404 Monitoring Hits on my brand new Website (beginner)

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  • pichichi

    (@pichichi)

    Hi, every website is a target for hackers and a lot of these 404 errors are probably automated scripts scanning websites for specific files that are known to have vulnerabilities, or files that can let them know what your setup is.

    Make sure your WordPress is secure by following best practices (there are lots of guides for this on external websites) and keep your core files and your plugins up to date and you should be fine. It’s useful to follow the WordPress security bulletins and If you notice a lot of this traffic comes from specific countries or IP addresses you can block that with a firewall.

    The homepage is the only strange one, is it definatly your homepage or does the URL contain other characters?

    Thread Starter alexxx33333

    (@alexxx33333)

    I don’t know if I’ve set my Wordfence Firewall right, there was a message appearing about the firewall, i clicked the recommended and continue, and the message dissapeared, so I think it’s right.

    Yeah, my website URL on 404 monitor is exactly the same, and it’s the one with the most hits

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