Title: Functionality Suggestion
Last modified: November 26, 2016

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# Functionality Suggestion

 *  Resolved [catspjs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catspjs/)
 * (@catspjs)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionality-suggestion-2/)
 * This is a great plugin & thank you! Just an idea for additional security in the
   future: maybe make the rule name configurable (ie. ability to change/rename /?
   blackhole in robots.txt) so that the bad guys would not be able to circumvent
   this plugin by coding their own exception to their crawler.

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionality-suggestion-2/#post-8484212)
 * Interesting idea, but I’m not sure if I follow.. can you elaborate and/or describe
   how it would work? Not clear on how someone/something would “circumvent” the 
   blackhole trap. Thank you.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/).
 *  [Martin Stehle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinjiriyo/)
 * (@hinjiriyo)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionality-suggestion-2/#post-8884018)
 * I got the same idea. Let me explain it in other words: Let the keyword “blackhole”
   in the hidden link and the robots.txt be changeable by the admin to make it difficult
   for bot coders to recognize the blackhole trap.
 * Maybe instead of hardcoded the keyword “blackhole” offer a textfield on the settings
   page with “blackhole” by default and let admins change it to any distinct, valid
   string. Or offer a random string.
 * My second feature request is: Can you implement either the automatic change of
   the robots.txt by the plugin or at least a textarea on the settings page to edit
   the content of the robots.txt? That would make the plugin more useable to set
   up.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionality-suggestion-2/#post-8885144)
 * Hi Martin,
 * Yes, the custom keyword is a great idea and is now possible with [Blackhole Pro](https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/),
   along with many other awesome features.
 * For the automatic editing of robots.txt, my recent tests revealed that it’s not
   really feasible for numerous reasons. Fortunately editing a text file is trivial
   for most folks.
 * Thank you kindly for the feedback, and for the positive review.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionality-suggestion-2/#post-8945255)
 * Gonna go ahead and close this thread to keep things organized. Feel free to post
   again if needed. Thank you.

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 * [robots.txt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/robots-txt/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionality-suggestion-2/#post-8945255)
 * Status: resolved