Title: Bad Bots to WordPress
Last modified: March 26, 2018

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# Bad Bots to WordPress

 *  [hohohonhk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hohohonhk/)
 * (@hohohonhk)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-bots-to-wordpress/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * Recently, I got a warming from my hosting SiteGround that my Account CPU Usage
   and Account Execution Usage are so high that exceed their limits, and thus suspense
   my website.
 * After they suggested me to install Wordefence Plugin, I found that there are 
   a lot of bots automatically visit my website that make the CPU Usage and Execution
   Usage remain at high level!
 * May I know if there is any solution to solve this kind of problem, to reduce 
   the usage?
 * Thanks a lot!!!!!

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 *  [xprt007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xprt007/)
 * (@xprt007)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-bots-to-wordpress/#post-10115494)
 * How have you configured Wordfence, if I may ask?
    I also get very frequent attacks
   on my site, sometimes brute force login attempts, some of which try literally
   every few seconds to login in for hours. I have taken a number of measures, like
   configuring Wordfence to block login attempts from IP addresses, for example 
   of non-existent usernames right away and 2 times for a false password, etc. I
   do not have many users logging in frequently and if I see a failed log in attempt
   of a real user, if I feel like it, write them and tell them they used the wrong
   username. If not, they will try again themselves sometime later, like after an
   hour or depending on the time you have configured.
 * There are also options regarding password recovery, limiting the number of times
   a user from a particular IP can use it and lots of other measures.
    Do you use
   Google captcha and similar measures? All taken together help make it harder for
   these criminals from trying to access the site & using its resources.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [xprt007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xprt007/).
 *  [xprt007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xprt007/)
 * (@xprt007)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-bots-to-wordpress/#post-10115980)
 * You might also want to consider using the cloudflare plugin. It requires registering
   at cloudflare.com, for the FREE plan if you want, but part of the configuration
   requires you to use their nameservers. According to some site “… this will make
   your site load faster, it will save your I/O and even protect your sites from
   some hacking systems.”
    I have been using it for several years, but had to give
   it up recently after changing the host, because of the nameservers issue. My 
   new domains are add-on domains, requiring using the new host’s nameservers, meaning
   I cannot use those of Cloudflare.
 *  Thread Starter [hohohonhk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hohohonhk/)
 * (@hohohonhk)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-bots-to-wordpress/#post-10116107)
 * [@xprt007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xprt007/)
    Thanks for your sharing.
   I have tried to limited them too, and I also installed a plugin called Blackhole
   Bots too! But seem the problem is remain.
 * The instant log sheet from Wordefence shows that most of the bots are browsing
   some links, like hash tag links, special images and so on.
 * I have no idea to block them, so see if any expert can help me?
 * Great thanks!

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## Tags

 * [bots](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bots/)
 * [hosting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hosting/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [hohohonhk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hohohonhk/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-bots-to-wordpress/#post-10116107)
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