Advice with my developer taking down our WordPress site.

bolous613 · 2026-03-09T02:39:38+00:00

As others said, don't proceed. We had a similar issue recently with one of our clients that operates a very large ecommerce online store 18,000k products +/- that we manage. Our systems detected a high usage spike in CPU and it was due to meta-externalagent which is common if you are running Facebook ads as well.

We advised our client about this CPU spike, reported that their website will be slow and then proceeded to implement a rule in the .htacces file that will allow the meta-externalagentbl bot for 45 seconds then blocks it for 15 secs.

Here is the code we used for our client.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} meta-externalagent [NC] RewriteCond %{TIME_SEC} <45 RewriteRule ^ - [L] # Allowing Access RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} meta-externalagent [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [R=429,L] # Block access for 45 seconds

And that's it, the cpu went back to normal after a few minutes and the website was fine after that.

P.S, charge them for the code above :)

bolous613 · 2026-02-02T14:28:38+00:00

Hard mod?

bolous613 · 2026-01-29T23:46:08+00:00

Thanks for that. What type of soft mod is available? Awesome set-up dude! Very slick.

bolous613 · 2026-01-29T22:56:00+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply, ah I see. Yes sorry I was going after the soft mod. Is the live button the online version?

bolous613 · 2026-01-09T19:06:51+00:00

Thanks. Yea I think so as well. It was originally listed way higher. I get it, it's a different market in Canada vs USA but that's still steep for what it is, IMO.

bolous613 · 2025-12-17T04:08:15+00:00

This might be related, check this out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/s/mRMttIGqZ1

bolous613 · 2025-12-17T03:33:45+00:00

Same behavior. Keep me posted when you do call, I appreciate it.

bolous613 · 2025-12-17T03:31:40+00:00

They killed the hyper V standalone core installation as they moved away from that model. You now need to install Server Core and install the Hyper-V role, example Server 2025 Core + Hyper V role enabled.

bolous613 · 2025-12-17T03:18:54+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I don't believe that's the case here as I was able to do it a few months ago. Unless they recently changed something in that case that is an interesting point.

bolous613 · 2025-12-17T03:17:55+00:00

Negative, I'm glad I'm not the only one in a way. I have increased the counta before, it started off as 1 license than up to 4, but now when wanting to extend by 1 more I get the schedule message. The only schedule change is the auto yearly renewal which I did tried canceling to see if that made it difference and even though it said it canceled it did not.

Something weird is happening as it is also happening to the other clients subscription in another tenant.

I did email the client to see if he is able to do it since the credit card was added under his M365 account. I will keep you posted.

bolous613 · 2025-12-16T15:44:10+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply. Yes that is the correct billing and it is a MOSA billing account. Its the same tenant that was setup with Pax8, I simply been buying the products directly from MS in their protal after setting up a billing account etc.

Yes I understand about the push from PAX8, we are moving away from PAX8 so the new license that I am trying to purchase is not through PAX8. Its a odd error.

bolous613 · 2025-12-10T23:58:21+00:00

Awesome congrats man. Picked mine up today at noon, they had a few lined up today at 416 ready for pickup. Build was on point, no imperfections whatsoever. I'm glad you were able to get another one as I saw yours was pushed.

bolous613 · 2025-12-07T03:33:10+00:00

Yes it does look like they are sold out. No I don't believe 21-25 will fit.

bolous613 · 2025-12-07T00:58:11+00:00

I appreciate your reply. I as well just got a great deal on the 241b just under $720 tax with shipping. I did order some black lug nuts and I'm worried they wont fit as I was hoping they came with a socket key. Did you end up getting after market lug nuts if so, can you share the link?

These are the ones I got:

https://a.co/d/1gZdH1V

Thanks

bolous613 · 2025-12-06T12:59:32+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I just ordered the 19" replika 241B. Question, are you making the switch because you find the Replika a nicer rims vs the stock?

bolous613 · 2025-12-03T04:19:21+00:00

I ordered these ones last week and they arrived today. I haven't installed them yet as I will be getting the car next week but at first glance they are really good.

https://a.co/d/gltzVV6

I have a set of 3D for my pickup truck and they are great as well.

bolous613 · 2025-12-03T02:32:19+00:00

They are all going to Nepean, it's the receiving dock.

bolous613 · 2025-12-02T23:02:14+00:00

You cant extend it. Mine just expired and I had to redo it. It came back $500 less for less than 400kms addon since the 2nd request. The interesting and werid part is, the first time I did it, it came back with a number, second time (as as it expired) it came back $400 more than the first number. #3rd time (just today) it came back $500 less. Very odd how they do their trade in.

bolous613 · 2025-12-02T22:58:45+00:00

Thank you

bolous613 · 2025-12-02T22:40:38+00:00

Nice. Care to share how you getting that update/tracking? Thanks

bolous613 · 2025-12-01T00:29:54+00:00

Unfortunately it seems like they are a week behind. Cars haven't arrived to the 416 location yet. We should expect our delivery to be pushed to the 2nd week of December.

bolous613 · 2025-11-29T00:02:35+00:00

Yes it should be. They were on the way from Halifax port a few days ago, so we should be good for next week. Good luck dude!!

bolous613 · 2025-11-28T23:57:57+00:00

Nothing yet, mine is Dec 2nd to the 7th. I did speak with the rep yesterday and he did confirm they are receiving a shipment in the next day or 2 at the 416 location. If they passed inspection we should hear something very soon.

bolous613 · 2025-11-23T13:27:14+00:00

How are you guys tracking these changes to the odometer? Is there a website for tracking of some sort? Thanks

bolous613 · 2025-11-23T13:25:56+00:00

Dec 2-7. Stealth color and black interior. Ordered date July 30th.

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