Automated bots crawl the web looking for this file. Because it is a "footprint" of a WordPress site, hackers use it to identify that your site runs on WordPress. They may then try to exploit known vulnerabilities associated with that specific version or year.
Sometimes, attackers inject "garbage" keywords (represented by {keyword} ) into a site's URL structure to manipulate search engines. If you see this in your own Google Search Console, it might be a sign of URL injection or a Hacked-SEO attack . 3. What should you do? If you are a Site Owner: {keyword}/2019/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml
If you are seeing this path in your site's analytics or a Google search (often with a date like /2019/ or a placeholder like {keyword} ), it is usually due to one of two things: Automated bots crawl the web looking for this file