Title: Blocking multiple user agents
Last modified: April 13, 2017

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# Blocking multiple user agents

 *  [dimnks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimnks/)
 * (@dimnks)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-multiple-user-agents/)
 * Hi!
 * I’m trying to block several “bad” web crawlers that seem to cause high server
   load.
 * Is there any pattern to use for blocking multiple user agents under “Blocking/
   Advanced Blocking”, in the field “User-Agent (browser) that matches”?
 * Using a separate rule for each user agent works fine, but since there are several
   bots that I need to block, it would be quite handy if there is a pattern that
   I’m not aware of.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-multiple-user-agents/#post-9026971)
 * Hi dimnks,
    Currently there is no option to block multiple “User-Agents” from“
   Advanced Blocking” tab at the same time, you will have to block them one by one,
   also you can view the “Live Traffic” log and block these bots from there by clicking
   on “Block this IP”. (hint: you can use “Advanced Filters” on the Live Traffic
   log page to show all the crawlers visited your website in certain time frame).
 * Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-multiple-user-agents/#post-9026971)
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