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This won’t block ghost referrals (no plugin can do that), but \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.greenmellenmedia.com\u002Fblocking-ghost-referrals-in-google-analytics\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">this short video\u003C\u002Fa> will walk you through that process in Google Analytics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once installed, this plugin will run automatically in the background; there is no options panel or anything to see in your dashboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other sites will be added to the block list over time via updates to this plugin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, visit us at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.greenmellenmedia.com\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">GreenMellenMedia.com\u003C\u002Fa> or find us on Twitter \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fgreenmellen\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">@GreenMellen\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current list of blocked bots: All sites ending in .xyz, 100dollars-seo.com, 4webmasters.org, 7makemoneyonline.com, adviceforum.info, aliexpress.com, amazonaws.com, anticrawler.org, avtlg.ru, bashtel.ru, best-seo-offer.com, best-seo-solution.com, bestsub.com, bestwebsitesawards.com, blackhatworth.com, burger-imperia.com, buttons-for-website.com, buttons-for-your-website.com, buy-cheap-online.info, chinese-amezon.com, clicksor.com, copyrightclaims.org, corbina.ru, cpty.com, darodar.com, depositfiles-porn.ga, domination.ml, e-buyeasy.com, ebin.cc, econom.co, erot.co, ertelecom.ru, event-tracking.com, fix-website-errors.com, free-floating-buttons.com, floating-share-buttons.com, free-share-buttons.com, free-share-buttons.top, free-social-buttons.com, free-video-tool.com, get-free-social-traffic.com, get-free-traffic-now.com, ɢoogle.com, googlsucks.com, guardlink.com, guardlink.org, hol.es, hongfanji.com, how-to-earn-quick-money.com, howtostopreferralspam.eu, hulfingtonpost.com, hvd-store.com, ilovevitaly.*, is74.ru, kabbalah-red-bracelets.com, kambasoft.com, kes.ru, keywords-monitoring-your-success.com, lifehacĸer.com, magicdiet.gq, makemoneyonline.com, monetizationking.net, mts.ru, mts-nn.ru, nationalcablenetworks.ru, netbynet.ru, o-o-6-o-o.com, pizza-tycoon.com, pogodnyyeavarii.gq, pornhub-forum.ga, priceg.com, qualitymarketzone.com, rank-checker.online, ranking2017.ga, rankings-analytics.com, rankscanner.com, ranksonic.org\u002Finfo, sanjosestartups.com, sashagreyblog.ga, savetubevideo.com, search.myway.com, search.tb.ask.com, semalt.com, seo-platform.com, sexyali.com, simple-share-buttons.com, site-16528012-1.snip.tw, site-auditor.online, sitequest.ru, snip.to, social-buttons-*, social-s-*, success-seo.com, theguardlan.com, top1-seo-service.com, torture.ml, traffic2money.com, trafficmonetizer.net, uni.me, uptime.com, video–production.com, videos-for-your-business.com, webmonetizer.net, website-analyzer.info, works.if.ua, wow.com, youporn-forum.ga, yourserverisdown.com\u003C\u002Fp>\n","This blocks semalt.com, buttons-for-website.com and others with a 403 Forbidden message so that they no longer show up in your Google Analytics stats.",900,75414,88,16,"2017-11-28T19:19:00.000Z","4.7.32","3.0","",[20,21,22,23,24],"botnet","bots","buttons-for-websites","darodar","semalt","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.greenmellenmedia.com\u002Fplugins\u002Fgm-block-bots\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fgm-block-bots.zip",85,0,null,"2026-03-15T15:16:48.613Z",[],{"slug":7,"display_name":7,"profile_url":8,"plugin_count":33,"total_installs":11,"avg_security_score":27,"avg_patch_time_days":34,"trust_score":35,"computed_at":36},1,30,84,"2026-04-04T06:01:21.277Z",[38,62,84,102,120],{"slug":39,"name":40,"version":41,"author":42,"author_profile":43,"description":44,"short_description":45,"active_installs":46,"downloaded":47,"rating":48,"num_ratings":49,"last_updated":50,"tested_up_to":51,"requires_at_least":52,"requires_php":53,"tags":54,"homepage":59,"download_link":60,"security_score":61,"vuln_count":28,"unpatched_count":28,"last_vuln_date":29,"fetched_at":30},"block-bad-queries","BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security","20260205","Jeff Starr","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fspecialk\u002F","\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🔥 Install, activate, and done!\u003Cbr \u002F>\n  🔥 Powerful protection from WP’s \u003Cstrong>fastest\u003C\u002Fstrong> firewall plugin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperishablepress.com\u002Fblock-bad-queries\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">BBQ Firewall\u003C\u002Fa> is a lightweight, blazing-fast firewall plugin that protects your site against a wide range of threats. BBQ checks all incoming traffic and quietly blocks bad requests containing nasty stuff like \u003Ccode>eval(\u003C\u002Fcode>, \u003Ccode>base64_\u003C\u002Fcode>, and excessively long request-strings. This is a simple yet solid solution for sites that are unable to use a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperishablepress.com\u002F8g-firewall\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">strong Apache\u002F.htaccess firewall\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🔥 Adds a strong firewall to ANY WordPress site\u003Cbr \u002F>\n  🔥 Works with all WordPress plugins and themes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Powerful Protection\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BBQ protects your site against many threats:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>SQL injection attacks\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Executable file uploads\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Directory