Title: How do I start using this plugin?
Last modified: October 26, 2020

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# How do I start using this plugin?

 *  Resolved [theskiguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theskiguru/)
 * (@theskiguru)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-start-using-this-plugin-2/)
 * I have downloaded your plugin, now I see lots of bots and have no idea which 
   one to block or not. Or should I block all and then try to untick the ones I 
   think that should be OK? I have a particular bot that really bothers me, that
   comes from Portugal (but I don’t know the IP, I think they are lots of different
   IPs), that keeps on crawling each page of my site and then gets off and a new
   visit another page and so on. I have my site being off line bc the bandwidth 
   exceeded the capacity I have that is enormous…so I am hoping that with your plugin
   at least I could take away the bad bots (I dont want to take the ones of Google
   and other genuine search engines away)… any help where to start for a total beginner
   like me? I have downloaded the plugin already. Thanks. 🙂 Martina

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 *  Plugin Author [sminozzi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sminozzi/)
 * (@sminozzi)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-start-using-this-plugin-2/#post-13582858)
 * Hi Martina,
 * Try to block all and if something fail (some widget for example), begin to unblock.
   
   We don’t block google neither bing or yahoo bot.
 * In around 2 or 3 days we will release a new version with a log report, that will
   help you to whitelist bots. Keep an eye on our WordPress plugin page.
 * Cheers,
    Bill
 *  Plugin Author [sminozzi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sminozzi/)
 * (@sminozzi)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-start-using-this-plugin-2/#post-13586075)
 * Hi,
 * We just released the version 6.14
    Look for Blocked Visits Log report on your
   WordPress dashboard. Dashboard => Stop Bad Bots => Blocked Visists Log
 * Cheers,
    Bill
 *  Plugin Author [sminozzi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sminozzi/)
 * (@sminozzi)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-start-using-this-plugin-2/#post-13897137)
 * I hope this is sorted, gonna go ahead and mark as “resolved” to help keep things
   organized. Feel free to post again with any further questions or feedback, etc.
   Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [sminozzi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sminozzi/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-start-using-this-plugin-2/#post-13897137)
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