordfence Security 3.0.9

  23. Wordfence Security 3.0.8

  24. Wordfence Security 3.0.7

  25. Wordfence Security 3.0.6

  26. Wordfence Security 3.0.5

  27. Wordfence Security 3.0.4

  28. Wordfence Security 3.0.3

  29. Wordfence Security 3.0.2

  30. Wordfence Security 2.1.5

  31. Wordfence Security 2.1.4

  32. Wordfence Security 2.1.3

  33. Wordfence Security 2.1.2

  34. Wordfence Security 2.1.1

  35. Wordfence Security 2.1.0

  36. Wordfence Security 2.0.7

  37. Wordfence Security 2.0.6

  38. Wordfence Security 2.0.5

  39. Wordfence Security 2.0.3

  40. Wordfence Security 2.0.2

  41. Wordfence Security 2.0.1

  42. Wordfence Security 1.5.6

  43. Wordfence Security 1.5.5

  44. Wordfence Security 1.5.4

  45. Wordfence Security 1.5.3

  46. Wordfence Security 1.5.2

  47. Wordfence Security 1.5.1

  48. Wordfence Security 1.4.8

  49. Wordfence Security 1.4.7

  50. Wordfence Security 1.4.6

  51. Wordfence Security 1.4.5

  52. Wordfence Security 1.4.4

  53. Wordfence Security 1.4.3

  54. Wordfence Security 1.4.2

  55. Wordfence Security v1.4.1

  56. Wordfence Security 1.3.3

  57. Wordfence Security 1.3.2

  58. Wordfence Security 1.3.1

  59. Wordfence Security 1.3

  60. Wordfence Security 1.2

  61. Wordfence Security 1.1

Questions about Wordfence Security’s releases

What is the latest version of Wordfence Security?

9.0.2, released on Sep 30, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.0 or later.

How often is Wordfence Security updated?

9 releases in the last year, about one every 40 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2012.

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