traversal attacks\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Unsafe character requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Excessively long requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>PHP remote\u002Ffile execution\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>XSS, XXE, and related attacks\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protects against bad bots\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protects against bad referrers\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protects against bad POST content\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protects against many other bad requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🔥 Works great with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fblackhole-bad-bots\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Blackhole for Bad Bots\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fbanhammer\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Banhammer\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Awesome Features\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BBQ provides all the best firewall features:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Rated \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fblock-bad-queries\u002F#reviews\" rel=\"ugc\">5 stars\u003C\u002Fa> at WordPress.org\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>100% plug-&-play, zero configuration\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>100% focused on security and performance\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Blocks a wide range of malicious URL requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Fastest Web Application Firewall (WAF) for WordPress\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Based on the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperishablepress.com\u002F7g-firewall\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">7G\u003C\u002Fa>\u002F\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperishablepress.com\u002F8g-firewall\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">8G Firewall\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Scans all incoming traffic and blocks bad requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Scans all types of requests: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protects against known bad bots and referrers\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Works silently behind the scenes to protect your site\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Hassle-free security plugin that’s easy to use\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Thoroughly tested, error-free performance\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Extremely low rate of false positives\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Compatible with other security plugins\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Regularly updated and “future proof”\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Firewall \u003C 10 kilobytes in size\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Lightweight, fast and flexible\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🔥 For advanced protection and features, check out \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fbbq-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">BBQ Pro »\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Exclusive Pro Features\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Customize firewall via plugin settings\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Easily add or remove firewall patterns\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Easily add Jeff Starr’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperishablepress.com\u002Fultimate-ai-block-list\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">AI Block List\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Send Email Alerts for blocked requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Quickly enable\u002Fdisable firewall rules\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Disable firewall for logged-in users\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Block excessively long URI requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protect against XML-RPC exploits\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Block any individual IP address\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Block entire ranges of IP addresses\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Protect against user-ID phishing\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Redirect all blocked requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Display a custom “blocked” message\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Set your own response status code\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Complete inline documentation\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Statistics for blocked requests\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Tools to reset options and patterns\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Import and Export firewall patterns\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>One-click pattern testing\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Whitelist IP addresses\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>..plus everything the free version can do and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🔥 Learn more and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fbbq-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">get BBQ Pro »\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Privacy\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BBQ Firewall is developed and maintained by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002Fperishable\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Jeff Starr\u003C\u002Fa>, 15-year \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">WordPress developer\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbooks.perishablepress.