Custom Referral Spam Blocker gives you the control to ensure that dishonest referral sources are blocked from Google Analytics.
| Author: | csmicfool (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0.1 |
| WordPress version tested: | 4.7.2 |
| Plugin version: | 1.4.6 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 29-07-2015 |
| Last updated: | 09-02-2017
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 80 |
| Rated by: | 10 |
| Plugin URI: | http://jacobbaron.net/ |
| Total downloads: | 16 477 |
| Active installs: | 500+ |
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Screenshots
This is the options screen.
If I customize my list and new default sources are added, will my list be updated?
Future versions are planned with improved support for appending to default versus replacing it with your own list.
What is the correct way to add new domains to the block list?
This plugin blocks requests for all pages from a given domain or subdomain. Each domain should be added on a new line. For example, if you add “imaspammerandimok.com” to the list, requests with referrers such as “http://imaspammerandimok.com/spamallnight/spamallday.html” will also be blocked. Do not include the protocol (https://, http://) or path (/folder/page.html) when adding new domains. Subdomains, however, must currently be entered individually.
What happens to the evil spammers?
Their requests are intentionally blocked from continuing to load any WordPress code and get directed away from your site. If they have a puppy, it cries.
ChangeLog
0.1
0.2
0.3
- Added optional data sharing features.
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.7.1
1.0
- Non-destructive referer list upgrade. Adds a more seamless upgrade path when database releases are available. Safely merges custom user-defined spammers with those in the maintained list.
1.0.3
- Bug fixes for infinite redirects related to short or blank domains appearing in custom block lists. As a result, only exact matches will be blocked and variants will need to be added to lists manually.
1.0.4
- New remote url for custom list submissions. As we grow, we need to improve our spammer identification and list update tools.
1.0.6
- Added features to support plugin translation under wordpress standards.
1.0.7
1.0.8
- Bugfix to ensure lowercase matches for blocks.
1.0.9
1.0.91
- Bugfix for utf-8 character comparison.
1.1
- New support to help block domains from non-ANSI character sets such as cyrillic or chinese.
- List update.
1.1.1
- 2000 download edition!
- List update
1.1.2
- Security fix for Multisite.
- Enables settings for Network Admins only.
1.1.3
- Improved multisite support.
1.1.35
- List update
- Added preliminary whitelist for t.co
1.1.36
1.1.37
1.1.4
- List update
- Bug fix for data sharing issue
1.2
- List update
- Bug fix for data sharing issue
1.2.1
1.2.3
- Fixes errors saving settings changes in WPMU
- Unified site_options list for WPMU
1.2.4
1.2.5
1.2.6
- List Update
- 4.5.1 Compatible
1.2.7
- List Update
- 4.5.2 Compatible
1.2.9
1.3.0
- List Update
- 4.5.3 Support
1.4.0
- List Update
- Fixes Multisite Support
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
- List Update
- cURL timeout fix
1.4.4
1.4.5
