Title: Blocking image bots
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Blocking image bots

 *  Resolved [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-image-bots/)
 * Hi there, I get a lot of traffic from bots scanning images on the site. I’m not
   sure what they’re looking for, but things like pic-scout, pixsy, tineye etc. 
   I’d love these things to be banned from any interaction with my domain.
 * Is this something Wordfence might be able to do at some point? I guess this is
   s feature request!
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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-image-bots/#post-6484742)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll have this added as a feature request.
 * -Brian
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-image-bots/#post-6484743)
 * Thinking about this a little bit more…you could probably block these by using
   Block by Referer under Advanced Options.
 * [http://docs.wordfence.com/en/Advanced_Blocking#How_to_block_a_referer_.28or_referring_website.29](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/Advanced_Blocking#How_to_block_a_referer_.28or_referring_website.29)
 * -Brian
 *  Thread Starter [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-image-bots/#post-6484744)
 * Indeed. That’s a good call. Trouble is they’re the kind of thing that changes
   all the time…

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-image-bots/#post-6484744)
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