weird links with wordfence in them

Hi @saveatrain

The ?wordfence_lh=1&hid= query string URL’s are used by the Live Traffic tool page to determine human visitors.

I see that the link you have provided loads your home page. That URL should generate a blank page. Google is crawling it because Googlebot thinks that it is a legitimate page and we have seen Google index large amounts of those URL’s.

This is usually caused by the theme and you will need to fix this. It is often incorrect use of the WordPress template_redirect hook.

i am not sure its the theme, but could be related to the way ampforwp is working with varnish caching?

thats my thesis at least that ampforwp redirect is abnormal, currently they use session redirecting instead of js
https://github.com/ahmedkaludi/accelerated-mobile-pages/issues/3844

Hi @saveatrain

Thank you for the update. You could also set the Live Traffic logging mode to SECURITY ONLY to prevent the generation of the query string URL’s.

i am actually monitoring security on another screen:
?page=cerber-security&tab=activity&filter_set=1&pagen=1

Hi @saveatrain

Thank you for the update but I don’t understand your last reply.

the security logging i monitor on this screen:
?page=cerber-security&tab=activity&filter_set=1&pagen=1

and all the other traffic of bots etc etc i monitor on the traffic inspector

I have uninstalled WOrdfence but I get these links ANYWAY.

How to STOP THIS?

Hi @webimaniac

The ?wordfence_lh=1&hid= query string URL’s cannot be generated if you have deleted Wordfence form your website.

I see that the links you have provided still load your home page. Those old Wordfence URL’s should have generated a blank page. Google will crawl those old URL’s because Googlebot thinks that they are legitimate pages as your home page content is still generated instead of a blank page.

This is usually caused by the theme and you will need to fix this. It is often incorrect use of the WordPress template_redirect hook.

You can ask Google not to crawl those URL’s by using this guide here:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6080548?hl=en