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Tired of seeing spam traffic on you website that only services your local region? Tired of having to download overly-complex plugins that slow down and burden your site?<\/p>\n\n

It's time to download & activate Easy Country Spam Blockers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Note:<\/strong> Page-specific redirection not available with Gutenberg. Site-wide redirection will still work.<\/p>\n\n

Simple. Effective.
\n* Redirect all non-US traffic to a different website\n* Choose which website to redirect to\n* Simple<\/em>, lightweight<\/em>, and fast<\/em>\n* As easy as Install ~> Activate to begin using<\/p>\n\n

Quickstart<\/strong>\nIf you require further assistance with getting Easy Country Spam Blocker working, please checkout our quickstart video.\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/K4dGipUzYUI\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GET SUPPORT<\/strong>\nhttps:\/\/mediuminteractive.com\/contact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Installing and configuring Easy Country Spam Blocker is quick & easy.<\/p>\n\n

    \n
  1. Download and install ECSB to your site<\/li>\n
  2. Activate ECSB through the Plugins<\/em> screen<\/li>\n
  3. Use the Settings ~> Easy Country Spam Blocker<\/em><\/strong> screen to configure the plugin<\/li>\n
  4. Enter the URL of the website you want to redirect non-US traffic to<\/li>\n
  5. Note:<\/em><\/strong> Click the drop-down button that says either HTTP<\/em> or HTTPS<\/em> to select the required protocol for your redirect URL<\/li>\n
  6. Click Save<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n

    Does this work anywhere?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    At the moment, Easy Country Spam Blocker only works for U.S.-based websites.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Can I redirect to any website?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Yes. Navigate to Settings->Easy Country Spam Blocker<\/strong> to change the redirection URL.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Is this a security plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Not entirely. While blocking out visitors from regions\/locations you do not want to target is very useful in preventing spam, it is not a real security measure.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Can I disable this on specific pages?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Yes you can. When editing a page, find \"ESCB Settings\" and make sure \"Enabled\" is NOT checked.<\/p>\n\n

    Gutenberg not supported.<\/strong><\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.1.2<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Fixed misc. bugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      1.1.1<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Improved settings view<\/li>\n
      • Fixed misc. bugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Added ability to choose whitelisted countries<\/li>\n
        • Added small quickstart section<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Added ability to toggle plugin on\/off<\/li>\n
          • Added support link to settings page<\/li>\n
          • Updated to WP version 5.3.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            1.0<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • Initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Easy Country Spam Blocker is a simple plugin that blocks spam traffic from your website.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/108284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108284"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/mediuminteractive"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=108284"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=108284"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=108284"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=108284"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frp.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=108284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}