u/axel_metayer

Password Reset Requests in WordPress

Password Reset Requests in WordPress

I have some WordPress websites that are several years old and well linkedin on the internet.
(Plugins and WP updated to actual versions).

I start to get more and more bot requests for Password Resets.
To reduce the amount of Spam-Bot requests I plan to change the Admin login URL,
or is it enough to place a htaccess login on the the login folder?
Any recommendations on the best way to proceed without any plugins?

Things I don't plan to do:
-Hide the WP Users (the users are linked by name from the blogposts anyway, and WP does no sees users IDs as a security issue)
-not planing to install a plugin limiting login attempts (useless since the bots change IPs randomly)
-not planing to install a security plugin that gives me automated scans and give false sense of security.

Any recommendations on how to reduce the automated requests of password resets from different IPs?

u/axel_metayer — 1 day ago
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Disable WordPress Rest API or Not?

I manage small B2B Websites (usually less nach 50 pages, sometimes no blogposts at all)
Should I disable the WordPress Rest API or Not?

What drawbacks can I expect?

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u/axel_metayer — 1 day ago

Hi, I’m looking for basic htaccess settings for the "Use efficient cache lifetimes" message in the Google PageSpeed Insights test.

https://preview.redd.it/bfmzcp1m4pxg1.png?width=1468&format=png&auto=webp&s=e4f1ab035fdfd9468d76b49acd7313937b643db1

I often get WordPress projects where the caching settings aren't configured correctly. I know many people who randomly click and uncheck boxes in plugins hoping the message will disappear.

Yes I could use a plugin but often the projects are really small and it’s easier to edit the .htaccess in Yoast / rankmath. Also plugins add complexity if more than one person has access to the site and clicks buttons / changes configurations they don’t understand.

I want to create a proper .htaccess template. I find that cleaner and more organized.

So far, I've been using the caching template from GTmetrics
(you can google "gtmetrix PageSpeed Leverage browser caching")

What settings do you use for browser caching in your .htaccess file?

Any ideas or suggestions?

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u/axel_metayer — 2 months ago