Issues flagged by WordFence plugin

  • Resolved amyls

    (@amyls)


    7 years, 1 month ago

    I was wondering if anyone can explain to me the meaning of this ‘critical’ issue my WordFence plugin keeps raising for my WordPress blog?

    The plugin keeps warning me that an admin user with the same username as mine was created outside of WordPress. The plugin recommends, ‘It’s possible a plugin could have created the account, but if you don’t recognise it, we suggest you remove it.’ When I took this advice and removed it I deleted my own user account. WordFence raises this issue a few times each week. Can anyone tell me what is causing it?

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I recommend asking at https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/wordfence#new-post so the plugin’s / theme’s developers and support community can help you with this.

    Hi
    Was your WordPress website developed on a local computer first or somewhere else on another computer or hosted on another web server and then backed up and restored onto your different domain name or web host?

    If so then that’s why Wordfence says it was created from outside of WordPress. I sometimes develop my sites on my laptop first and then migrate it to the actual domain name.

    If this the case with you then you can click Ignore but if it isn’t then you need investigate further.

    Colin

    Thread Starter amyls

    (@amyls)

    Thanks, Steve – I will re-post there.

    Colin, thank you for taking the time to reply. My blog has always been hosted by BlueHost, and has always been backed up using the WPBackItUp plugin. BlueHost tech support say there is nothing to indicate that my site has been hacked, so I’ve been left very confused as to why WordFence keeps raising this issue.

    Hi
    Contact Wordfence as Steve suggested and see if they have any answers to this problem.

    Colin

    Thread Starter amyls

    (@amyls)

    Thanks Colin, I will.

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