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Filter By Referring Website for 404s

  • Resolved EricProfits

    (@eric1985)


    2 years, 11 months ago

    I would love to be able to filter by referring website where there is one. If I have an inbound link, I want to prioritize fixing that. I get many more 404s from bots and can’t easily filter those out to focus on bad inbound links that a human clicked on.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    2 years, 11 months ago

    You can use the referrer match as explained here:

    https://redirection.me/support/matching-redirects/

    Thread Starter EricProfits

    (@eric1985)

    2 years, 11 months ago

    Useful info but not what I am looking to do. To be more specific:

    On the page that displays 404s, I want to be able to view a list of only 404s with a valid referrer/user agent. So I can differentiate a human action versus a bot when reviewing 404 errors.

    e.g. On this page mysite.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=redirection.php&sub=404s

    I can currently sort by date, source URL, or search. I would like the be able to sort and filter by referrer on that page.

    Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    2 years, 11 months ago

    Bots also send referrer information and otherwise pretend to be human – there’s no guaranteed way to differentiate them. If there was then anti-spam software would be a lot more accurate.

    Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    2 years, 11 months ago

    Also, to add, not every human visitor sends a referrer, and it’s easy for a bot to fake both referrer and user agent. I understand wanting to remove bot stuff, and it’s something I hope to have a better solution for in the future.

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