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Hi,
The Rank Math Plugin is generating a lot of issues on my site and client sites.
Why is it generating so many 404 hits and URL requests?
Could you please check and confirm the issue and fix?
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting the support, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
There are many reasons why you are getting a lot of 404 entries on your websites. A user enters a wrong address is one of which.
To fix this issue, you may refer to your article: https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-404-errors/
If you prefer us to take a look at your admin, please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/
You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/
We really look forward to helping you.
Hello,
Thank you for the follow up.
We do not have information on how or why they are generated. You can get further insight into them by enabling the advanced monitor at WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > 404 Monitor.
That will give you more information like the referrer and the user-agent. You can use that information to track down the source or find out if it is just bots generating those errors.
You can also fix these errors by redirecting them to a related page on your website:
https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-404-errors/Or, you can add them to the exclusion list at WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > 404 Monitor > Exclude Paths
If you are seeing random 404s that you know for a fact are incorrect – it is likely generated by a bot and can be safely ignored. You could also use a service like Cloudflare to block out access to bots so they do not use up your server resources.
Here’s a great article on how to secure your WordPress website:
https://mythemeshop.com/blog/wordpress-security-tips/Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
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