.htaccess rules for blocking bots with an extra condition

Try it like this: RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (ADmantX|Proximic|Barkrowler|X-Middleton) [NC] RewriteRule ^ – [F] This will block any request where the User-Agent string contains either ADmantX, Proximic, Barkrowler or X-Middleton. The NC flag makes this a case-insensitive match – whether this is strictly required or not in this example I don’t know, but generally this should be … Read more