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">book author\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>🔥 BBQ = Block Bad Queries\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Support development\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmonzillamedia.com\u002Fdonate.html\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">make a donation\u003C\u002Fa> or purchase one of my books:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp-tao.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">The Tao of WordPress\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdigwp.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Digging into WordPress\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhtaccessbook.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">.htaccess made easy\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp-tao.com\u002Fwordpress-themes-book\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">WordPress Themes In Depth\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbooks.perishablepress.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Fwizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>And\u002For purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fbbq-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">BBQ Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fblackhole-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Blackhole Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Automatically block bad bots\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fbanhammer-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Banhammer Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fga-google-analytics-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">GA Google Analytics Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fhead-meta-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Head Meta Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fsimple-ajax-chat-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Simple Ajax Chat Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Unlimited chat rooms\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugin-planet.com\u002Fusp-pro\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">USP Pro\u003C\u002Fa> – Unlimited front-end forms\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂\u003C\u002Fp>\n","The fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.",100000,3258210,98,156,"2026-02-05T20:29:00.000Z","6.9.4","4.7","7.1",[21,55,56,57,58],"firewall","secure","security","web-application-firewall","https:\u002F\u002Fperishablepress.com\u002Fblock-bad-queries\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fblock-bad-queries.20260205.zip",100,{"slug":63,"name":64,"version":65,"author":66,"author_profile":67,"description":68,"short_description":69,"active_installs":46,"downloaded":70,"rating":13,"num_ratings":71,"last_updated":72,"tested_up_to":51,"requires_at_least":73,"requires_php":74,"tags":75,"homepage":81,"download_link":82,"security_score":48,"vuln_count":33,"unpatched_count":28,"last_vuln_date":83,"fetched_at":30},"xml-sitemap-feed","XML Sitemap & Google News","5.7.2","Rolf Allard van Hagen","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fravanh\u002F","\u003Cp>Take control of your WordPress core \u003Cstrong>XML Sitemap\u003C\u002Fstrong> and add a \u003Cstrong>Google News Sitemap\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Compatible with WordPress \u003Cstrong>Multisite\u003C\u002Fstrong>, \u003Cstrong>Polylang\u003C\u002Fstrong> and \u003Cstrong>WPML\u003C\u002Fstrong> and most caching plugins. There are no static files created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NEW: Connect your site to your \u003Cstrong>Google Search Console\u003C\u002Fstrong> and \u003Cstrong>Bing Webmaster Tools\u003C\u002Fstrong> to keep an eye on sitemap performance and possible errors.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nNEW: \u003Cstrong>Submit your sitemaps\u003C\u002Fstrong> right from the WordPress admin. Yes, you read that correctly: Sitemap Pings are back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Features\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Control the WordPress core XML Sitemaps.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add a Google News Sitemap.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Connect your site to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to keep an eye on sitemap performance and possible errors.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Submit\u002Fping sitemaps to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools for fast reindexation.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add custom robots.txt rules.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>XML Sitemap\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Option to disable the main XML Sitemap Index.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Select sitemaps to include in the sitemap index: post types, taxonomies, authors and google news.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Select which (custom) post types, taxonomy archives and users to include in respective sitemaps.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Exclude specific posts, pages and custom post type posts from sitemaps.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add a custom sitemap with external URLs.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Add external sitemaps.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose the sitemap server\u002Fgenerator: WordPress core or Plugin.