diff --git a/homelab-ai-bot/core/wordpress_client.py b/homelab-ai-bot/core/wordpress_client.py
index c7f57a65..d29240c4 100644
--- a/homelab-ai-bot/core/wordpress_client.py
+++ b/homelab-ai-bot/core/wordpress_client.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ def check_connectivity() -> bool:
     try:
         if not WP_URL or not WP_PASSWORD:
             return False
-        result = _request("/posts?per_page=1")
-        return result is not None
-    except:
+        resp = requests.get(f"{WP_URL}/wp-cron.php", timeout=8, allow_redirects=False)
+        return resp.status_code < 400
+    except Exception:
         return False
 
 
diff --git a/homelab-ai-bot/monitor.py b/homelab-ai-bot/monitor.py
index 3585aac8..3947de27 100644
--- a/homelab-ai-bot/monitor.py
+++ b/homelab-ai-bot/monitor.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CRITICAL_CONTAINERS = [101, 109, 111, 112, 113, 115]
 
 HTTP_HEALTH_CHECKS = [
     # LAN-IPs direkt prüfen — kein Cloudflare-Umweg, keine Tailscale-Routing-Probleme
-    {"name": "WordPress (CT 101)",   "url": "http://10.10.10.101"},
+    {"name": "WordPress (CT 101)",   "url": "http://10.10.10.101/wp-cron.php"},
     {"name": "Matomo (CT 113)",      "url": "http://10.10.10.113"},
     {"name": "Grafana (CT 110)",     "url": "http://10.10.10.110:3000"},
 ]