Wordfence Security 6.3.14

Does Wordfence Security work with WordPress 4.8 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
1Page failed to load
  • 1 Timeout
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 2.06 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version4.8
PHP version7.0.16
MySQL version5.7.17
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 5,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
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Pages 10

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 19.471 s
Memory usage 7.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0

Page screenshot: Wordfence 0
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=Wordfence
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 4.654 s
Memory usage 5.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0 → Scan

Page screenshot: Wordfence 0 → Scan
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceScan
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.112 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0 → Firewall

Page screenshot: Wordfence 0 → Firewall
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceWAF
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.109 s
Memory usage 5.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0 → Blocking

Page screenshot: Wordfence 0 → Blocking
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceBlocking
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.133 s
Memory usage 5.04 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0 → Live Traffic

Page screenshot: Wordfence 0 → Live Traffic
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceActivity
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 5.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0 → Tools

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URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceTools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 0 (Timeout)
Load time 29.997 s
Memory usage 5.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Wordfence 0 → Options

Page screenshot: Wordfence 0 → Options
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceSecOpt
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.089 s
Memory usage 5.45 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.092 s
Memory usage 4.57 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.113 s
Memory usage 5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.105 s0.059 s-0.046 s2.9 MiB5 MiB+ 2.1 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.091 s0.105 s+0.014 s2.91 MiB5.01 MiB+ 2.1 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.156 s0.087 s-0.069 s2.99 MiB5.09 MiB+ 2.1 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.074 s0.091 s+0.017 s2.82 MiB4.9 MiB+ 2.09 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.067 s0.102 s+0.035 s2.9 MiB4.9 MiB+ 2 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.049 s0.080 s+0.031 s2.8 MiB4.89 MiB+ 2.09 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.078 s0.086 s+0.008 s2.93 MiB4.93 MiB+ 2 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.137 s0.155 s+0.018 s2.97 MiB5.07 MiB+ 2.1 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.070 s0.095 s+0.025 s2.8 MiB4.89 MiB+ 2.09 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.078 s0.086 s+0.008 s2.84 MiB4.93 MiB+ 2.09 MiB
/0.114 s0.073 s-0.041 s2.68 MiB4.57 MiB+ 1.89 MiB
Average 0.093 s0.093 s+0.000 s2.87 MiB4.92 MiB+ 2.06 MiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 24

Options wp_options 3

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "wordfence_activity_report_widget": "Wordfence activity in the past week"
    }
}

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[17-Jul-2017 19:05:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server&#8217;s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.) in /wp-includes/update.php on line 131
[17-Jul-2017 19:05:40 UTC] PHP Warning:  An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server&#8217;s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.) in /wp-includes/update.php on line 323
[17-Jul-2017 19:05:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server&#8217;s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.) in /wp-includes/update.php on line 501
[17-Jul-2017 19:06:36 UTC] PHP Warning:  An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server&#8217;s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.) in /wp-includes/update.php on line 131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Wordfence Security Admin Menus and Widgets