Block Referer Spam

Version: 1.1.9.2

Version : 1.1.9.2

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Blocks referer/referral spam from accessing your site and cleans up your Google Analytics in the process!

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Block Referer Spam aims at blocking all (or most) websites that use Referer Spam to promote their – often somewhat dodgy – website content. This is accomplished by bots that simulate human behavior. They do this so well, that they even show up in Google Analytics. This plugin does not require any special configuration after installation. Once active and auto-update is enabled, you will barely see any of those nasty spammers any more. From Wikipedia: Referrer spam (also known as log spam or referrer bombing) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed at search engines). The technique involves making repeated web site requests using a fake referer URL to the site the spammer wishes to advertise. Sites that publish their access logs, including referer statistics, will then inadvertently link back to the spammer's site. These links will be indexed by search engines as they crawl the access logs. This benefits the spammer because the free link improves the spammer site's search engine ranking owing to link-counting algorithms that search engines use. Features Automatic or manual updates of referer spam list Option of adding custom referer spam hosts Two methods of blocking: mod_rewrite or WordPress based Pro Features Pro plans start at only $2/mo. Visit BlockReferSpam.com for more information. Automatic syncing your of custom block lists across all of your sites...

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  • Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
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  • Frequently updated The plugin was not updated at least once in the last 90 days
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Block Referer Spam aims at blocking all (or most) websites that use Referer Spam to promote their – often somewhat dodgy – website content. This is accomplished by bots that simulate human behavior. They do this so well, that they even show up in Google Analytics. This plugin does not require any special configuration after installation. Once active and auto-update....

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- 0.03s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
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/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
- 0.12s
/wp-admin/edit.php
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/wp-admin/index.php
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/wp-admin/media-new.php
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/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
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/wp-admin/options-writing.php
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/wp-admin/post-new.php
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/ (front page)
- 6.53KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
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/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
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/wp-admin/edit.php
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/wp-admin/index.php
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/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 3.55KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 3.59KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 8.14KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
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/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
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  • The plugin may not be fully compatible with WordPress 5.2.4.

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  • The plugin has not been updated in the last 90 days.

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  • [17-Oct-2019 14:11:13 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: _SESSION in /wp-content/plugins/block-referer-spam/admin/dashboard.php on line 206
  • [17-Oct-2019 14:11:14 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: _SESSION in /wp-content/plugins/block-referer-spam/admin/blocked-list.php on line 72

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