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Plugin server: Include featured images or attached images with title.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose to update Last modification date only on post modification (default) or also on comments.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Sitemap stylesheet templates can be overridden by theme template files.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Google News Sitemap\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Optionally activate the Google News Sitemap.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Includes the required news sitemap tags: Publication name, language, title and publication date.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Set a News Publication Name (site name by default).\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Supports custom post types.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Limit inclusion of certain post categories.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Google News Sitemap stylesheet template can be overridden by theme template files.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>Pro Extensions\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpremium.status301.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Fxml-sitemap-advanced\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">XML Sitemap Advanced\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Sitemap notifier: Automatic XML Sitemap Index update notification to Google and Bing.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Sitemap notifier log\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Set a custom sitemap URL (slug)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Exclude posts and pages in the Bulk Editor.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Optionally include empty taxonomy term and empty author archives\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Yoast SEO and Rank Math compatibility: exclude posts set to noindex\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpremium.status301.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Fgoogle-news-advanced\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Google News Advanced\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Sitemap norifier: Automatic Google News Sitemap update notification to Google.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Sitemap notifier log\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Multiple post types – Include more than one post type in the same News Sitemap.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Keywords – Add the keywords tag to your News Sitemap. Keywords can be created from Tags, Categories or a dedicated Keywords taxonomy.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Stock tickers – Add stock tickers tag to your News Sitemap. A dedicated Stock Tickers taxonomy will be available to manage them.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>Privacy \u002F GDPR\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>This plugin does not collect any user or visitor data nor set browser cookies. Using this plugin should not impact your site privacy policy in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Data that is published\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An XML Sitemap index, referencing other sitemaps containing your web site’s public post URLs of selected post types that are already public, along with their last modification date and associated image URLs, and any selected public archive URLs.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nAn author sitemap can be included, which will contain links to author archive pages. These urls contain author\u002Fuser slugs, and the author archives can contain author bio information. If you wish to keep this out of public domain, then deactivate the author sitemap and use an SEO plugin to add noindex headers to the respective archive pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Google News Sitemap containing your web site’s public and recent (last 48 hours) URLs of selected news post type, along with their publication time stamp and associated image URL.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Data that is transmitted\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when a connection between your site and Google Search Console is configured in this plugin, the sitemap index and google news sitemap can be submitted to Google. No data is transmitted to any third party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Contribute\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>If you’re happy with this plugin as it is, please consider writing a quick \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fsupport\u002Fplugin\u002Fxml-sitemap-feed\u002Freviews\u002F#new-post\" rel=\"ugc\">rating\u003C\u002Fa> or helping other users out on the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fsupport\u002Fplugin\u002Fxml-sitemap-feed\" rel=\"ugc\">support forum\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you wish to help build this plugin, you’re very welcome to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftranslate.wordpress.org\u002Fprojects\u002Fwp-plugins\u002Fxml-sitemap-feed\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">translate it into your language\u003C\u002Fa> or contribute code on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FRavanH\u002Fxml-sitemap-feed\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Github\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Credits\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>XML Sitemap Feed was originally based on the discontinued plugin Standard XML Sitemap Generator by Patrick Chia. Since then, it has been completely rewritten and extended in many ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>NOTES:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>If