Last updated June 14th, 2024 11:29
In the past few days, WP Media, the creator of the popular WP Rocket plugin, faced a massive DDoS attack on their servers. This resulted in significant slowdowns for all WordPress websites using this plugin. The company also published this information on their Twitter channel, clearly stating that their server outages are slowing down WordPress websites using their plugin.
License validation
The slowdown of websites with this plugin occurred due to license verification. WP Rocket is a paid plugin, and to use it, you need a license key. When loading your pages, the plugin verifies the validity of this license. Due to the fact that WP Media’s servers were under a DDoS attack, the plugin could not successfully verify the license, resulting in many websites either timing out or experiencing significant slowdowns.
You can track the availability of the company’s servers on this page https://status.wp-rocket.me/. Here you can see significant red graphs in recent days, indicating slowdowns and service unavailability.
What to do if WP Rocket is slowing down your website?
In this case, the best solution is to temporarily deactivate the WP Rocket plugin and replace it with another plugin during the ongoing DDoS attack. Currently, although WP Media reports that the issue should be resolved, a DDoS attack may recur, and website outages may occur again.
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