Advanced Blocking – blocking domains – bug or limitation
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Hello,
I am using WordFence Advanced Blocking to block Referrer Spam
since Spamers are changing domains constantly, it’s a never ending game of cat and mouse, so instead of trying to find new Referrer Spam in Google Analytics, I have decided to block whole domain endings
I don’t want Referral traffic from these domains: *.tk,*.cf,*.gq,*.ga,*.ml,*.xyz
spamers are using free domains .tk , .cf, .gq, .ga, .ml
and cheap domains .xyzso I have tried to create a rule
Referer (website visitor arrived from) that matches: *.tk,*.cf,*.gq,*.ga,*.ml,*.xyz Enter a reason you're blocking this visitor pattern: Referrer Spambut it doesn’t work
however, if I create separate rules for each domain ending, it works
Referer (website visitor arrived from) that matches: *.tk Enter a reason you're blocking this visitor pattern: Referrer Spam .tk Referer (website visitor arrived from) that matches: *.ml Enter a reason you're blocking this visitor pattern: Referrer Spam .mland so on…
could you please look up, why is it so ?
you can register some free domain on freenom.com for testing purposes
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