Title: User agent WordPress
Last modified: November 20, 2020

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# User agent WordPress

 *  Resolved [sidjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sidjay/)
 * (@sidjay)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-agent-wordpress/)
 * hello,
 * I see a lot of connexion attempts for several weeks. All failed.
    Some with WordPress
   as user agent and using old (destroyed) administrator ID as Username. I use plugin
   to move my login page (and limit number of connexion attempts) but bots guess
   the new url every time. It’s a bit worrying.
 * What does it means when user agent is “WordPress” ?
    Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Faiyaz Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faiyazalam/)
 * (@faiyazalam)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-agent-wordpress/#post-13726629)
 * [@sidjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sidjay/)
    It seems that your side
   is under [Brute Force Attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_attack)
 * I think that bot is using this user agent “WordPress”.
 * Since your login url is public, bots guess the new url every time.
    If you want
   your customer to access the login page, the bots can also access that page.
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [sidjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sidjay/)
 * (@sidjay)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-agent-wordpress/#post-13730578)
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * ok for WordPress as User agent.
 * I don’t understand why you said that my login url is public. It’s not. I use 
   a plugin to move it from the default url to a new one, only known by me.
    So 
   I wonder how bots can guess it…
 *  Plugin Author [Faiyaz Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faiyazalam/)
 * (@faiyazalam)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-agent-wordpress/#post-13733932)
 * [@sidjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sidjay/) I cannot say how bots 
   keep guessing it.
    You should also keep changing it on a regular interval.
 * Hope this helps. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [sidjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sidjay/)
 * (@sidjay)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-agent-wordpress/#post-13733963)
 * Thank you !

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