Title: Plugin can’t block bingbot
Last modified: December 25, 2021

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# Plugin can’t block bingbot

 *  Resolved [jenny2222](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny2222/)
 * (@jenny2222)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/)
 * Hello, I want to block bingbot from my site. E.g. I have many 404 pages (in the
   past, but deleted already), which bingbot still keep crawling, resulting my server
   to be maximised.
 * I removed bingbot under goodbot and added bingbot to the bad bot list. But I 
   still see many bingbots crawling my 404 pages.
 * Any help on this?

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/#post-15194610)
 * Glad to help. To help me understand, can you explain how you did this:
 * “I removed bingbot under goodbot and added bingbot to the bad bot list”
 * The free version of Blackhole does not enable manually adding bots, so I’m wondering
   if you are using the pro version..?
 *  Thread Starter [jenny2222](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny2222/)
 * (@jenny2222)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/#post-15194640)
 * apologies, i saw wrong, i removed bingbot, but did not add bingbot to bad bot
   list.
 * Is this implied that it would stop bingbot? or only pro version cant be done?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/#post-15194644)
 * Thanks for explaining.
 * The plugin works by blocking any bot that disobeys the site’s robots/nofollow
   rules and follows the hidden trigger link. This applies to any bot that is not
   explicitly allowed via the settings. So with that in mind, if bingbot disobeys
   robots rules and falls into the trap, it will be blocked. Otherwise, if bingbot
   does not disobey and fall into the trap, it will not be blocked.
 * I hope this helps. Let me know if I can provide any further infos.
 *  Thread Starter [jenny2222](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny2222/)
 * (@jenny2222)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/#post-15195018)
 * I see, so how do I make bingbot disobey the rules where i don’t want them to 
   crawl non-existence site, would that be possible?
 * Or i would need to make them disobey existing site first, thus result in all 
   pages,even non-existence one? Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/#post-15195224)
 * Glad to help:
 * 1) “how do I make bingbot disobey the rules where i don’t want them to crawl 
   non-existence site, would that be possible?”
 * It’s not possible with the free version (it’s a pro feature).
 * 2) “would need to make them disobey existing site first, thus result in all pages,
   even non-existence one?”
 * Bad bots are blocked from all site access, doesn’t matter if the page exists 
   or not (404).

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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cant-block-bingbot/#post-15195224)
 * Status: resolved