Wordfence Review (As a Developer/Store Owner)

Protects Your Login/Account Pages

• Stops brute-force attacks on /my-account/ and /wp-login.php.
• Essential for stores with customer accounts.

Thorough Malware Scanner

• Great at detecting hidden malware, nulled plugins, or backdoors that attackers try to use to hijack WooCommerce orders.

No Major Performance Hit

• Compared to many security plugins, Wordfence is optimized — especially if you:
  • Disable live traffic when not needed.
  • Run scans off-peak (via cron).
  • Avoid enabling Rate Limiting too strictly on the frontend.

Real-time Updates (Premium)

• Premium version gives you immediate firewall rule and malware signature updates, important for zero-day threats.