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  • Posted a reply to htaccess to block requests by string with WordPress in subdirectory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had mentioned that the root htaccess included “RewriteOptions InheritDownBefore”. It turns out that's for…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess to block requests by string with WordPress in subdirectory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you. There's an intervening Wordpress page between /news and /print. But since all of…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess to block requests by string with WordPress in subdirectory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    As I mentioned, however, the rule did not work there. And I have Wordfence running…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess to block requests by string with WordPress in subdirectory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    And yes "RewriteEngine on" is included. Also, in the root file: "RewriteOptions InheritDownBefore" Apache 2.4.63

  • Created a topic, htaccess to block requests by string with WordPress in subdirectory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    We're getting thousands of requests for the same page …

  • Posted a reply to How to alter category URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This seems to be working exactly as desired. Many thanks for pointing me in the…

  • Posted a reply to How to alter category URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I will look into that: Thank you!

  • Posted a reply to How to alter category URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, very helpful – thank you! I should be able to work with get_the_category().

  • Created a topic, How to alter category URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have a page on which I would like the category URLs …

  • Posted a reply to htaccess cache settings for feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I added the following to robots.txt, and that has brought it under control. User-agent: WordPressCrawl-delay:…

  • Posted a reply to Cache-Control header?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I added the following to robots.txt, and that has brought it under control. User-agent: WordPressCrawl-delay:…

  • Posted a reply to Cache-Control header?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    is_feed is not checked (hence the 304 responses instead of 200). It seems to me…

  • Posted a reply to Cache-Control header?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you, Sebastian. The site is: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/ (The Wordpress module is for that subdirectory, not…

  • Created a topic, Cache-Control header?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    A rather large proportion of our logs is taken up by r…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess cache settings for feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you. Those are pretty much the conclusions I've been arriving at. A 304 response…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess cache settings for feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I wonder how the WP Super Cache plug-in is involved.

  • Posted a reply to htaccess cache settings for feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry, that didn't change things. I made the change last night, and I'm still getting…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess cache settings for feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Many thanks. I currently have that directive in <FilesMatch ".(htm|html|js|php|rss|txt|xml)$">. I'll try your suggested wrapper.…

  • Created a topic, htaccess cache settings for feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    We get tons of traffic of traffic from a couple of oth…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress.com bot swamping my site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you both. It's not overwhelming traffic, so, rate limiting probably isn't necessary, but it's…

  • Created a topic, WordPress.com bot swamping my site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I am seeing high traffic from multiple IPs all request…

  • Posted a reply to Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    (Ní ach foghlaimeoir mé, ach is breá liom a bheith úsáid an teanga álainn seo!)

  • Posted a reply to Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, I'm pretty sure it was the attack, which was targeting just one post on…

  • Posted a reply to Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Turns out there was a massive attack over the past couple of days repeatedly requesting…

  • Posted a reply to Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Posting today: First one, time out error after publishing. Then I restarted the database server,…

  • Posted a reply to Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I don't know if the following command is new, but it is the only one…

  • Posted a reply to Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Lots to examine – thank you for the suggestions. I just noticed that it happens…

  • Created a topic, Admin page times out or returns fatal error after publishing new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The error log reports: PHP Fatal error: Maximum exe…

  • Posted a reply to Category box fully expanded since last update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In a custom plugin I have for various modifications. I added category-all.tabs-panel {height:250px;} to the…

  • Posted a reply to Category box fully expanded since last update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Same. 166 categories.

  • Posted a reply to Posts in categories after converting to tags aren’t displayed in Count Column, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Solution! I thought if I edit one of the posts, or even just open it…

  • Posted a reply to Posts in categories after converting to tags aren’t displayed in Count Column, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I converted a tag to category and have the same issue. Since WP now thinks…

  • Posted a reply to Rejected URL strings question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That appears to have taken care of it.

  • Posted a reply to Rejected URL strings question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have wrapped the iffeed-scotland.php file in ob_start() and ob_flush(). We'll see if that helps.

  • Created a topic, Rejected URL strings question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I get a PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information…

  • Posted a reply to I can’t log in to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, it's the same provided on the settings page (debug tab).

  • Posted a reply to I can’t log in to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks. No applicable errors. "httpd -M" shows that auth_basic_module is loaded.

  • Created a topic, I can’t log in to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In the Debug tab, I click on the "Last logged to" link…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess coordination with Wordfence plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That sounds like a good idea.

  • Posted a reply to htaccess coordination with Wordfence plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Very good points. I was going to think through that, so many thanks. And the…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess coordination with Wordfence plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It appears that to allow Wordfence (in "extended protection" mode) to act first, WP Super…

  • Posted a reply to Wordfence and Caching Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Also "late init" in WP Super Cache ("Display cached files after WordPress has loaded"). (I…

  • Posted a reply to Wordfence and Caching Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That appears to work! Each reloading of a post is logged. I tested it in…

  • Posted a reply to Wordfence and Caching Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This seems to be the case for me, too. My Wordfence is using "extended protection".…

  • Posted a reply to htaccess coordination with Wordfence plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Wordfence appears to be working fine.

  • Posted a reply to Problems in trying to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Wow – I’m so pleased! My programming knowledge is strictly as-needed, so that’s great. Thanks.

  • Posted a reply to Problems in trying to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Line 12 of debug.php, creating the link, appears to remove $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] from $cache_path – leaving…

  • Posted a reply to Problems in trying to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Poking around, I see a wp-cache-config.php file in /wp-content, and a line in it: wp_cache_home_path…

  • Posted a reply to Problems in trying to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Also, in wp-config: define('WPCACHEHOME', '/home/xxx/public_html/news/wp-content/plugins/wp-super-cache/');

  • Posted a reply to Problems in trying to view the debug log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The cache location is set as /home/xxx/public_html/news/wp-content/cache/. That is the default (which I confirmed by…