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macmanx on "WordPress running really slow?"

macmanx — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:37:23 +0000

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darkwolf950 on "WordPress running really slow?"

darkwolf950 — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:14:40 +0000

Can't load any wordpress pages, not even my own. Hmm, DDOS round two? Other people seem unaffected though.

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:50:21 +0000

Have you contacted Staff with all your details? http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

scopettg on "WordPress running really slow?"

scopettg — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:47:03 +0000

Think we may got an attack again...? Can't load any pages... or even the blog itself.

Maybe the arabians are attacking protestors online? LOL~

bats0711 on "WordPress running really slow?"

bats0711 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:56:16 +0000

Yes, Staff rocks! Thanks WordPress staff and thanks to the volunteers in the forum for helping keep us from jumping off our roofs over it. ;)

cathrynbe on "WordPress running really slow?"

cathrynbe — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:43:10 +0000

I get so many emails from WordPress. Wouldn't this warrant an email so that those of us affected aren't sitting around refreshing and trying to figure out what's wrong? I love WordPress and appreciate what you all are dealing with. I remember getting some kind of email or site notification in the past on something similar. Thanks.

tandava108 on "WordPress running really slow?"

tandava108 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:17:53 +0000

Good work and thanks!

If you are free to say have you any idea of what the motive for the attack was?

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:16:09 +0000

Three cheers for Staff. You guys rock! :)

hewsut on "WordPress running really slow?"

hewsut — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:53:50 +0000

Update: we have successfully blocked the DDoS attack.

We believe that is the end of this story, but there is a small chance that the attackers may eventually be able to get around the block. If that ever happens, you can always get in touch with us in support for an update or come find us here on the forums.

stepno on "WordPress running really slow?"

stepno — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:13:09 +0000

Would it help to put a "we are fighting a serious hacker attack, please hold off attempting to post new material until further notice" bulletin on the home page at wordpress.com so people don't waste their time searching the support and forum pages?

hewsut on "WordPress running really slow?"

hewsut — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:12:34 +0000

> are our blogs at risk???

No. All data is safe and secure as always and 100% unaffected. This is a connection problem.

jantala on "WordPress running really slow?"

jantala — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:11:56 +0000

OK cheers for that.

auxclass on "WordPress running really slow?"

auxclass — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:10:39 +0000

No - I would be very surprised if anything happened to your site or data - WordPress.COM and their server farms are very professional and careful.

jantala on "WordPress running really slow?"

jantala — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:06:27 +0000

I can't even get onto my blog at all so i will ask what no-one else seems to have even thought about...are our blogs at risk???

duto on "WordPress running really slow?"

duto — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:01:35 +0000

Thank you all.... for this explanation.

universalgeni on "WordPress running really slow?"

universalgeni — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:56:24 +0000

@ timethief: OK, WP is not buggy! :-D))

universalgeni on "WordPress running really slow?"

universalgeni — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:54:32 +0000

Thanks for batteing those criminals, hewsut & co.! :-D)))

hewsut on "WordPress running really slow?"

hewsut — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:51:43 +0000

Thanks for your patience everyone. Just FYI--we are also switching WordPress.com to a read-only mode when necessary to combat the attack. When WordPress.com is in read-only mode, you will notice a warning in your dashboard and you will be unable to post anything new during that time.

I am very sorry for the inconvenience, and we will keep you updated as we know more.

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:37:04 +0000

This is not a BUG! This is a series of non-trivial ie. serious DDOS (direct denial of service) attacks by hackers on the wordpress.com servers. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-running-really-slow?replies=16#post-567880

How can we help? By logging out and decreasing the demand on the servers while Staff work on the backend.

unfinishedperson on "WordPress running really slow?"

unfinishedperson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:35:38 +0000

Thanks for the update, hewsut and Timethief. Appreciate it. Will stand by. Luckily, I didn't have anything to post today anyway.

universalgeni on "WordPress running really slow?"

universalgeni — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:22:07 +0000

WP is buggy. Somthing is wrong over here too...

bios11010101 on "WordPress running really slow?"

bios11010101 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:05:00 +0000

I have the same problem. My blog keeps dropping the connection. I have tried loading some other blogs at the same time and it is the same problem.

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:00:08 +0000

Thank you Hewsut I sensed that.

hewsut on "WordPress running really slow?"

hewsut — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:58:53 +0000

We're currently battling a sporadic non-trivial DDoS attack. We'll post here again when we have another update.

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:58:28 +0000

Did you read what I posted above? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-running-really-slow?replies=11#post-567874

andypf61 on "WordPress running really slow?"

andypf61 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:51:36 +0000

Have just logged on (took ages for the page load) to do some updates and a new post and cannot access anything in my blog – just keeps stalling…………!!

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:50:37 +0000

Please take note that we are all experiencing this and Staff are working to correct it.

wordlily on "WordPress running really slow?"

wordlily — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:49:24 +0000

Having trouble loading various wordpress.com blogs this morning, getting various error messages.

http://bermudaonion.net/ Loaded on about my 5th try,
http://unfinishedperson.com/ is taking forever to load (still hasn't not sure if it will but it probably won't at this rate).

timethief on "WordPress running really slow?"

timethief — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:48:20 +0000

Staff is working to correct this BB Press error > see here http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-running-really-slow?replies=7#post-567867

pinaldave on "WordPress running really slow?"

pinaldave — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:47:11 +0000

It is extremely slow from me and my readers have been sending me stress message continuously.