Title: Block useragents
Last modified: August 6, 2019

---

# Block useragents

 *  Resolved [saveatrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saveatrain/)
 * (@saveatrain)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-useragents/)
 * hi, is it possible to block certain useragents in wp cerber?
    for example we 
   had megaindex.ru scanning our site,
 * 1. megaindex is considered a bad bot since it doesn’t listen to robots.txt, so
   in the first place why wasn’t it blocked?
    2. why isn’t there a way to block 
   usergagents and just ips
 * thanks in advance

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-useragents/#post-11842430)
 * Hi! There is no such feature. For this goal, you have to use the .htaccess file
   in the root folder of your website. Blocking request by using the user agent 
   string (UA) makes small sense because it can be set to any value by anyone so
   anyone can pretend that a request generated by, for instance, Google. The value
   of the user agent string is an unreliable source. Anyway, check out the following
   pages:
 * [https://ma.ttias.be/block-user-agent-in-htaccess-for-apache-webserver/](https://ma.ttias.be/block-user-agent-in-htaccess-for-apache-webserver/)
   
   [https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/security-website/block-unwanted-users-from-your-site-using-htaccess](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/security-website/block-unwanted-users-from-your-site-using-htaccess)

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

The topic ‘Block useragents’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-cerber_77a9bf.svg)
 * [WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cerber/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cerber/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cerber/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-cerber/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [user-agent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/user-agent/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-useragents/#post-11842430)
 * Status: resolved