Title: Block Referer Spam
Author: supersoju
Published: <strong>16 juillet 2015</strong>
Last modified: 4 mai 2023

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Cette extension **n’a pas été testée avec plus de trois mises à jour majeures de
WordPress**. Elle peut ne plus être maintenue ou supportée et peut avoir des problèmes
de compatibilité lorsqu’elle est utilisée avec des versions de WordPress plus récentes.

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# Block Referer Spam

 Par [supersoju](https://profiles.wordpress.org/supersoju/)

[Télécharger](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/block-referer-spam.1.1.9.5.zip)

 * [Détails](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/#description)
 * [Avis](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/#installation)
 * [Développement](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/)

## Description

**Block Referer Spam** aims at blocking all (or most) websites that use Referer 
Spam to promote their – often somewhat dodgy – website content. This is accomplished
by bots that simulate human behavior. They do this so well, that they even show 
up in **Google Analytics**. This plugin does not require any special configuration
after installation. Once active and auto-update is enabled, you will barely see 
any of those nasty spammers any more.

From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer_spam):

    ```
    Referrer spam (also known as log spam or referrer
    bombing) is a kind of spamdexing (spamming aimed
    at search engines). The technique involves making
    repeated web site requests using a fake referer URL
    to the site the spammer wishes to advertise. Sites that
    publish their access logs, including referer statistics,
    will then inadvertently link back to the spammer's site.
    These links will be indexed by search engines
    as they crawl the access logs.

    This benefits the spammer because the free link improves
    the spammer site's search engine ranking owing
    to link-counting algorithms that search engines use.
    ```

**Fonctionnalités**

 * Automatic or manual updates of referer spam list
 * Option of adding custom referer spam hosts
 * Two methods of blocking: mod_rewrite or WordPress based

**Pro Features**

Pro plans start at only $2/mo. Visit [BlockReferSpam.com](https://blockreferspam.com)
for more information.

 * Automatic syncing your of custom block lists across all of your sites
 * Additional curated block lists

**Examples Blocked**

 * semalt
 * buttons-for-website
 * floating-share-buttons
 * 4webmaster
 * ilovevitaly
 * … et plus encore !

If you think you found a bug in Referer Spam Blocker, please contact us! Further,
if you want to contribute, feel free!

Anything else, please get in touch!

support / supersoju.com

Cover photo by [Lukas Budimaier](https://unsplash.com/@lukasbudimaier)

## Captures d’écrans

 * [[
 * Admin Interface

## Installation

To install Block Referer Spam and start cleaning up your Google Analytics:

 1. Install Block Referer Spam automatically or by uploading the ZIP file.
 2. Activez l’extension par l’intermédiaire du menu « Extensions » de WordPress.
 3. Block Referer Spam is now activated. Go to the « Referer Spam » menu and start 
    review your options.
 4. You are now protected!

**Using WP-CLI**
 wp plugin install block-referer-spam –activate

## FAQ

### What sites are blocked?

To give you the least amount of headache, this plugin is not using one, but indeed
several sources of referer spam lists. Our servers merge multiple lists every couple
hours to provide you with the best possible protection.

### I still see those websites in my statistics!

This plugin will not remove existing Google Analytics Spam. What it will do is block
further spam from being logged. You can however filter out those websites, a good
tutorial for this is here: https://megalytic.com/blog/how-to-filter-out-fake-referrals-
and-other-google-analytics-spam.

### I tested my site and those referers can still access my site!

This can by caused by three reasons.

 1. The site is not blocked by our list. The list is updated multiple times a day (
    every 6 hours) and chances are the site will be on it very soon. If not, try custom
    blocks.
 2. Some plugins interfere with the « Rewrite » block mode on server side level. Examples
    for these are caching plugins that may not always work. In this case, use the «
    WordPress » block mode instead.
 3. While using the « Rewrite » block mode is faster, you may not be able to write 
    to your servers .htaccess file, in this case please use the « WordPress » block
    mode instead.

### I found a bug!

If you find a bug, please report it here. We will always aim to fix the issue within
48 hours.

## Avis

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Instantly killed my dashboard 302](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instantly-killed-my-dashboard-302/)󠁿

 [scutterfly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scutterfly/) 7 juin 2022

The second I installed this plugin I lost access to my dashboard. Main site was 
running but all dashboard pages returned an error caused by too many redirects. 
You need to rename the plugin folder and delete the various lines of « stuff » the
plugin adds to your .htaccess file. A tense and stressful few minutes while I figured
out how to undo the damage this plugin did. It’s not worth the risk of installing
it so stay away from it.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/beb65d6504263cb01a973d75240c429091156938f4eede568f324f4c4109cdd2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It is works !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-is-works/)󠁿

 [lily1969](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lily1969/) 28 février 2019

Thank you

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-101/)󠁿

 [craighobson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/craighobson/) 14 juin 2017 1 réponse

