Author scans

Yep, WP author enumeration protection code is a good idea. See this forum topic for additional information about this and also some BPS Custom Code that you may want to use instead of the code you posted: https://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/wordpress-author-enumeration-bot-probe-protection-author-id-user-id/

The Enumeration code can be used instead of the code I’ve mentioned?

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-discourage-brute-force-by-blocking-author-scans-in-wordpress/

Either code is fine. The code you posted generates a 403 error, which lets the bot know that you are blocking author names/id’s. The BPS Bonus Custom Code generates a 404 error, which will make the bot think that either this is not a WordPress site or that the author name/id does not exist.

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