{"id":4395,"date":"2018-02-16T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T18:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/02\/16\/block-bad-bots\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T16:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T20:16:50","slug":"block-bad-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/block-bad-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Bad Bot Blocker in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we continue our series on the All in One SEO Pack<\/a>, we will now show you how to block bad bots<\/strong> from crawling your WordPress site. This can help your site\u2019s performance since it is not wasting CPU on unwanted traffic. First, we will show you how to install the Bad Bot Blocker<\/em>, then we will go over the available setup options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Block Bad Bots<\/h2>\n
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  1. Log into your WordPress Dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. \"\"<\/a>\n
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    Click All in One SEO<\/b> then Feature Manager<\/b> in the navigation menu.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \"\"<\/a>\n
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    You will see the Bad Bot Blocker<\/em> feature listed, click the Activate<\/b> button.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \"\"<\/a>\n
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    Once it has been installed click the Bad Bot Blocker<\/b> link in the All in One SEO<\/em> menu.<\/p>\n

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  5. \"\"<\/a>\n
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    You will then be on the Bad Bot Blocker<\/em> settings page, choose which bots you want to block. Below is a description of the available options.<\/p>\n

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    Block Bad Bots using HTTP<\/td>\nBlock requests from user agents that are known to misbehave with 503.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Block Referral Spam using HTTP<\/td>\nCheck this box to Block Referral Spam using HTTP.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Track Blocked Bots<\/td>\nLog and show recent requests from blocked bots.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Use Custom Blocklists<\/td>\nCheck this to edit the list of disallowed user agents for blocking bad bots.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \"\"<\/a>\n
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    Once you have chosen which bots you want to block, click the Update Options<\/b> button to save your changes.<\/p>\n

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    You are finished when you see a message stating \u201cAll in One SEO Options Updated.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Congratulations, now you know how to block bad bots<\/strong> from crawling your WordPress site!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As we continue our series on the All in One SEO Pack, we will now show you how to block bad bots from crawling your WordPress site. This can help your site\u2019s performance since it is not wasting CPU on unwanted traffic. 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