How to Detect, Stop, and Prevent DDoS Attacks on WordPress — Quick 30-Minute Guide

Protect your WordPress site from downtime and cyber attacks! This quick, 10-slide highlights guide shows how to detect, stop, and prevent DDoS attacks using Cloudflare, WAFs, plugins, and best practices. Learn emergency steps, long-term strategies, and top tools to make your website resilient.

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Why WordPress sites are vulnerable
Tools, plugins, and strategies included
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1. WordPress DDoS
Protection —
Quick Highlights
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1. Why WordPress Sites Are Targets
Powers 45%+ of websites → popular target
DDoS attacks can:
Overload servers
Crash sites
Hurt user experience & SEO

2. What is a DDoS Attack?
Multiple bots flood a site → server overwhelmed
Example: 10,000 “orders” per minute blocking real customers
Types:
Volumetric: Flood bandwidth
Protocol: Exploit server resources
Application Layer: Target WordPress apps
Signs of a DDoS Attack
Site slowdown or unresponsive pages
Spike in 5xx errors (502, 503)
Abnormal CPU/memory usage
Repeated login attempts (/wp-login.php, /xmlrpc.php)

3. Detecting a DDoS Attack
Monitor uptime (UptimeRobot, Pingdom)
Analyze server logs → suspicious IPs & patterns
Compare Google Analytics vs server logs
Check hosting/CDN dashboards

4. Emergency Steps to Stop It
Enable Cloudflare “Under Attack Mode”
Use DNS-level WAF (Cloudflare, Sucuri, Imperva)
Block malicious IPs & countries
Rate-limit login pages & xmlrpc.php
Contact host immediately
Long-Term Protection Strategies
CDN + WAF → Cloudflare, Sucuri, Imperva
Hosting → Managed WP hosting, auto-scaling
Plugins → Wordfence, iThemes Security
Caching & Performance → Server-level & WP caching
Login & 2FA → Brute-force & DDoS layer
Restrict XML-RPC → Disable or limit

5. Step-by-Step Implementation
Cloudflare → Enable WAF + “Under Attack” mode
Wordfence → Enable login security & rate limiting
Host → Restrict abusive IPs
Server → Enable caching & optimize Nginx
Emergency plan → Keep logs, contact host
Conclusion
DDoS attacks are preventable with layered security
Key steps: CDN + WAF + plugins + monitoring + emergency
plan
Focus on resilience, not 100% prevention

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