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@mickeyroush, would you be so kind to share some of your .htaccess tricks?

I am trying to show ratings on posts inside of a category called reviews.

OK. Thank you very much for your reply. I was not notified by email of your response.

Try out this plugin, Stop Spammers Plugin. I have been testing it for over week after I was stormed by bots. It is doing a good job. Shows how your site is being targeted. The two main files that spammers and bots will target are your comments.php and your login.php. YOu may also report them to a few spam info databases.

does it make sense to rate a plugin if you have not used it personally?

did you guys not make a backup before installing the plugin? The author clearly states that it makes changes to a number of files. I would say depending on the nature of your site, you should be able to to just backup your site for your control panel.

Hi guys. I have been following the posts on this thread. What is the developer of this plugin saying? What do you guys think about wordfence?

Very well supported plugin and appears to be highly effective.