Stop automated spam

- [Narrator] In this video, we use the htaccess file…to prevent a common type of spam known…as No Referrer spam.…No Referrer spam happens when spammers…target the WordPress comment script directly…without actually visiting your website like a human being.…Preventing this type of spam helps…to save bandwidth and other server resources…and also keeps your site looking clean and professional.…Here we see the files and directories…that are included in a default installation of WordPress.…To protect against No Referrer spam,…first open the htaccess-code snippet…from the exercise files, copy the code…and then open the htaccess file located…in the root directory of your WordPress installation.…

If an htaccess file doesn't exist,…you can add the one that's included…in the exercise files for this tutorial.…Once you have the htaccess file in place…go ahead and paste the snippet anywhere…near the top of the file before…any WordPress related code.…The only thing we need to edit…is this line right here.…We want to change the example.com…