I find referer spam annoying. Referer spam is spam that appears in my log as bogus http_referer entries – referer is misspelled for historic reasons. I also think that spammers who drop by also leave their dirt behind in the logs. By blocking certain strings in the referrer string, I think I can stop a few spammers also.<\/p>\n
I’ve been testing the following referer string block. I have no idea if it is working, yet. I am going to set a bogus page with one of the strings in it to test it out.<\/p>\n
Make a backup copy of your .htaccess file and then copy this stuff into the top of the file.<\/p>\n
Test it. I got 500 errors when I made a mistake, so be sure you have a backup copy that works in order to restore the file if it breaks your site.<\/p>\n
Make sure you leave the wordpress stuff and anything else needed to run your site after this code.<\/p>\n
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