you \u003Cem>do not use fancy URL’s\u003C\u002Fem> or you have WordPress site running in a \u003Cem>subdirectory\u003C\u002Fem>, a dynamic \u003Cstrong>robots.txt will NOT be generated\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>On large sites, it is advised to use a good caching plugin to improve your site \u003Cem>and\u003C\u002Fem> sitemap performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n","Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.",4478108,83,"2026-01-28T23:34:00.000Z","4.4","5.6",[76,77,78,79,80],"google-news","news","robots","sitemap","xml","https:\u002F\u002Fstatus301.net\u002Fwordpress-plugins\u002Fxml-sitemap-feed\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fxml-sitemap-feed.5.7.2.zip","2024-05-07 00:00:00",{"slug":85,"name":86,"version":87,"author":88,"author_profile":89,"description":90,"short_description":91,"active_installs":92,"downloaded":93,"rating":94,"num_ratings":95,"last_updated":96,"tested_up_to":51,"requires_at_least":97,"requires_php":18,"tags":98,"homepage":100,"download_link":101,"security_score":61,"vuln_count":28,"unpatched_count":28,"last_vuln_date":29,"fetched_at":30},"pc-robotstxt","Virtual Robots.txt","1.10","Marios Alexandrou","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fmarios-alexandrou\u002F","\u003Cp>Virtual Robots.txt is an easy (i.e. automated) solution to creating and managing a robots.txt file for your site. Instead of mucking about with FTP, files, permissions ..etc, just upload and activate the plugin and you’re done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By default, the Virtual Robots.txt plugin allows access to the parts of WordPress that good bots like Google need to access. Other parts are blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the plugin detects an existing XML sitemap file, a reference to it will be automatically added to your robots.txt file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Virtual Robots.txt automatically creates a robots.txt file for your site. Your robots.txt file can be easily edited from the plugin settings page.",50000,441168,86,10,"2025-12-29T14:20:00.000Z","5.0",[78,99],"robots-txt","http:\u002F\u002Finfolific.com\u002Ftechnology\u002Fsoftware-worth-using\u002Frobots-txt-plugin-for-wordpress","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fpc-robotstxt.zip",{"slug":103,"name":104,"version":105,"author":106,"author_profile":107,"description":108,"short_description":109,"active_installs":92,"downloaded":110,"rating":61,"num_ratings":111,"last_updated":112,"tested_up_to":113,"requires_at_least":114,"requires_php":115,"tags":116,"homepage":118,"download_link":119,"security_score":61,"vuln_count":28,"unpatched_count":28,"last_vuln_date":29,"fetched_at":30},"wp-robots-txt","WP Robots Txt","1.3.5","George Pattichis","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fpattihis\u002F","\u003Cp>WordPress, by default, includes a simple robots.txt file that’s dynamically generated from within the WP application. This is great, but how do you easily change the content?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enter \u003Cstrong>WP Robots Txt\u003C\u002Fstrong>, a plugin that adds an additional field to the “Reading” admin page where you can do just that. No manual coding or file editing required!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply visit https:\u002F\u002Fyour-site.com\u002Fwp-admin\u002Foptions-reading.php and you can control the contents of your https:\u002F\u002Fyour-site.com\u002Frobots.txt\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fwp-robots-txt\u002F#developers\" rel=\"ugc\">Changelog\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","WP Robots Txt Allows you to edit the content of your robots.txt file.",545169,21,"2025-06-29T19:37:00.000Z","6.8.5","5.3.0","7.0",[78,99,117],"seo","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpattihis\u002Fwp-robots.txt","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fwp-robots-txt.1.3.5.zip",{"slug":121,"name":122,"version":123,"author":124,"author_profile":125,"description":126,"short_description":127,"active_installs":128,"downloaded":129,"rating":130,"num_ratings":131,"last_updated":132,"tested_up_to":115,"requires_at_least":133,"requires_php":134,"tags":135,"homepage":138,"download_link":139,"security_score":71,"vuln_count":140,"unpatched_count":28,"last_vuln_date":141,"fetched_at":30},"wp-simple-firewall","Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches","21.2.6","Paul","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fpaultgoodchild\u002F","\u003Cp>Shield stops bot attacks before they hack your site. 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They account for nearly all WordPress security probes, attacks, injections, malware, and vulnerability exploitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Google reCAPTCHA and CloudFlare Turnstile are considered the best way to detect bots, but these along with all other CAPTCHAs interrupt the user experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shield’s exclusive \u003Cem>silent\u003C\u002Fem>CAPTCHA detects bad bots and blocks them from taking any abusive actions on your site, such as brute-force user login attacks and WP Comments SPAM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, privacy directives from legislation such as Europe’s GDPR restrict what data you may share of your visitors. 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automatic User Suspend.