How to Stop

  • Resolved notrobo

    (@notrobo)


    8 years, 10 months ago

    I’m pretty much using the default settings for my iThemes Security plugin. However, my visitor stats are getting WAY SKEWED by bot visits, particularly from 4webmasters.org & trafficmonetize.org, and others. I get thousands of hits from these bots (or whatever they are), which dramatically increases the so-called “visits” to my website, throwing my numbers way off. How can I stop these unwanted bot visits? Thank you!

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/

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  • Thread Starter notrobo

    (@notrobo)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    I am going to re-post this because for some reason the forum cut off part of my title, so no one understands what the question is.

    iThemes Support

    (@ithemes-support)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    I didn’t see your re-post so I thought I’d reply here.

    This isn’t something that iThemes Security currently does. However the HackRepair Default Blacklist is currently being updated.

    You can do this manually in your .htaccess.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=block+referrer+htaccess&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    Thanks,

    Gerroald

    Thread Starter notrobo

    (@notrobo)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks, Gerroald,

    I’ve already implemented my .htaccess file with the Block Referrer code. I’m just not sure if it’s working or not. I think I just need to wait a bit longer to see is the offenders drop off the visitors list. Thanks

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