Wordfence vs Solid Security 2024

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What Security Plugin should you use on your WordPress Website? Solid Security or Wordfence? In this video I'll show which one I prefer. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Start here 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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⏱️Timestamps⏱️
0:00 Intro
0:09 First time setup wizard
0:42 User interface
2:17 Malware Scanner
4:30 Firewall
5:44 Two Factor Authenticating
7:06 Pricing
8:50 Patchstack integration
10:00 Hide backend
10:56 Slowing down your website
11:28 The most important question
12:40 Conclusion
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🧾 Transscript 🧾
Wordfence or Solid Security. In this video, I'm going to show you exactly what the difference is and which one you should install on your WordPress website. The first time setup wizard is pretty similar with both plugins. However, what I don't like about Wordfence is that they're really pushing to get their Wordfence license. This means even for the free version, you need to sign up, give them your email address so they can... Yes, send you emails, yes or no, but they still have your email address inside of their pocket and it's actually connected to your website. So they already make the connection between your email address and your website. I don't know why this is. Then let's talk about the user interface. I know it's personal preference, but it's quite interesting. As I like clean dashboards, clean desk, I have a very clean car. I also like clean WordPress dashboards. If I go to my dashboard when installing Wordfence, you can see over here a big Wordfence logo, and then all these things. I think this can be a little bit more subtle and I just don't like this whole idea. I constantly get these notifications, these yellow boxes "Upgrade to premium" and really this dashboard is really not that clean. because on my dashboard I just can't see immediately what I need to see. If you run the free version of Solid Security, you don't even have a dahboard feature. But with Solid Security Pro, you have your own dashboard widget in here, which you can actually fine tune and change however you want to have it. It is way more cleaner and way more easier to see. Also on the free version of Solid Security, you have your dashboard, which is pretty clean, and you can also customize it the way you want. You can press 'Edit dashboard cards', here you can change your dashboard like this to actually make it as clean or as busy, or just change it all around the way you like to have it. You can also switch this one and that's just something which is really great with the free version of Solid Security This might not be a showstopper for you, but I really like the clean dashboard of Solid Security. But that's all about the user interface, let's talk about the features. The first one is, of course, the malware scanner. Wordfence has been the malware scanner expert for the last decade I think, and it works pretty well. If I need to clean a hacked website, I always press on this blue button, start a new scan, and then it just starts scanning. You can configure a lot about the scanner. But there's one thing I don't like. If I, for example, click on somewhere else on my desktop computer, this is what you see: Status Updates Paused. It might indicate that the entire scan is being paused, but that's not the case actually, only the updates are paused. So if we click again on this screen and it starts to update it again. I don't know why it is, this silly thing this pausing of live updates has been going on as long as I know Wordfence. I'm not a fan of it, but it might be caused by performance issue I'm talking about in just a minute. Now, the malware scanner of Wordfence is actually perfect. There is no problem with it. but if you have the free version, you might know that the Wordfence firewall rules and signatures of the newest malware versions are delayed with...
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@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi guys, if you want to use Solid Security, you can help me out using this link to get it: wpressdoctor.com/solid/ If you have any questions, drop them down in the comments here 😊

@borninisrael 4 ай бұрын

your link is broken :) going to try it from your website, and dude, you're awesome!!!

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi @borninisrael you are very welcome! Thanks for sharing, but it seems fine here. Maybe you are blocked because using a VPN?

@barjaquez 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I love your videos. When I get stuck, and not sure which direction to take on a product, I check with you.

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! You made my day, I’m so glad I can help you making well-thought out decisions 😀👍🏻 More awesome videos coming up! Have a great day and take care!

@sirronmitt 2 ай бұрын

It is great to have a review where the reviewer actually gives an opinion as to which plug-in is better. Most reviewers don't have the nerve to state which is better.

@WPressDoctor 2 ай бұрын

Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this video and that you enjoy my honest opinions. I always say what I actually think, because that is the only way to help people imo. Stay tuned, more awesome tutorials coming up! Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻

@Hackrepair 2 ай бұрын

Nicely done summary. I'm looking forward to your next video. Yes, I'm Jim Walker, The Hack Repair Guy :_)

@WPressDoctor 2 ай бұрын

Hi Jim! Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it! Kind of you to drop a comment here! You are very famous nowadays 😀👍🏻 Yeah I have created a lot of videos about securing WordPress and cleaning hacked Wordpress websites. Going to create another one real soon. I hope to educate the market with every video I make, so people will be aware of the risks and save themselves from all the hassle and possible damage… Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻

@EmileVerhijden 4 ай бұрын

Great video ;-)

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi Emile, thanks! I'm glad you liked the video. Have a great day and take care!

@jchemas 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I also prefer Solid Security.

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! I’m glad I could help you out with this video and that you found it useful. Solid Security all the way 👍🏻 Stay tuned for more new awesome videos! Have a great day and take care 😀

@dmzsniper 4 ай бұрын

Pretty sure there is a setting to turn off the pausing of live updates in Word fence. Would be interesting to see how both scanners perform with actual infections etc.

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the comment. There is such a setting actually! Just found out haha. Yeah they both can recognize infected files, so far what I have seen they both work great 👍🏻😀

@jadenkarim5367 3 ай бұрын

Great tutorial Matt, as always. I think i'll go with Solid Security now. Another thing i wanna ask you, my site was hacked before, i pretty much cleaned all the malware scanned by Wordfence, but i still have one issue, my site is showing some strange pop-up ads, and i am not sure which part is still not cleaned on my site? according to Wordfence my site is all clean but still these malicious pop-up ads popping every now and then, can you redirect me to any of your tutorial where you explained this issue? or just give me some tips here? it'll be really helpful, thank you so much.

