Website Getting Higher Than Usual Homepage Views (just the homepage)
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I believe I have a bot or some sort of issue with my website traffic. I’m having a weird amount of views just on my homepage. It’s significantly higher than usual. Not my normal for my website. Not sure how I can fix it anymore. I tried just about everything that I’ve found online, fixed my website, did updates, uninstalled and re-activated plugins, even one by one, you name it. Not sure where the traffic is coming from either since there’s no referrers to my homepage being tracked either. I really think it’s a bot but not sure where or how to fix this.
WP.com: Yes
Jetpack: Yes
Correct account: YesThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to moderators and staff)
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Hi, can you share a screenshot?
It is normal to have robot visitors, this could be automated scripts or robots scanning and testing website vulnerabilities on your WordPress website. The only way to fix this is to install a security plugin like JetPack Security to protect your website from any security attacks.
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Hi Jessica,
I checked your site and found it’s not hosted by us at WordPress.com: https://wordpress.com/site-profiler/https://thewalkingmermaid.com
Please note that this forum is only for support of WordPress.com sites. For self-hosted sites, it’s best to use the WordPress.org forums: https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
As @ngfangkiang mentioned, installing a security plugin is a good approach in this case. You can learn more about the Jetpack Security plan here: https://jetpack.com/features/security/
Alternatively, you might want to consider migrating your site to WordPress.com. Security is enabled by default for all WordPress.com sites. If you are interested, please visit this page: https://wordpress.com/support/request-a-free-migration/
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