Bot Block – Stop Spam Referrals in Google Analytics
Block spam referrals showing in Google Analytics and save bandwidth. Central database of sites, ability to add custom URL's and stats.
4.2(17 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Bot Block is a WordPress seo plugin with 600 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 17 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
4.2/517 reviews
600active installs
19K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
This plugin has two main functions:
- To stop spam traffic before it reaches your site (which stops spam visits showing in Analytics).
- Save bandwidth, bots use bandwidth when they visit your site, this plugin stops them before they get the chance to download anything.
Spam traffic is an increasing problem, companies like semalt are spamming sites in order to get their website shown within Google Analytics as a referrer (also known as referral spam). More spammers are beginning to take this approach and this causes issues for any Analytics user that relies on the data collected since pageviews and visitors are inflated.
Spammers have even taken this a step further by triggering events, which of course can effect conversion data.
This plugin is built to stop this, it blocks spam bots before…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.6
- Added screenshots to the plugin page on WordPress.org
Contributors
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