WP referrer spam blacklist (Ghost Spam in Google Analytics)
WordPress plugin to fight with referrer spam. List based on https://github.com/matomo-org/referrer-spam-list
by Rolands Umbrovskis · github.com/rolandinsh/wp_referrer_spam_blocklist · website
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Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/rolandinsh/wp_referrer_spam_blocklist/archive/refs/heads/master.zipFrom the readme
WordPress referrer spam blacklist plugin
WordPress plugin to fight with more than 2040+ referrer spammers (like semalt, buttons-for-website and many more).
Via my LinkedIN post: Few months ago I started to collect referral spam pages in private file un bitbucket.org. Problem was that I did not know all spammers. Then, few weeks ago, I found that Matomo (Open source analytics) started their own "project", and they did the same thing I did - collected referral spam sites to block them from Your website.
On my own server I do that at server level, but some of my clients have hosting, where You can not edit server settings. This week I came up with another solution - Wordpress plugin "WP referrer spam blacklist". I will update list every week from Matomo's community-contributed list of spammers.
If You have WordPress site and no knowledge about or access to server settings, I made that for You!
No need for configuration!
NO auto update, as we see that as possible as security hole.
Plugin in background redirects referral spammer to blank page ( about:blank ). Redirect link can be altered via filter wpreferralblockredirecturi.
Plugin is for sites that can't edit their .htaccess
Read the full README on GitHub →
Releases
| Tag | Published |
|---|---|
| 1.3.0 | Dec 27, 2020 |
| 1.2.202012211 | Dec 27, 2020 |
| 1.2.201801281 | Jan 28, 2018 |
| 1.2.201707101 | Jul 9, 2017 |
| 1.2.201705311 | May 31, 2017 |
| 1.2.201610241 | Jan 18, 2017 |
| 1.2.201610061 | Oct 6, 2016 |
| 1.2.201610051 | Oct 5, 2016 |
| 1.2.201609061 | Sep 5, 2016 |
| 1.2.201607041 | Jul 4, 2016 |
| 1.2.201606241 | Jun 24, 2016 |
| 1.2.201605231 | Jun 24, 2016 |
These releases are tags only. The author does not attach a packaged zip, so there are no download counts to report.