I recently saw a similar post but the difference was that they didn’t have a WordPress site and got error logs on nom existand pages/ urls.
Well, in my case, I use WordPress. I also use security plugins, such as SiteGround to avoid people from trying to access non-existing pages/ urls. I even set RankMath the way up to forward nom existing pages to the home page.
I can elaborate, if needed but that’s a short example on what’s set up.
Is there anything else I can to avoid those spammy trys getting on pages that don’t exist?
Don’t get me wrong, I know WordPress is highly used and also of hackers trying to figure out weaknesses and do my best to not give them access (e.g. 2FA).
It’s also the reason why I don’t necessarily want to get into too much detail on what security I have set up on my blogs.
Is there a way to avoid those error logs? As in locking it up in a way? I can’t specifically tell where they try it from, tho. What are some thoughts about that?
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What is a “spammy error log”? Do you mean the server error log, or a 404 log generated by a plugin? Can you share an example?
Probably my advice will just be to ignore it though.
Side note it’s bad practice to redirect all 404s to your homepage. I’m not sure why this myth lives on. People are weirdly scared of 404s.