Tartarus Bot Ban & Crawl Control Plugin for WordPress

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Ever heard of Tartarus? In Greek mythology, it’s the bottomless pit where the bad guys go to suffer. Well, with this plugin, you can send those pesky bad bots crawling your website straight to Tartarus and keep your site clean as a whistle!

What is this plugin about?

– Are you tired of sneaky bots invading your website, digging up dirt without your permission?
– Want to automatically ban the bots that can’t read your robots.txt (believe me, they’re everywhere)?
– Sick of spammers flooding your comments with their automated nonsense?
– Craving an extra layer of security on your comment form with a simple ReCaptcha?
– Want those pesky referral spam glitches gone from your Google Analytics?
– Ready to kick out the known bad bots bringing your site to a crawl?
– Want ultimate control over who crawls your website?
– Well, your wish is my command!

What You Can Do With This Plugin?

You’ve got the power to create bad crawler traps, nabbing those rogue bots who ignore your robots.txt like it’s a suggestion.
– Capture spamming bots in a honeypot trap designed just for them!
– Automatically block all known bad bots (check the plugin’s documentation for the complete list).
– Want good bots, those with real SEO clout like GoogleBot and BingBot? You can ban them too!
– Log website visitors—both bots and humans—and check out traffic reports right from the plugin settings.
– Exclude certain bot names or IP Addresses you don’t want to ban—no problem!
– Get automated emails every time a new bot meets their fate.
– Customize the ban message shown to those naughty bots.
– Allow banned users to access the WordPress admin page—because we don’t want to lock you out of your own kingdom!
– Block a whole spectrum of referral spam to clear up your Google Analytics stats.
– Add layers of defense by banning known malicious bots right through your .htaccess file.
– Make use of Google’s fully customizable ReCaptcha in your comments and log-in forms.
– Edit your robots.txt and .htaccess files with ease; the ‘Restore Defaults’ button is your safety net!
– Adjust robots meta tags for every type of page on your site.
– Want to ban a specific user or IP? Just add them to your rules and they’re history!
– And guess what? You can obfuscate email addresses to keep them safe from bots while still readable for humans.
– This plugin is mobile compatible, translation-ready, super-fast, and it comes with lifetime updates and support.

Testing Tartarus Crawl Control Plugin

You can actually test the Tartarus Crawl Control Plugin on this page! Click the link below (make sure to check the original links for redirection sources):

• The testing blog where you can preview the plugin features

Need support?

Check out our knowledge base—it might just have the answer you’re looking for. If not, don’t be shy! Shoot me an email at support@coderevolution.ro and I’ll get back to you quicker than a speeding bullet!

Changelog:

Version 1.0 Release Date 2016-12-19

First version unleashed!

Version 1.1 Release Date 2017-01-06

Squashed a major bug in bot recognition.

Version 1.2 Release Date 2017-02-03

Multisite capability added!

Version 1.3 Release Date 2017-02-22

Fixed the auto-update quirk
Tweaked for minor issues

Version 1.4 Release Date 2017-06-13

Sorted out compatibility problems with older WP installations

Version 1.4.1 Release Date 2018-02-15

Bug fix bonanza

Version 1.4.2 Release Date 2018-10-31

Updated Angular to the latest version

Version 1.4.3 Release Date 2019-01-19

Gutenberg block support added!

Version 1.4.4 Release Date 2019-04-19

Security improvements made

Version 1.4.5 Release Date 2019-11-15

Compatibility with WP 5.3 confirmed!

Version 1.4.6 Release Date 2020-05-11

New features for content templates
Bug fixes implemented

Version 1.4.7 Release Date 2021-01-16

Updated for PHP 8 compatibility

Version 1.4.8 Release Date 2022-05-09

Fixed an issue causing Samsung TVs to be misidentified as bad bots

Version 1.4.8.1 Release Date 2023-10-18

Corrected PHP 8.2 related errors

Are you already a customer?

If you’ve snagged this gem and tried it out, drop a line in the comments section! Your feedback is my secret weapon for making this plugin even better!

WordPress 6.7 and PHP 8.4 tested and ready to rock!






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