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Wordfence error: Failed to create temporary file

Wordfence attempts to write a temporary file during updates, firewall writes, and...

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Wordfence firewall update failed: HTTP 403 Forbidden

Wordfence attempts to download the latest firewall rules from the update server....

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Wordfence firewall blocked: IP address blocked due to exceeding rate limit

Wordfence blocks an IP when the request rate exceeds the limit defined...

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Wordfence scan failed: Unable to open socket to noc1.wordfence.com

Wordfence initiates an outbound HTTPS request to noc1.wordfence.com to start a scan....

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Wordfence error: Invalid API key

The plugin tries to verify the licence with

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Wordfence firewall update failed: DNS resolution failed

Wordfence tries to download the latest firewall rule set from its CDN....

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Wordfence live traffic blocked: Cloudflare challenge page returned

Wordfence logs a block when it receives a non‑200 response from the...

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Wordfence scan failed: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

Wordfence aborts the scan when PHP stops script execution after 30 seconds....

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Wordfence error: Unexpected token < in JSON

Wordfence sends JSON responses for admin‑ajax and REST API calls. When the...

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Wordfence scan failed: Uncaught Error: Class ‘Wordfence’ not found

The scan stops because Wordfence does not load its main class. The...

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