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Custom Referral Spam Blocker

Custom Referral Spam Blocker gives you the control to ensure that dishonest referral sources are blocked from Google Analytics.

referral spam referrals seo spam
41.0 Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org
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Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

60 / 95 rows with source links

63.2% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

35 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
35 72 -51.4% 348

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint review · high severity · relevance 1.0
Custom Referral Spam Blocker Problem

Custom Referral Spam Blocker Problem: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Custom Referral Spam Blocker Problem This plugin has locked prevented me from editing within my site… Right after downloading plugin I was unable to work on my site.
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.96
Login Redirect Error is fixed

Login Redirect Error is fixed: users show security, bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Login Redirect Error is fixed Oh, both sites are on WordPress 4.4.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
Still seeing referral spam

Still seeing referral spam: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Still seeing referral spam I’m running version 1.0.92 on grubdujour.com and still seeing referral spam.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
Error Message on Referrer List page

Error Message on Referrer List page: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Error Message on Referrer List page Got this error on more than one site: Something went wrong: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 5001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received Is this something wrong with the plugin or my host?
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
rank.checker.online

rank.checker.online: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
rank.checker.online I’ve added the above to the blacklist, saved, cleared cache, upgraded to version 1.2 and still it keeps coming!
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
Conflict with the popular Yoast SEO Plugin?

Conflict with the popular Yoast SEO Plugin?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Conflict with the popular Yoast SEO Plugin?
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.94
caching compatibility

caching compatibility: users show security, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
caching compatibility Thanks for making this plugin I have used it on several websites and was wondering if it works with page caching as the referrer looks to be blocked using php?
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.94
Referral Spam Still Showing

Referral Spam Still Showing: users show security, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Referral Spam Still Showing I installed CRSB last week because our company website’s analytics were being skewed by .xyz domains.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.94
Custom Referral Spam Blocker Problem

Custom Referral Spam Blocker Problem: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Custom Referral Spam Blocker Problem I downloaded the above plugin in to block some spam & now currently unable to edit website… A blank screen will come up in safari….
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Plugin is not working with PHP7

Plugin is not working with PHP7: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin is not working with PHP7 This plugin worked fine on our site.

Competitor Context

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Block Referral Spam praise owner · intel 59.3 · weakness 44.4
praise owner
stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) security missing feature 2 source links Evidence only
Evidence only

This row is useful source evidence, but it has not been promoted into a build-worthy commercial opportunity.

source 1 source 2
Analytics Spam Blocker praise owner · intel 55.5 · weakness 34.4
praise owner
below-average rating 4 collected complaint signal(s) security support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test spam lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

20 shown from 24 collected
complaint Wildcards in addresses? support · 2018-06-07T14:23:31+00:00 · medium severity · referral spam

Wildcards in addresses?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hi, is it possible to enter the addresses I want blocked with wildcards?
missing feature support value trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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complaint The plugin blocks me totally :@ :@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@ (1 star) review · 2018-01-22T14:26:13+00:00 · medium severity · referral spam

The plugin blocks me totally :@ :@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I happy to help solve the issue with you.
bugs compatibility support setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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complaint Plugin is not working with PHP7 support · 2017-11-28T18:31:59+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Plugin is not working with PHP7: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin is not working with PHP7 This plugin worked fine on our site.
security bugs compatibility spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Conflict with the popular Yoast SEO Plugin? support · 2017-01-28T18:07:36+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Conflict with the popular Yoast SEO Plugin?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Conflict with the popular Yoast SEO Plugin?
security bugs compatibility performance trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Question Only support · 2016-11-17T00:11:12+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Question Only: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Does this plugin block the spam from hitting WordPress as well as those spam links appearing in Google Analytics?
security support quality spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Still seeing spam from listed URL support · 2016-09-05T19:52:00+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Still seeing spam from listed URL: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Still seeing spam from listed URL Hi, I am still seeing alleged referals in Google Analytics from a URL that is shown in your list of ones that the plugin is supposed to block.
security support value spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Error Message on Referrer List page support · 2016-08-21T19:08:44+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Error Message on Referrer List page: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Error Message on Referrer List page Got this error on more than one site: Something went wrong: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 5001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received Is this something wrong with the plugin or my host?
security bugs compatibility performance trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed caching compatibility support · 2016-08-04T06:46:04+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

caching compatibility: users show security, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: caching compatibility Thanks for making this plugin I have used it on several websites and was wondering if it works with page caching as the referrer looks to be blocked using php?
security compatibility support setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Not working for all sites… (3 stars) review · 2016-07-17T18:44:22+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Not working for all sites…: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Not working for all sites… Great concept but unfortunately it’s not blocking all spam referral sites.
security quality spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise Doesn't Work For Me (5 stars) review · 2016-05-18T00:01:47+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Doesn't Work For Me: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: All of the referrer spam I get has long text strings after the domain name — which seems to circumvent the blocker.
security bugs missing feature support trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise Just what I needed (5 stars) review · 2016-04-30T13:57:57+00:00 · medium severity · referral spam

Just what I needed: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Just what I needed Easy and effective.
easy trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed rank.checker.online support · 2016-03-27T21:11:49+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

rank.checker.online: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: rank.checker.online I’ve added the above to the blacklist, saved, cleared cache, upgraded to version 1.2 and still it keeps coming!
security bugs compatibility support trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise Best Referral Spam Blocker Plugin! (5 stars) review · 2016-02-02T20:54:37+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Best Referral Spam Blocker Plugin!: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Best Referral Spam Blocker Plugin!
security missing feature support quality trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Plugin Blocking Links From Twitter support · 2016-01-28T00:46:36+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Plugin Blocking Links From Twitter: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-referral-spam-blocker/ I use Buffer to post tweets and if I post anything with a link or shortened link that links back to my page which has this plugin running, it blocks the traffic.
security reliable spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed New Spammer support · 2016-01-27T15:49:15+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

New Spammer: users show security, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: New Spammer This showed up on my website today: how.to.travel.and.make.money.online.for.free.with.maps.ilovevitaly.com and /?s=prices&cat=plus-5-results – I have no idea what the heck that is lol https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-referral-spam-blocker/ This showed up on my website today: how.to.travel.and.make.money.online.for.free.with.maps.ilovevitaly.c
security missing feature pricing value trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Still seeing referral spam support · 2016-01-22T15:49:27+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Still seeing referral spam: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Still seeing referral spam I’m running version 1.0.92 on grubdujour.com and still seeing referral spam.
security compatibility missing feature support trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Referral Spam Still Showing support · 2016-01-21T22:24:28+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Referral Spam Still Showing: users show security, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Referral Spam Still Showing I installed CRSB last week because our company website’s analytics were being skewed by .xyz domains.
security performance support setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise No more referral spam (5 stars) review · 2016-01-07T02:39:55+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

No more referral spam: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: No more referral spam Spammers are immediately redirected away and do not foul analytics.
security spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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neutral Sites added to Referrer Lists on my Website support · 2016-01-03T17:55:55+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

Sites added to Referrer Lists on my Website: users show security, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-referral-spam-blocker/ Are the sites I add being shared to other users since I’ve checked the “Allow data Sharing” block?
security missing feature spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise I wish Google made it this easy… (5 stars) review · 2015-12-29T21:43:24+00:00 · high severity · referral spam

I wish Google made it this easy…: users show security, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I wish Google made it this easy… Does one thing and does it right – this plugin BLOCKS REFERRAL SPAM!
security performance easy spam trust and abuse-prevention operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor SEO drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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