to dirprocess: block bad bots with CP/WP plugin                                    rev 6 sep 2021

Category: websites

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summary 

  * view spam bots hitting your server 
    then block them using a plugin or rules in .htaccess.
    Cloudflare firewall rules only let you block 5 bots (free plan).

  * White page [6 sep 2021] - Check again later.
      -- https://forums.classicpress.net/t/how-to-block-uknown-robots-identified-by-any-existent/

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some plugins:

  NO AntiBots
      https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/antibots/
      http://antibotsplugin.com/help/
        no https - not a good sign!
        20 installs
        no ratings/reviews
        wp > 5.3

  * Blackhole Bad Bots
      https://wordpress.org/plugins/blackhole-bad-bots/
      https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/
      has php version for non-wordpress sites.
      30,000 installs.
      wp > 4.1
      php > 5.6.20
        ** Problem when used with caching, including cloudflare??
             With page caching, the required WP init hook may
               not be fired, which means that plugins like Blackhole are not able
               to log and ban requests dynamically.
        **  https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blackhole-plugin-is-creating-pages-that-are-being-indexed/
        **  https://wordpress.org/search/caching+intext%3A%22Plugin%3A+Blackhole+for+Bad+Bots%22
        **  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plugin+%22blackhole+for+bad+bots%22+cloudflare+caching&t=canonical&atb=


  * Stop Bad Bots
      https://wordpress.org/plugins/stopbadbots/
      https://stopbadbots.com/guide/
      has php version for non-wordpress sites.
      10,000 installs.
      wp > 4.0
      php > 5.6

  
  
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  multi-function:

  * iThemes Security
      https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
      https://ithemes.com/security/

  * Wordfence


    Compare:

      https://rigorousthemes.com/blog/ithemes-security-vs-wordfence/
        sep 2021


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