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Blackhole for Bad Bots

by Jeff Starr

Version 3.8.4 4.7 / 5 rating
Active Installs
30K+
Rating
4.7 / 5
Requires PHP
5.6.20
Tested Up To
7.1.3
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026

External Links

WordPress.org plugin page Plugin website

BenchWP Test Runs

8 total

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
7s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.31s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.08s
Completed
Jul 30, 2026 2:00 AM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "blackhole-bad-bots",
    "php_version": "8.2",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php82-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.309746,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.083663,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 0,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:07Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:12Z",
    "duration_seconds": 7.614518,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.10s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.07s
Completed
Jul 30, 2026 2:00 AM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "blackhole-bad-bots",
    "php_version": "8.3",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php83-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.09955,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.066116,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 0,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:13Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:18Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.424162999999999,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.10s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.09s
Completed
Jul 30, 2026 2:00 AM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "blackhole-bad-bots",
    "php_version": "8.4",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php84-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.101369,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.092389,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:19Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:24Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.268622000000001,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.11s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.07s
Completed
Jul 30, 2026 2:00 AM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "blackhole-bad-bots",
    "php_version": "8.5",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php85-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.108872,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.069892,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:25Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-30T02:00:29Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.065372,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}