BOTS AND MISSING-PAGE ATTACKS
Repeated requests for made-up pages can keep WordPress busy even when your security and caching plugins are working. 404 Guard helps answer those missing requests with less work.
$97 AUD for a 12-month licence during the introductory offer. Normal price $199 AUD. Including GST.
THE PROBLEM
A bot can try thousands of web addresses that have never been on your site. WordPress may still load plugins and look through the database before it decides there’s nothing to show.
When those requests build up, customers may be left waiting for the pages that matter. Adding another cache rule may not deal with the part of the request doing the work.
CHANGING ADDRESSES
Strict protection can respond to an unknown address before the usual WordPress work, once your safe list has been checked.
REPEATED REQUESTS
Confirmed 404 cache can handle repeat requests for addresses already found to be missing.
YOUR CUSTOMERS
Check real pages, forms and shop actions. Make legitimate custom addresses safe before stronger protection.
404 Guard doesn’t need the incoming request count to fall before a smaller response can help. Compare response times and hosting load over similar periods, and check that ordinary pages still work well.
SUPPLIED TEST EXAMPLE
A normal missing-page response compared with 404 Guard.
20 MISSING REQUESTS IN A ROW
A supplied response-time example under load.
These are supplied examples, not a promise for every site. Your hosting, settings and traffic affect the result.
Request the trial package and see whether missing-page traffic is part of the problem.
No. It helps reduce the WordPress work needed to answer missing-page and missing-file requests. Your host or firewall may still need to handle traffic that overwhelms the server or network.
Switch to Monitor mode, identify the exact legitimate address and add it to the safe list. Test it again before resuming protection.
Yes. Keep it, along with website updates and backups. 404 Guard deals with missing requests and complements those tools.
Start with 500 protected 404 hits and check the results on your own website.