@WPressDoctor 3 ай бұрын

Hi again! Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. So if you have those popups also on other websites than your PC is infected. If only on your website, than some script is there that’s not being found by the scanner of WordFence. Try the scanner of solid security?

@user-hi4yz6se4c 4 ай бұрын

geate tutorial and good teaching methods. please create one video, especially""""" Audit report""""" for custom website. completely. thank you!

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the kind words. Can you elaborate on the audit report? You mean a report on other people’s websites or the audit from Solid Security?

@user-hi4yz6se4c 4 ай бұрын

@@WPressDoctor No Sir, I mean Record a lecture on an audit report that provides a video demonstration of website development i.e. coding (such as JavaScript) with bullet points issues and solutions. So that we can create an audit report of any coding website. And if possible, please put a PDF file of it in your channel description to help us report.

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Ah ok, that’s a interesting idea. I need to think about this!

@lucas7885 3 ай бұрын

Hi Matt, with the introduction of jetpack, do you feel that solid security plugin is still necessary?

@WPressDoctor 3 ай бұрын

Hi Lucas. Thanks for the question! I personally never use Jetpack. I really dislike the clunky plugin as it really slows down my websites. That has been the problem for years now. So yeah, Solid Security is definitely necessary for your WordPress website!

@SgtCake101 4 ай бұрын

Which of these has the least impact on site performance form your experience?

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi Daniel, thanks for the good question. In my experience Solid Security has the least impact 😊

@keywordniches 3 күн бұрын

dutch? which one is fast in speed loading? also can they block country and allow google bots and other good bots to crawl your site? can it block bad bots? all questions are regarding free versions. thank you

@WPressDoctor 14 сағат бұрын

Hi there! All question answers to: Solid Security. It will block bad bots and keep the safe ones 😃

@anotherstupidchannel777 3 ай бұрын

Solid Security is much cheaper..... hmmmm... definitely leaning towards Solid Security but already have Wordfence installed. Guess we'll see how Wordfence does first before deciding which one to subscribe to. Thanks for the informative video.

@WPressDoctor 3 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for your comment. Sure thing! The investment is also a important factor in choosing. Good luck 👍🏻😀

@sR-III 4 ай бұрын

So for the past few years, you have been using the free version for your clients?? Or for your websites, if so does your claim still hold

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the question! Yeah I have never used the pro versions for any of them. But now with the PatchStack integration… that is just a really excellent feature I am willing to pay for all my clients for 😀👍🏻

@durdygirdy 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE Solid Security, but my only complaint is that I often get "Scan Failed" messages in my logs. I'm currently trying to figure out what's causing this.

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the comment! Yeah I love it to 😍 That probably has to do with time out from the hosting company… you could try to ask them?

@laurpixel 2 күн бұрын

Do I really need to add those custom rules to the SolidSecurity Firewall?

@WPressDoctor 13 сағат бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the question! No you do not 😀👍🏻 It’s just possible that they are there for the advanced users 😄

@ivaibhavjha 4 ай бұрын

Matt if i have a primary domain linked to WordPress and inside it there are multiple other websites and all are injected with malware. Can i flush all WordPress core files together leaving content and config.php of every website will it work that way?

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi ivaibhavjha, that could work, however, most malware is also in the wp-content folder.... so it needs a deep cleaning, and yes, flushing all core files is step 1 😀 Chewck out my cleaned hacked website series: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbufgNOJxJnHj4E.html

@ivaibhavjha 4 ай бұрын

@@WPressDoctor checked it already that's why was trying to clean it. but was confused because of multiple websites. Your content is really helpful.

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good luck with the cleaning 🧼

@ivaibhavjha 4 ай бұрын

@@WPressDoctor primary website is clean but other websites whose directories are inside primary , I am not able to delete all the files except config and content . Any idea for it ? I already changed all the passwords and FTP access.

@ivaibhavjha 4 ай бұрын

@@WPressDoctor your video made my day. I was trying to solve it for weeks

@asrockdigital 3 ай бұрын

Would SolidWP not maybe remove free features and make them paid in future.

@WPressDoctor 3 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for the question. They will not, as they already have a free version in place 👍🏻😀

@michaelfoerster3364 4 ай бұрын

Does solid security provide now malware removal?

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi Michael! Thanks for your question! Yes it does have that feature now 😍

@FinalLightNL 4 ай бұрын

any discount code for solid security?

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for asking! Unfortunately I have no discount codes for Solid Security. Around Black Friday is the best time ☺️

@FinalLightNL 4 ай бұрын

@@WPressDoctor no worries, thanks for your reply & appreciate the video :)

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@chiefdar8411 4 ай бұрын

Hey Matt Does Solid security detectes Japanese SEO malware ?

@WPressDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! It sure does!

@fx- 19 күн бұрын

@@WPressDoctor I think there's something wrong with this answer. If the website has an infection, how can you rely on the security plugin running on the same website? Malware scanners should be on the server level :)

@WPressDoctor 17 күн бұрын

Well yes, that should be the case. But there are many hosting companies that only do this for some monthly fee. So most people never take that protection unfortunately. And if you do, why not also protect your Wordpress website on that level…

@chiefdar8411 8 күн бұрын

@@fx- But most users Are on shared hosting so they don't get access on server So they have to pay for it

@WPressDoctor 5 күн бұрын

Exactly… that’s why hosting company’s don’t do it standard… to upsell. So or you have to pay or you have to do your own security 💡