Bots leveraging the WP site search

  • Resolved wwwcre8r

    (@wwwcre8r)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    Site is getting slammed with bots leveraging the WordPress site search.

    Any way to block those?

    Example from log file:

    66.249.69.48 - - [23/Mar/2021:15:45:41 +0000] "GET /?s=%F0%9F%92%9C%20Minocin%20Akne%20Rezeptfrei%20-%3E%20%F0%9F%91%A9%E2%80%8D%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F%20www.Getroman.store%20%F0%9F%91%A9%E2%80%8D%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F%20Billig%20Alternative%20to%20Minocin%20%F0%9F%92%9CMinocin%20Akne%20Rezeptfrei HTTP/1.0" 200 7692 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +https://www.google.com/bot.html)"

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Not possible to manually block bots with the free version of the plugin. Pro version it’s easy to do, but the forum rules here at www.ads-software.com forbid any discussion of pro/premium plugins (it’s for free versions only). I am happy to answer any questions about pro version via the contact form at Plugin Planet. Or if you have any further questions about free, they are welcome here anytime.

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