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Full\u002FAutomatic Support for All IP Address Sources including Proxy Support\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>HTTP Request\u002FTraffic Logging – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fj7\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Full Traffic Logging and Request Monitoring\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>[ShieldPRO] Traffic Rate Limiting Security – prevent server overload from DoS Attacks\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fj6\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">HTTP Security Headers & Content Security Policies (CSP)\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fshieldfeatures\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Full Shield Security Features List\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>Shield is the only security plugin for WordPress that prioritises protection and intrusion prevention before repair. With Shield Security, your site will immediately to block visitors as they probe your site looking for vulnerabilities, and before they can do damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>No other standalone WordPress security plugin\u003C\u002Fstrong> (including \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fshieldvswordfence\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Wordfence\u003C\u002Fa>, WP Cerber, Ninja Firewall, All-In-One Security) approaches security in this way. The 1st step in any good security system is Intrusion Detection\u002FPrevention, the 2nd step is repair. Shield Security does both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Get the highest rated 5* Security Plugin for WordPress\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>Per download, Shield Security \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fjl\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">has the highest 5* rating\u003C\u002Fa> in the WordPress plugin repository.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Leave Behind the Security Marketing Hype and Scare Mongering\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Our solution isn’t designed to scare you and make you feel unsafe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>2 Key WordPress Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Shield Security uses 2 simple key strategies to protect your WordPress sites:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>Intrusion Prevention System – Detect Bots\u002FMalicious IPs that will try to hack and invade your WordPress sites.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Block & Recover – Block Bad Bots and Repair Hacks\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Ch4>Key Security Strategy #1: Hacking Prevention\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>Bad Bots are the primary cause for nearly all our security troubles – they’re relentless, automatic and powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shield Security is highly focused on their detection and eradication from your WordPress sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blocking malicious bots before they do damage through malware and exploitation of vulnerabilities is the #1 security strategy to protect and enhance security on a WordPress site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shield detects these malicious visitors, then blocks their access to your site completely. This involves analysing different security bot-signals and combining them to identify a visitor as malicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These security signals include:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>site probes that generate 404 errors\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>failed logins\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>logins with invalid usernames\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>xml-rpc access\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>fake search engine web crawlers\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>invalid user agents\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>excessive website requests and resource abuse\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>and many more signals our security team have identified.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Early identification and blocking of malicious bots reduces your WordPress site’s vulnerability to any sort of attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Key Strategy #2: Hacking Recovery\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>Even with the best security efforts, a site can get hacked. This usually involves file modification: either a hack file is added, or a file is changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are 3 key WordPress assets whose files can be hacked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>WordPress Core\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>WordPress Plugins\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>WordPress Themes\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>Almost every security plugin can now do #1 – it’s easy because WordPress.org provides \u003Cem>checksums\u003C\u002Fem> for core files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, there are no hashes available for plugins and themes, particularly premium plugins, so they can’t do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shield is \u003Cstrong>the only WordPress security plugin\u003C\u002Fstrong> that offers accurate detection of file modifications for all plugins and themes because we \u003Cstrong>build our own file fingerprints\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shield can compare the file contents of every plugin & theme in the WordPress.org repository, looking for changed or new files\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, if you’re a ShieldPRO client, you can protect premium plugins\u002Fthemes too, including Yoast SEO and Advanced Custom Fields Pro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where possible, Shield will repair any unrecognised\u002Fmodified files it detects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Non-stop Security Notifications Are Not Okay.