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Bot Block – Stop Spam Referrals in Google Analytics

by Ricky Dawn · SEO

Block spam referrals showing in Google Analytics and save bandwidth. Central database of sites, ability to add custom URL's and stats.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 77
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-25%
Oct 22
Jul 26

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 “600+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
600–700 ≈640

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1382 daily snapshots

Details

Version
2.6
Last updated
10.4y ago
Added
2015-07-27
Requires WP
3.9
Tested up to
4.4.34
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-21 700+ → 600+ down after 101 days in band
  2. 2025-12-10 800+ → 700+ down after 8 days in band
  3. 2025-12-02 900+ → 800+ down after 129 days in band
  4. 2025-07-26 1K+ → 900+ down after 1009 days in band
  5. 2022-10-21 2K+ → 1K+ down

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Bot Block – Stop Spam Referrals in Google Analytics: 600+ active installs, 4.2★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bot-block-stop-spam-google-analytics-referrals