Awesome, thanks!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Yes! this REALLY does work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yes-this-really-does-work-december-24-2016/)󠁿

 [infinitybassuk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/infinitybassuk/) 24 décembre 2016
1 réponse

I’ve tried quite a few of these referrer SPAM blocker plugins before – and I was
not expecting much – but I have been converted !! :+) I don’t like messing with 
htaccess (I’m accident prone), so I thought I would give it a try.. I use this plugin
in WordPress Block mode, and over the last week or so, I’ve had ZERO referrer SPAM,
on two analytics plugins I use. I have also been researching and adding my own list
of ghost websites to the one provided by the plugin – including a devious one via
twitter from that guy who claims he is doing nothing illegal (!); There are over
600 sites in my list, and it’s growing day by day. Keep doing what you guys are 
doing – a great job !! :+)

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[WTF? Must role off a backup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wtf-must-role-off-a-backup/)󠁿

 [Seolotsen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webdesigngettorf/) 25 novembre 2016 
2 réponses

I have installed it – and get a 403 as results for all my pages. Worst Plugin. And
Referrer is written with double « r » – experts

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/60ebebab09b8f79d6e90dc171c1d2f3d0f648cef583bd8ec3ada62025493ad39?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[No good whatsoever](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-good-whatsoever/)󠁿

 [Jeff Rudd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeff-rudd/) 14 octobre 2016

When it comes to getting rid of www1.free-share-buttons.top – its COMPLETELY useless.

 [ Lire les 21 avis ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/)

## Contributeurs/contributrices & développeurs/développeuses

« Block Referer Spam » est un logiciel libre. Les personnes suivantes ont contribué
à cette extension.

Contributeurs

 *   [ supersoju ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/supersoju/)
 *   [ codestic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codestic/)

[Traduisez « Block Referer Spam » dans votre langue.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/block-referer-spam)

### Le développement vous intéresse ?

[Parcourir le code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/block-referer-spam/),
consulter le [SVN dépôt](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/block-referer-spam/),
ou s’inscrire au [journal de développement](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/block-referer-spam/)
par [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/block-referer-spam/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Journal des modifications

#### 1.1.9.3

 * Tested for WordPress 5.0
 * Fix issue where updated list sometimes does not get written to .htaccess when
   called via cron

#### 1.1.9.1

 * Cleans up after itself on deactivation

#### 1.1.9

 * Pro version available

#### 1.1.8.5

 * Readme typo fixes
 * Blocklist back to using custom solution

#### 1.1.7

 * Readme typo fixes
 * Blocklist back to using custom solution

#### 1.1.6

 * Updated blocklist provider

#### 1.1.5

 * Added functionality to backup previous .htaccess in case something goes wrong.

#### 1.1.4

 * Tested successfully on WordPress latest version (4.4).
 * Fixed a bug where other plugins could prevent Block Referer Spam from working.
 * Added box to honor contributors of this plugin.

#### 1.1.3

 * Added Spanish translations!
 * If you would like to help and translate this plugin, get in touch!

#### 1.1.2

 * Bugfix! Sorry guys! 🙂

#### 1.1

 * Major update!
 * Fixed some critical bugs that could break the site.
 * Fixed some more bugs that could have produced notices.
 * Added validation and support for international domains!
 * Added cloud-feature to learn from all installations worldwide!
 * Fixed some mistakes in the German translation.

#### 1.0.4

 * Fixed the plugin to run on PHP versions lower than 5.4. It should now work on
   older providers and servers that have not been updated for a while.

#### 1.0.3

 * Fixed a bug that in « Rewrite Blocking », rules were not actually enforced. Sorry
   about that!

#### 1.0.2

 * Improved FAQs
 * Added writable check for .htaccess
 * Added WP-CLI installation instructions
 * Added part of Wikipedia about referer spam

#### 1.0.1

 * Added German localization
 * Updated screenshot and fixed typos
 * Added frequently asked questions

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Méta

 *  Version **1.1.9.5**
 *  Dernière mise à jour **il y a 3 ans**
 *  Installations actives **600+**
 *  Version de WordPress ** 3.0.2 ou plus **
 *  Testé jusqu’à **6.2.9**
 *  Langue
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/)
 * Étiquettes
 * [floating-share-buttons](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/floating-share-buttons/)
   [referer](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/referer/)[semalt](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/semalt/)
   [spam](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Vue avancée](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/block-referer-spam/advanced/)

## Évaluations

 3.4 sur 5 étoiles.

 *  [  12 avis à 5 étoiles     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 avis à 4 étoile     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 avis à 3 étoile     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 avis à 2 étoile     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  8 avis à 1 étoiles     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/#new-post)

[Voir tous les avis](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/reviews/)

## Contributeurs

 *   [ supersoju ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/supersoju/)
 *   [ codestic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codestic/)

## Support

Quelque chose à dire ? Besoin d’aide ?

 [Voir le forum de support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-referer-spam/)