Selectively allowing bots

Hi

This is a feature available in the WP+ Edition (premium).

You can still use the .htninja to allow or block the bots. For instance:
1. Disable the rule used to block suspicious bots (#531).
2. Add the list of bots you want to block the .htninja configuration file:

$bad_bots = array (
   "Bad Bot",
   "Another Bad Bot",
   // Add some more below...
);

if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ) ) {
   foreach ( $bad_bots as $bot ) {
      if ( strpos( $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], $bot) !== FALSE ) {
         return 'BLOCK';
      }
   }
}

strpos() is case sensitive. If you need case InSeNsItIve, you can use stripos() instead.