WP-BlockYou

A plugin that can be used to block or “ban” users via their IP address from viewing your blog, and then redirecting them to a URL of your choice.

Author:Jules Robinson (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.0.0
WordPress version tested:2.5.1
Plugin version:1.0
Added to WordPress repository:29-04-2008
Last updated:29-04-2008
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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Total downloads:4 543
Active installs:20+
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Comment blacklisting works well, but what if you actually want to stop someone from even reading your blog? This plugin will take care of that for you.

It uses .htaccess file modifications to deny access to your blog from particular IP addresses (Deny from) and then follows up with an ErrorDocument 403 redirect to a URL of your choice. It doesn’t hook into WordPress, which makes it a lot faster due to no database or PHP calls.