Title: Block Fake Googlebots
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Block Fake Googlebots

 *  Resolved [albator13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albator13/)
 * (@albator13)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-fake-googlebots/)
 * a problem too with the option : Block Fake Googlebots
    you say in a message :“
   block all bots which use the “Googlebot” string in their User Agent information
   but are NOT officially from Google”
 * BUT i receive an official mail of google search console who say their bot cant
   access to css & js…. so if it block all bots like google, not good for SEO ^^
   thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-fake-googlebots/#post-6376590)
 * Hi, do you have a cache plugin? If you do can you clear that cache. Are there
   any other plugins that might be causing this issue? Do you have other security
   plugins installed?
 * Can you confirm that the Google message is referring to this plugin? You are 
   the first person out of thousands of users that is reporting this issue. I use
   this feature on 3 of my website and also on my clients website and have never
   experienced this issue in Google Web Masters Tools. This is the first time I 
   hear of this issue.
 * However we always investigate if anyone reports issues like this.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [albator13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albator13/)
 * (@albator13)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-fake-googlebots/#post-6376643)
 * i have W3 Total Cache plugin. but before i install your plugin, all work fine.
   when i have install and enable “Block Fake Googlebots”, i receive an email so….
   i think it is your plugin ! so i have disable the option, dont worry
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-fake-googlebots/#post-6376668)
 * Okay thank you.
 * It sometimes won’t work because of other plugins. If you don’t need any more 
   help can you mark this support thread as resolved.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [albator13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albator13/)
 * (@albator13)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-fake-googlebots/#post-6376711)
 * yes but is not resolved ^^

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 * Last reply from: [albator13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albator13/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-fake-googlebots/#post-6376711)
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