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Wordfence Security 8.2.2 Released
What’s new in Wordfence Security 8.2.2
Released: May 13, 2026
Active installations: 5,000,000
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.2
Requires PHP 7.0
Changelog
- Improvement: Better presentation of Live Traffic data on wide screens
- Improvement: Increased legibility of token fields
- Improvement: Reworked the pagination of the Blocking page for a better UX
- Improvement: Country blocking token field can now expand to show all entries
- Improvement: Performance improvements for the activity log and better pause behavior on window blur/focus
- Improvement: GeoIP database updated
- Change: Removed deprecated Central endpoint
- Fix: Addressed issue where the last activity log entry could repeatedly appear
- Fix: Using the embedded shortcode for the 2FA form now correctly enqueues core JavaScript dependencies
- Fix: Modals with content that overflows on smaller viewports can now be scrolled
- Fix: The changelog link in plugin upgrade scan issues now links correctly
Previous releases
8.2.1 — May 6, 2026
- Fix: Fixed issue with some i18n plugins/themes when a user has no 2FA recovery codes
- Fix: Toggled options with additional help links now correctly open the link rather than toggling the option
- Fix: Country Blocking editing fixed when there are multiple pages of block rules
- Fix: Added better error handling to the initial Vue data load
- Fix: Handled error when logging in using legacy 2FA with separate prompts enabled
8.2.0 — April 29, 2026
- Improvement: Migrated all deprecated JavaScript libraries in use to a Vue-based infrastructure
- Improvement: GeoIP database update
- Improvement: Better coverage of aria- accessibility attributes
- Improvement: Added translators comments to translatable strings where previously missing
- Fix: WordPress 7.0 compatibility fixes