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How to Prevent Resource Exhaustion Attacks on WordPress Search (MySQL DoS)

I was reviewing my analytics last night and saw thousands of visitors, admin was timing out, and my server’s CPU was spiking. After already battling and thwarting attacks last quarter, I had a head start on troubleshooting and found the culprit: WordPress’ internal search. Side note: Martech Zone’s growth really seems to be annoying someone…

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