Niteo

<p>Spider Blocker blocks most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog.<br />
It accomplishes this by using .htaccess file to minimize impact on your website. It’s hidden from external scanners.</p>
<p>Spider Blocker is specifically designed for Apache servers with mod_rewrite enabled, allowing you to effortlessly safeguard your website from the most prevalent bots that hamper performance and drain resources.</p>
<h4>Plugin Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Block Unlimited bots from viewing your site</li>
<li>Easy Export/Import rules (comes with most common list of bots)</li>
<li>Zero Footprint</li>
</ul>


Spider Blocker

Does what it promises to do. No more bad bots to my WP blog :)

Perfect!

SpiderBlocker will block most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog.

Pierre Lannoy

Hosterra

<p>When you want to use <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/en/mod/mod_info.html" rel="nofollow ugc">server-info</a> and/or <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/en/mod/mod_status.html" rel="nofollow ugc">server-status</a> with Apache server, you must modify (right in your <code>.htaccess</code> file) the rewrite rules generated by WordPress. And you must do it each time WordPress modify and regenerates the rules.<br />
<strong>Apache Status & Info</strong> do it for you, without you having to intervene. Just activate it and that’s it!</p>
<p>In addition to this, <strong>Apache Status & Info</strong> allows you to monitor your Apache configuration and settings, right in your WordPress admin (see screenshots for example).</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Apache Status & Info</strong> is part of <a href="https://perfops.one/" rel="nofollow ugc">PerfOps One</a>, a suite of free and open source WordPress plugins dedicated to observability and operations performance.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Apache Status & Info</strong> is a free and open source plugin for WordPress. It integrates many other free and open source works (as-is or modified). Please, see ‘about’ tab in the plugin settings to see the details.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>This plugin is free and provided without warranty of any kind. Use it at your own risk, I’m not responsible for any improper use of this plugin, nor for any damage it might cause to your site. Always backup all your data before installing a new plugin.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll be glad to help you if you encounter issues when using this plugin. Please read carefully the FAQ at the bottom of this page before requesting support.</p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>This plugin, as any piece of software, is neither compliant nor non-compliant with privacy laws and regulations. It is your responsibility to use it with respect for the personal data of your users and applicable laws.</p>
<p>This plugin doesn’t set any cookie in the user’s browser.</p>
<p>This plugin doesn’t handle personally identifiable information (PII).</p>
<h4>Donation</h4>
<p>If you like this plugin or find it useful and want to thank me for the work done, please consider making a donation to <a href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en" rel="nofollow ugc">La Quadrature Du Net</a> or the <a href="https://www.eff.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> which are advocacy groups defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. By supporting them, you help the daily actions they perform to defend our fundamental freedoms!</p>


Apache Status & Info

Apache server-info and server-status monitoring right in your WordPress admin.

Spider Blocker vs Apache Status & Info