How to Block Bad Bots From Your WordPress Website

June 8th, 2017 | by Ravi Chahar || 5 Comments |

You may have told, your web hosting or the security plugin you use that many fake users are trying to break into your website. They maybe automotive bots or humans, you can block bad bots from your WordPress website.

As you all know that website security is something you should never take lightly. Many websites get hacked every year because of the poor security.

You can follow the WordPress security guide.

If you’re good at monitoring your website then it can be easily tracked the IP addresses of the users who tried to login to your website.

For the login page, it’s also called the brute force attack. But bots can drop the malicious code in the comments too.

So you have to block bad bots from your WordPress website.

Use the .htaccess File To Secure Your Website

It’s no new thing to know about the use of the .htaccess file. You can add multiple layers of security using this file.

You can protect your admin folder, enable browser caching and what not.

I am sure, you know how to edit the .htaccess file. It can be done by accessing the cPanel of your web hosting account.

Go to cPanel>>File manager>>public_html>>.htaccess file. You can search this file which can be found easily.

In this file, you have to block the users from their IP addresses. Let me show you the code.

NOTE: You have to replace the user1_IP and user2_IP addresses with the original IP addresses you want to block.

I hope you wouldn’t find any difficulty finding the user IP address who is spamming your website. Just monitor your website with a security plugin and you will see the suspicious IPs.

If someone is hitting your website multiple time, just block the IP address.

Even after installing a spam comment protection plugin like Akismet, many people drop the spam comments. You can get many comments from the same IP address.

Just block that IP and save yourself from deleting those spam comments manually.

The IP addresses may not be only of the humans, every Internet user has an IP address for that particular connection. Whether it’s a human being or the bot, you can block it.

It’s always recommended to do every possible thing to protect your WordPress website. You would also be interested in knowing that you can password protect your admin directory.

You can even use the two-factor authentication plugins for adding one more security layer.

If you’re not good with such coding stuff, you can do that all using a security plugin. Almost every security plugin allows you to block bad bots from your WordPress website using their IP addresses.

I can understand that it’s hard to edit the coding files. But you should always know about the different methods.

Can You Now Block Bad Bots From Your WordPress Website

As mentioned above, you can either use a security plugin or the .htaccess file to block the suspicious IP addresses.

WordPress security is always something you should focus on. Many people don’t consider it as an important aspect which results in a disaster.

That’s why it’s always recommended to backup your WordPress website and the database. You should also know the different ways to backup your WordPress database.

I hope you can easily block bad bots from your WordPress website. If you still have any doubt, feel free to drop a comment.

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