Doesn't Work For Me

  • Coalay

    (@chrisparksaz)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Wished it worked, but it doesn’t. All of the referrer spam I get has long text strings after the domain name — which seems to circumvent the blocker. So far, it has NOT blocked:

    timebie.com
    mlizcochico.com
    gamezebo.com
    keywords-monitoring-your-success.com
    notify.bluecoat.com
    adishofdailylife.com
    wotbox.biz
    ana-white.com
    free-video-tool.com
    techvibes.com
    myhomeideas.com
    laurenconrad.com
    sociableblog.com
    grammarist.com
    netsidebar.com
    gingerhotels.com
    fhm.com
    bluecoat.com
    dobbersports.com
    mp3boo.cc

    Update: In response to the author’s comment(s) below, I have changed my rating to a “5” — BUT the plugin still does not work for me and I’m still getting referrer spam from the domains listed above. This is not “ghost spam”. We’re using Rackspace + Cloudflare + WPRocket. I realize that some plugins don’t anticipate users with premium assets and are more geared toward budget hosts and basic configurations, but all of the plugins that I use that are dependent on Cloudflare or caching have options in the plugin settings so that they all work together — regardless of whether or not the user has a cache or a CDN.

    So, I’ll check back again in a couple of months and try the plugin again.

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  • Plugin Author csmicfool

    (@csmicfool)

    Hi there,

    I appreciate the feedback but don’t see a support case opened in the forums. I would very much appreciate the opportunity to help you in hopes that you will revise your feedback.

    Please understand that this plugin will work regardless of how much text is given in the URL after the domain. All traffic from a given domain will be blocked. The plugin only looks at the domain and will ignore everything else.

    If you are using CDN, proxy, or certain types of caching, it can prevent the plugin from being fully effective.

    Additionally, there is what is known as “ghost spam” which occurs even if the spammers never visit your site. Unfortunately, my plugin has no way to combat this without preemptively loading the domains before your site is cached in their index. I rely on community submissions of these domains when users block them and periodically add the user submissions to the master list after review. I have worked with several of my users to review server logs and ensure that the plugin is blocking correctly.

    My email address is [email protected]. Please privately message me your website’s address and I will happily run tests and work with you to help resolve this issue.

    Thank you,
    Jacob

    Plugin Author csmicfool

    (@csmicfool)

    I appreciate your updated review and feedback. Thank you. Do please contact me if you’re willing to allow me to use your use case as a test model for improvements.

    I would guess that the main factor here is cloudflare. Are you using the rackspace “orchestration” of wordpress (which also includes varnish)?

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