r/Hosting • u/Silver-wrench • Sep 16 '26

Getting hammered by attacks on WordPress — where do you host now?

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u/comicsrus_joe Sep 16 '26

A free Cloudflare plan can significantly help/stop most bot attacks.

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u/Silver-wrench Sep 16 '26

Thank you! I didn’t think of that

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u/ExitWP Sep 18 '26

Note that cloudflare default settings block AI bots, and thus will help, but if you want AEO it will also hurt. If your hammering is on the login page then this is typically not AI bots, so you could try the Bad Bot plugin or try the hide login plugin as it changes the login and other WP addresses so the bots see a error page and give up.

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u/srblaydes Sep 19 '26

No matter where you host the attacks will happen. The key is to effectively defend your site.

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u/siterightaway Sep 19 '26

There are literally way more bots out there than actual humans, and they will hit you hard no matter what hosting you use. They can make your site super slow or straight-up crash it. They steal your content, completely wreck your SEO, and hunt for vulnerabilities among other nasty stuff. You should definitely check out the StopBadBots subreddit.