Block Referer Spam
by supersoju · Security
Blocks referer/referral spam from accessing your site and cleans up your Google Analytics in the process!
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “500+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-26 600+ → 500+ down after 271 days in band
- 2025-07-29 700+ → 600+ down after 241 days in band
- 2024-11-30 800+ → 700+ down after 285 days in band
- 2024-02-19 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-18 800+ → 700+ down after 268 days in band
- 2023-05-26 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-25 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-24 900+ → 800+ down after 6 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/block-referer-spam" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Block Referer Spam — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Block Referer Spam: 500+ active installs, 3.4★ (21 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/block-referer-spam