Botless Core

Are bots and spam views skewing your video analytics or consuming unnecessary bandwidth? Botless Video is here to help!

This plugin provides a lightweight and user-friendly solution to protect your embedded videos (YouTube, Vimeo, self-hosted HTML5) from automated bot interactions. By implementing various configurable techniques, Botless Video aims to ensure that your video views are from genuine human users, providing more accurate engagement metrics and reducing resource waste.

Minimum Requirements:

1. 01WordPress 6.0 or greater
2. 02PHP version 8.0 or greater

Automatic installation:

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of Botless Core:

1. 03Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. 04Navigate to the Plugins menu and click “Add New.”
3. 05In the search field type “Botless Core” and click Search Plugins.
4. 06Once you’ve found the plugin, you can view details about it such as the point release, rating, and description.
5. 07Most importantly, of course, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now.”
6. 08After clicking that link, you will be asked if you’re sure you want to install the plugin.
7. 09Click “Yes” and WordPress will automatically complete the installation.
8. 10Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
9. 11Go to Settings > Botless Video to configure the plugin.

Manual installation:

The manual installation method involves downloading our plugin and uploading it to your web server via your favorite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here .

1. 12Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it.
2. 13Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installation’s wp-content/plugins/ directory.