Hi @sjulau,
I came across another topic in which you mentioned your site being attacked by a bot.
Is it the same issue you reported here?
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sjulau
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hi @wfyann Thanks so much for checking, yes I found that thread after I posted here.
I was able to block the user-agent string. It was working, but now I’m seeing in the Live Traffic that the bot “left homepage” and got blocked before getting redirected to the thank-you page – but how is it still getting on my site?
It’s still signing up for my mailing list first and I’m not seeing the record of the homepage visit first –
example below:
(unless that is them on the bottom one coming in through a different browser and then switching? This is nuts!! lol IS it sneaking in through my blog post?? )
France Paris, France left http://lauraslifecoaching.com/ and was blocked for UA/Referrer/IP Range not allowed at http://www.lauraslifecoaching.com/thank-you
5/9/2017 11:55:32 PM (22 hours 32 mins ago) IP: 196.54.55.46 [block] Hostname: ip-46-55-54-196.fr.amsterdamresidential.com
Browser: undefined
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1
Block this IP Block this network Run WHOIS on 196.54.55.46 See recent traffic
France Paris, France left http://lauraslifecoaching.com/ and was blocked for UA/Referrer/IP Range not allowed at http://www.lauraslifecoaching.com/thank-you
5/9/2017 11:55:31 PM (22 hours 32 mins ago) IP: 196.54.55.46 [block] Hostname: ip-46-55-54-196.fr.amsterdamresidential.com
Browser: undefined
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1
Block this IP Block this network Run WHOIS on 196.54.55.46 See recent traffic
France France visited http://lauraslifecoaching.com/getting-through-the-holidays/feed/
5/9/2017 11:54:19 PM (22 hours 33 mins ago) IP: 217.182.132.173 [block] Hostname: hydrogen255.a.ahrefs.com
Browser: undefined
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/5.2; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/)
Block this IP Block this network Run WHOIS on 217.182.132.173 See recent traffic
Hi (@sjulau,
Apologies for the delayed response.
What is most likely happening is that your homepage is cached (either by a plugin installed on your WordPress site or a caching software installed at host level by your hosting provider).
Therefore visitors are served the homepage without any php script being triggered hence that specific user-agent not being blocked until they submit the form.
