WordPress plugins

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Blackhole for Bad Bots icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/blackhole-bad-bots/
https://perishablepress.com/blackhole-bad-bots/

Bots trigger a block trap when they ignore a robots.txt block request.

REMOVED – Erratically blocks The Internet Archive Wayback Machine



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Code Snippets icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/

This plugin allows you to add code snippets as an alternative to directly editing a theme’s functions.php.

I used to manually edit functions.php for my child theme Parament-spiralofhope.



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WP-SpamShield.jpg

Security > Software >
WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

(removed from WordPress’ plugins list, see below)
www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield-anti-spam/ (dead) [ 1 ] was www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield/ (not archived)

A spam protector that replaces Askismet.

  • Abandoned — Dead, and the developers were dogpiled into closing, but the code still works.



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Footnotes

^ 1 was www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield/ (not archived)

Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/
http://cagewebdev.com/optimize-database-after-deleting-revisions-wordpress-plugin/

Delete old revisions and optimize your WordPress database.

This halved the size of my database.



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404 to 301

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://github.com/joel-james/404-to-301
https://wordpress.org/plugins/404-to-301/

Redirect your 404 pages to a page or a custom URL. Turn them into 301 (page moved), 302 or 307 codes so that search engines aren’t so offended by missing pages.

Does the job, and it’s an important job.



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