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Stopping a Coordinated Bot Attack on a WP Engine Site

Stopping a Coordinated Bot Attack on a WP Engine Site

At around 2am on a Tuesday, UptimeRobot fired an alert for a client site I manage on WP Engine. Response times had spiked past…

April 28, 2026 7 min read

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Scott Fine
Scott Fine
Denver, CO | Minneapolis, MN

20+ years building custom WordPress sites for agencies. Writing about the problems I solve so you don't have to solve them twice.

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