Configuring Wordfence Security Firewall with Siteground Hosting

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In this Flying V Group training video, we walk users through how they can install and set up the Wordfence Security Plugin and configure the firewall settings with a Siteground Hosting account.

Here are the steps taken in the video:

After attempting the Wordfence installation, click the “Click here to configure” button again.
Look at the line that says something like: auto_prepend_file = ‘/home/username/public_html/wordfence-waf.php’.
Copy the “path” that appears between the quotes – yours will be different. In this example: /home/username/public_html/wordfence-waf.php
Go to your site’s cPanel, and click the PHP Variables Manager icon.
Click the link that says “public_html” or the location where your site files are located.
Enter “auto_prepend_file” as the variable name, click the “Add” button, and then paste the path that you copied.
Turn on the checkbox “Apply changes to all sub-directories” and click Save

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Robb Fahrion

Robb Fahrion is a Co-Founder and Partner of Flying V Group. Robb has helped over 350+ companies build their businesses online and is responsible for building Flying V Group into one of the premier marketing agencies in the United States. Robb and his team have managed over $10M in marketing budget and continue to accelerate the growth of clients’ businesses. A love for business and competition is what fuels Robb to create dynamic marketing plans to help his clients grow exponentially.