{"id":985242,"date":"2015-07-09T16:09:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/ajax-abuse\/"},"modified":"2015-07-25T07:05:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T14:05:03","slug":"ajax-abuse","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/ajax-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajax Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am hosting this site &#8211; https:\/\/www.theaudubobshop.com &#8211; on WP Engine. Today, they did a Launch Readiness Assessment. Their report came back with an issue having to do with The Events Calendar Pro. <\/p>\n<p>The report stated:<\/p>\n<p>Admin Ajax Abuse<\/p>\n<p>Why do we check for this?<br \/>\nAdmin-ajax.php is used frequently in many plugins and themes. 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