Blackhole Pro is a powerful WordPress security plugin that traps bad bots and blocks malicious requests before they harm your site. It works silently in the background, monitoring behavior, detecting violations, and auto-blocking offenders. Easy to set up, lightweight, and built for performance, Blackhole Pro helps keep your WordPress fast, secure, and clean with clear logs and fine‑grained controls.
- Automatic bad-bot detection and blocking
- Honeypot “blackhole” link to catch malicious crawlers
- Customizable rules and whitelist/blacklist controls
- Lightweight, fast, and optimized for performance
- Real-time monitoring with detailed activity logs
- Email and dashboard alerts for new hits and blocks
- Geo/IP controls with manual block and allow options
- Granular user-agent and request-pattern filtering
- Protects pages, feeds, sitemaps, and media endpoints
- Works with caching, CDNs, and security plugins
- Clean, simple settings with smart defaults
- Multisite-ready and developer-friendly hooks
- Privacy-safe, no third-party tracking
- Compatible with modern WordPress and PHP versions
- SEO-friendly protection that keeps good bots crawling