Latest Update forcing free license manually

Thanks for your thoughts about Wordfence and the new sign up process.

The reason we did this is simple. We have no way to adequately track the number of sites using Wordfence beyond the download numbers we see. This isn’t a very good way to be able to future plan and make sure we have the bandwidth and servers available to keep providing the plugin and the services it provides. Requiring the email (which is only for sending you the license) allows us to spend wisely so we can invest where it is needed. About 90% of our users are using free licenses so it is vital we are able to budget smartly. We’re also not the first plugin in the repository to require this. Akismet does as well if I remember correctly.

Of course, we understand if providing an email is an issue for you. In that case, we wish you well with whatever security solution you choose to pursue.

Mia

Well personally I think that is a BS reply.
I use an email address to ?(which is only for sending you the license)?sign up and then I uninstall WF then you still have my email and as far as your concerned it is still installed. Unless you have some ‘Spyware” to check on us etc.
And seem 100’s of others know how many of their plugins are being used or not, but you cant.

No, actually we don’t. But if you are worried about that just use a free email service to get the license and delete it. We’re not making any register on the site. But if your preference is that a plugin can’t future plan to keep providing you with a fully functional free product, then we wish you well with whatever security solution you choose to pursue.

Mia