Wordfence Central licensing question

  • upandrunningnd

    (@upandrunningnd)


    4 days, 22 hours ago

    I am in the process of rolling out Wordfence across a portfolio of client sites and connecting them all to Wordfence Central. The Central dashboard shows sites as connected and is displaying scan data. However, when I log into the WordPress admin on that site directly, Wordfence is still showing the “complete setup” prompt as if the license has not been installed.

    To clarify what I have done so far:

    • Installed the Wordfence plugin on the site
    • Connected the site to Wordfence Central
    • Central is showing the site, scan status, and security data without any errors

    What I have not done yet is install a free license key on the site itself. My question is whether the Central connection and the license key installation are truly independent steps that both need to be completed, or if connecting to Central should be enough to satisfy the setup prompt on the WordPress side.

    If they are separate steps, what is the recommended workflow for doing this at scale across multiple sites? Is the best approach to generate a free license key per site through the Licenses page in Central, or is there a more efficient method for agencies managing a large number of sites?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    4 days, 14 hours ago

    Hi @upandrunningnd, thanks for moving your sites to Wordfence Central and getting in touch!

    There’s no limit to how many free licenses you can claim, but you’re required to register a fresh one for every site you install. We exercise rate limiting by license key for things like signature/rule updates, malware scans, etc.

    You’re correct that Wordfence Central’s “LICENSES” link to the top-right, and clicking “GET A FREE LICENSE” is the quickest way to proceed with a larger quantity of sites, compared to the API Key process on each.

    After obtaining a new key in Central, you can manually paste it at the top of Wordfence > All Options. When you do this, the blue “UPGRADE TO PREMIUM” button changes to an “INSTALL LICENSE” button.

    Many thanks,
    Peter.

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