Hi @philbeaux, thanks for your question.
To me, the _index and _index_ssl files look consistent with a caching plugin to speed up page load time, such as W3 Total Cache. Can you confirm that you’re running something like this?
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Thanks,
Peter.
Yes I am using W3.
Ok I sent it via email username Philbeaux.
And just a little note, I have been having issues with my site. High CPU and memory usage. I’ve been taking steps to make things more secure.
Hi @philbeaux,
After seeing your configuration I have no reason to believe that the highlighted _index.html and _index_ssl.html files are anything other than W3 Total Cache files that can be safely ignored. They are being spotted as they are not part of the standard WordPress installation fileset but are documented as the compiled html pages that W3TC creates to speed up page loads.
We are always working towards making Wordfence efficient with resources and successfully run on a sizeable number of websites without widespread CPU issues. It may be worth disabling all plugins at a quiet time for your site and reactivate them one-by-one to see if the plugin intensively using your server resources can be found. This way you can make a call on whether that plugin can be excluded or optimized for your setup.
Thanks,
Peter.
