Analytics Spam Blocker

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 47% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Reviewers say it does cut referral spam out of Google Analytics, though several report site errors from its .htaccess changes, ask for a way to add their own blocked domains, and one dropped their rating over admin upsell notices.

1. ★★★★★ primacreatrix

   2.3y ago

   Wonderful plugin! This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by primacreatrix. This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by primacreatrix. Reason: Wrote review for the wrong plugin

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   6.2y ago

   This works much better than trying to maintain and update my own filter list in Google Analytics.

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3. ★★★★★ mborin

   7.8y ago

   There needs to be a way for users to add domains to the list of blocked domains.

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4. ★★★★★ donhz

   8.0y ago

   Wait for 7 days then check your Referrers for that time people. Spam will be gone for that 7 days. This is to say the old bad Referrers don’t go away. But new ones are blocked as they should be. EDIT*** Lowered my rating. Regardless of how good or bad the plug-in may be, these developers insist on putting big beg notices on the Admin page. This is a rookie marketing error on their part. I have deleted the plug-in to get rid of their trash. Analytics Spam Blocker continued to beg for a review (even though I reviewed it before), and this is it. I think your Admin page noitces doom you to failure. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by donhz.

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5. ★★★★★ DawneR

   8.1y ago

   This is a great plugin that has really helped me ensure that my GA stats are real. I’ve recently started blogging, and I was really excited to see my pageviews go way up in one day, until I realized it was almost all fake. 🙁 As soon as I installed Analytics Spam Blocker, my stats went back to normal. The plugin was easy to install and I had no issues.

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6. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   9.1y ago

   Works fairly well, but it needs some improvements. Modern Referral spam bots often use ‘look alike characters’ in domain names, characters from non-western alphabets resembling western characters. The function to report a spam domain however tells that the ‘domain name is not valid’. Like for example ḷ.com…

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7. ★★★★★ Jeff Rudd

   9.9y ago

   I found it completely useless in getting rid of www1.free-share-buttons.top

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8. ★★★★★ M-Dubbs

   10.8y ago

   Hi. Not sure why this is happening but after I activate this plugin my site becomes unreachable with error msg ”Website Loading Terminated.” – When I deactivate this plugin it goes away. Any idea whats going on?

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-07 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-04-05 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-04-04 900+ → 800+ down after 252 days in tier
4. 2025-07-26 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Block Referer Spam 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Maspik – Multi-Layer Spam Protection 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Friendly Captcha for WordPress 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B

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Analytics Spam Blocker: 800+ active installs, 3.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/analytics-spam-blocker