kwielo

<p>This plugin blocks referrer spam that you see in your page statistics. This problem is also widely known as “spam referrer attacks”.</p>
<h4>The biggest list of spammers</h4>
<p>Plugin uses the biggest public list of URLs that are considered as a spamming services; <strong>over 2200 URLs</strong> right now! List is provided by Matomo, the biggest open source analytics system. You can find it <a href="https://github.com/matomo-org/referrer-spam-list" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>; you can also contribute to that list by adding your own urls.</p>
<h4>Custom URLs</h4>
<p>Yep, you can add your own URLs to blacklist! In a flash! So easy…</p>
<h4>No annoying updates!</h4>
<p>This plugin uses service located on our servers to update the list of spammers, hence <strong>you do not have to update the plugin</strong> itself whenever list is updated.</p>
<h4>No need of an account!</h4>
<p>As it is said before, this plugin uses endpoint to get the actual list. That endpoint points to author’s server (https://srs.wielo.co), but there is <strong>no need of an account</strong> to use it. And no worries, this plugin <strong>do not</strong> collect any data about the users 🙂</p>
<h4>Hassle-free!</h4>
<p>You can see the current list of blocked websites in the admin panel, under “Settings/Referral Spam”. There is also time of the next update. That is it! No configuration needed! 🙂</p>
<h4>Free of any charges!</h4>
<p>It is completely free! Enjoy! 🙂</p>


Stop Referrer Spam

I's cluttered with Spam Referrer, and then tried this plugin with some doubt in mind though. :)

But found it's working like a charm.

Thank you for the effort. <3 Keep updating and fixing things. Good luck.

Worked like a charm

If you see referral spam in your analytics and would like to block it, this plugin is for you.

Ben Marshall

<p>A powerful site referrer analytics plugin. Get insights into types of referring traffic, automated <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033863" rel="nofollow ugc">GA campaign URLs</a>, and useful tracking data for advanced reporting, conversation tracking, and 3rd-party integration.</p>
<h4>On-site Reporting & Statistics</h4>
<p>A powerful tool that allows owners to gain valuable insights into referring traffic. View on-site reporting and statistics with interactive visual graphs and detailed logging including:</p>
<ul>
<li>GDPR & <a href="https://www.benmarshall.me/ccpa-compliance/" rel="nofollow ugc">CCPA compliant</a></li>
<li>Date & time users were referred</li>
<li>IP addresses of referred users & their <a href="https://benmarshall.me/html5-geolocation/" rel="nofollow ugc">geolocation</a></li>
<li>Types of referring traffic: <em>organic, bots, referral, etc.</em></li>
<li>Human-readable referrers (ex. Google, Facebook, etc.)</li>
<li>Referred destination URLs & top landing pages from referrers</li>
<li>Toplists of referrers, types of referrers, popular landing pages & more</li>
<li>Helpful recommendations to block known malicious referrers</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automated Google Analytics Integration</h4>
<p>Automatically track <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033863" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Analytics campaign data</a> via automated URLs from referring sources — no need to manually generate campaign URLs!</p>
<p>Here’s how it works:</p>
<ol>
<li>User visits the site from a referring URL like Google</li>
<li>It retrieves & parses the referrers info</li>
<li>Smart redirect with UTM parameters added (i.e. <code>utm_source</code>, <code>utm_medium</code> and <code>utm_campaign</code>)</li>
</ol>
<p>When cookies are enabled, last known UTM values and referrer info is stored and can be accessed for advanced reporting, conversion tracking, etc.</p>


Referrer Analytics

Track & store where users come from for enhanced reporting in Google Analytics, on-site statistics, conversion tracking & more.

Stop Referrer Spam vs Referrer Analytics