How can I exclude bots from traffic statistics?

The module provides a list of bots to exclude from its statistics. This exclusion does not prevent bots from visiting your store and does not block their access to the server.

1. In the module configuration, open Robots.
2. At the bottom of the page, expand User Agent list. The Visits in the last 6 month column counts records still available for that period.
3. Examine the most frequent user agents. High volume alone does not prove that a visitor is a bot: identify its name before excluding it.
4. Under Add robot to exclude, enter its name in Robot name, then save.

For example, in Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/), the name is AhrefsBot. You can verify its identity in Ahrefs’ official documentation.

Future visits matching the excluded name are no longer collected by the module’s script. Adding a name does not remove visits already recorded.

If the bot overloads your store, ask your hosting provider to review its access: the module’s setting acts on statistics.

Fictitious example: the expanded list shows user agents and retained records over the last six months. Adding a robot to the exclusion list does not remove its earlier records.