WordPress goes down every few days

  • jessica

    (@kerflop)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    The site goes down about every 2 or 3 days. I call my host and they get it going again.

    It appears to be a vulnerability within WordPress that attackers like to cause havoc with. They access a file or files on the sever in a way that uses all of the servers resources. One of the suggestions was to update WordPress which I was able to do but it hasn’t made a difference.

    I’ve checked file permissions. How would I go about finding out how this is happening? The error we get when it goes down is “Error establishing a database connection” it happens on the main site and the admin.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 3 months ago

    That’s not “a vulnerability within WordPress,” what you’re describing is a standard DDoS attack which can affect any kind of site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

    A good hosting provider should be able to leverage security tools on their end to mitigate this for you, as it is the hosting provider’s responsibility to provide basic server security.

    I recommend getting back in touch with them to ask for assistance in mitigating this type of attack as there is very little you can do yourself at that scale.

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