Automated bots and web crawlers frequently scan common WordPress paths (like /shop/ , /blog/ , or /wordpress/ ) for this file to identify if a site is running on WordPress.
If you are seeing 404 errors for this file on a non-WordPress site, you can safely ignore them; it just means a bot guessed incorrectly that you were using WordPress. {keyword}/shop/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml
While you can delete the file from /wp-includes/ , it will often reappear when you update WordPress. Automated bots and web crawlers frequently scan common
If you are running WordPress, you may choose to remove the header link or the file for security through obscurity: If you are running WordPress, you may choose
Tools like Perfmatters can toggle off the wlwmanifest link in your site's header.
WordPress continues to include this file for backward compatibility, although it is virtually unused by modern bloggers. Common Actions to Take