Title: Blocking Bots
Last modified: September 10, 2018

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# Blocking Bots

 *  [MacLeroy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macleroy/)
 * (@macleroy)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-bots-2/)
 * Hi,
 * Plugin works great but it does seem to be blocking some bots. Google Analytics
   is being blocked on some days and then not on others. Additionally, I use SEM
   Rush to test the site and whenever the Age Gate plugin is active, the bot only
   sees the Home page and the Sitemaps.
 * Is there a way to allow the bots to pass through?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fblocking-bots-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsbury/)
 * (@philsbury)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-bots-2/#post-10679152)
 * Hi [@macleroy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macleroy/),
 * Oddly I’ve had two requests for this on the same day!
 * On the bots front, I’ll look into getting the tests updated.
 * For Google Analytics, I don’t think that will be age gate related as it’s triggered
   via JavaScript. GA can be blocked by a user opting out or even by adblockers.
   I will test it just in case but suspect that’s another issue.
 * Thanks
    Phil
 *  Plugin Author [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsbury/)
 * (@philsbury)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-bots-2/#post-10753696)
 * Hi [@macleroy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macleroy/),
 * Just to update you on this, and update is coming that has more bots by default,
   but will also allow you to set any yourself if there’s something you want to 
   bypass.
 * Thanks
    Phil

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-bots-2/#post-10753696)
 * Status: not resolved