Blackhole Pro – Customize Trigger Link
Blackhole Pro enables you to customize the how the hidden trigger link is displayed on your pages. This tutorial shows you how to do it. Tutorial To customize the Blackhole trigger link, follow these...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Check if the Plugin is Working
Here is a quick post with steps to verify that Blackhole Pro is working properly. The test is split into two parts: Part 1 tests if the plugin is correctly blocking bad bots, and Part 2 tests if the...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Disable Host Lookup
For each bad bot, Blackhole Pro records a variety of information. Like IP address, User Agent, Request URI, Hostname, and more. In most cases, this extra information is processed quickly with no extra...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Virtual robots.txt Rules
Blackhole Pro requires adding a few rules to your site’s robots.txt file. If you are using the WordPress-generated dynamic/virtual robots.txt file, the plugin adds the required rules for you...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Manual Trigger Link
By default, Blackhole Pro takes care of adding the required Blackhole trigger link to all web pages generated by your WordPress-powered site. But what if you only want to include the trigger link on a...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Disable Error Log Notices
By default, Blackhole Pro adds a line to the site/server error log for any invalid IP addresses. Fortunately invalid IP addresses are rare. But there are cases where an attack or some issue may result...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Protect WP Login Page
By default, Blackhole Pro never blocks anyone or anything from accessing the WP Login Page. This is by design, to prevent any user from getting locked out of their WordPress site accidentally. For...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Block Specific User Agents
As of Blackhole Pro version 2.8, it is possible to block specific user agents from accessing your site. This is referred to as “blacklisting” and is the opposite of whitelisting, which also is possible...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Change the Whois Lookup Port and Server
Blackhole Pro traps and blocks bad bots via virtual blackhole. Behind the scenes, Blackhole Pro performs a “whois” lookup to help identify various aspects of the request. For example, each whois lookup...
View ArticleBlackhole Pro – Manually Add Bots and IP Addresses
Blackhole Pro works automatically. Install, activate, and then sit back and relax while Blackhole works its magic and blocks bad bots from ever reaching your site. Whenever a bot disobeys your site’s...
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