Block Referer Spam stops the bots that fake an HTTP_REFERER header to advertise their own site in your traffic logs and analytics. They’re good enough at simulating real visits that they show up in Google Analytics right alongside genuine traffic — this plugin blocks the known offenders before they’re ever logged, and needs no configuration to start working. Two blocking modes cover different hosting setups: Rewrite mode (Apache only) — adds RewriteCond rules to .htaccess so spam requests are rejected by the web server itself, before WordPress even loads. Fastest option, and the de...
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