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Junk traffic: why your security plugin makes it worse
A site slowed down by bots isn't cured with a plugin. It handles the request after it has already cost what it was going to cost — and blocking must happen well before that.
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A site slowed down by bots isn't cured with a plugin. It handles the request after it has already cost what it was going to cost — and blocking must happen well before that.

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A site that works can be three months away from a complete standstill. Three indicators to check, and why the breakdown always arrives at the worst moment.

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A form displaying "message sent" proves nothing. On the sites I take over, email delivery is broken far more often than owners realise.

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A twenty-page website often runs on machinery designed for a full newsroom. What that over-engineering actually costs, and when it stops being justified.