Reject all malicious URL requests functions.php

All publicly visible sites on the internet get hit with ridiculous URL requests fairly often. These come from script kiddies (low-rent cybercriminals, the kind of children who think they’re l33t or something) trying to get your site to misbehave and give them access using (mostly) old tricks that exploit long-fixed bugs. Some of the tricks … Read more

Scripts external to WordPress cause 404 errors

My money would be on the .htaccess of your root directory is trying to route the /docuwiki request through WordPress, which is why it is failing. Your .htaccess file should look something like this: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>