\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>Your security plugin must be smarter, and take responsibility for decisions, so you don’t have to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shield handles many problems for you, making intelligent decisions without noisy email notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Dedicated Premium Support When You Go PRO\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The Shield Security team prioritises email technical support over the WordPress.org forums.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nIndividual, dedicated technical support is only available to customers who have \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fab\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">purchased Shield Pro\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discover all the advantages of switching your WordPress security Pro at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fab\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">our Shield Security store\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Partnerships & Integrations\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>We believe that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002Fol\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">silentCAPTCHA\u003C\u002Fa> is one of the simplest and most powerful solutions available today for all WordPress site owners to block and eliminate automated bot spam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why we’ve started a collaboration campaign with other WordPress plugin developers to adapt their plugins to natively support Shield’s silentCAPTCHA solution, alongside Google reCAPTCHA & Cloudflare Turnstile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you use one of the products from any of our partners, you will be able to activate Shield’s silentCAPTCHA bot spam protection so that your forms are protected from automated spam. You won’t need any site\u002FAPI keys, custom integrations, or JavaScript that can breaks your forms. It all works automatically for you when you enable the feature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of this release, we have partnered with the following WordPress form providers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Feasy-form-builder\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Easy Form Builder\u003C\u002Fa> v4+\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n","Shield stops bot attacks before they hack your site. Bots CAN be stopped. Shield stops them.",40000,12640449,96,1032,"2026-03-05T10:26:00.000Z","5.7","7.4",[136,137,21,55,57],"2fa","activity-log","https:\u002F\u002Fclk.shldscrty.com\u002F2f","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fwp-simple-firewall.21.2.6.zip",11,"2026-02-18 16:19:04",{"attackSurface":143,"codeSignals":159,"taintFlows":166,"riskAssessment":167,"analyzedAt":175},{"hooks":144,"ajaxHandlers":155,"restRoutes":156,"shortcodes":157,"cronEvents":158,"entryPointCount":28,"unprotectedCount":28},[145,151],{"type":146,"name":147,"callback":148,"file":149,"line":150},"action","plugins_loaded","gm_block_start","gm-block-bots.php",18,{"type":146,"name":152,"callback":153,"file":149,"line":154},"parse_request","block_bots",23,[],[],[],[],{"dangerousFunctions":160,"sqlUsage":161,"outputEscaping":163,"fileOperations":28,"externalRequests":28,"nonceChecks":28,"capabilityChecks":28,"bundledLibraries":165},[],{"prepared":28,"raw":28,"locations":162},[],{"escaped":28,"rawEcho":28,"locations":164},[],[],[],{"summary":168,"deductions":169},"The \"gm-block-bots\" v2.0.2 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes that are exposed without authentication checks. The code signals are also positive, with no dangerous functions, all SQL queries using prepared statements, and all output being properly escaped. File operations and external HTTP requests are absent, and importantly, there are no recorded vulnerabilities (CVEs) for this plugin. This indicates a generally well-developed and secure plugin that follows good WordPress security practices.\n\nHowever, the absence of any nonces or capability checks, while not directly indicative of a vulnerability in the current version due to the lack of entry points, represents a potential future risk. If new features are added that introduce entry points, the lack of these standard security mechanisms could be exploited. The taint analysis also shows zero flows, which is good, but the total flows analyzed being zero suggests the analysis might have been limited, or the plugin is extremely simple. The vulnerability history being completely clear is a significant strength, suggesting a history of responsible development or low visibility. Overall, the plugin appears very secure in its current state, but the reliance on the absence of attack surface for security rather than inherent checks on any potential entry points is a minor weakness.\n\nIn conclusion, \"gm-block-bots\" v2.0.2 is currently a very secure plugin with no known vulnerabilities or immediate exploitable weaknesses in its code. The developers have demonstrated good practices in SQL and output handling. The primary area for potential concern is the lack of explicit security checks like nonces and capability checks, which, while not a problem now, could become one if the plugin evolves to include more complex functionalities or public-facing interactions.",[170,173],{"reason":171,"points":172},"No nonce checks found",5,{"reason":174,"points":172},"No capability checks found","2026-03-16T19:11:36.255Z",{"wat":177,"direct":182},{"assetPaths":178,"generatorPatterns":179,"scriptPaths":180,"versionParams":181},[],[],[],[],{"cssClasses":183,"htmlComments":184,"htmlAttributes":185,"restEndpoints":186,"jsGlobals":187,"shortcodeOutput":188},[],[],[],[],[],[]]