HumanGate vs WP SMTP Mailer – SMTP7

HumanGate protects your WordPress site from AI training crawlers, search engine bots, and unauthorized scraping bots. Add global refusal signals (meta tags, HTTP headers, robots.txt), actively block bots (AI crawlers, scrapers, etc.), and deter large-scale bot extraction with lightweight JavaScript challenges—all without CAPTCHAs or heavy databases. Perfect for: * Journalists protecting sensitive content * Activists and independent creators * Nonprofits and whistleblower support projects * Anyone wanting to opt out of AI training data collection Core Features: Block Search Engines – Clear, top-level setting to block all search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) via noindex/nofollow meta tags Global AI Refusal – Adds AI-specific meta tags, HTTP headers (X-AI-Training), and robots.txt rules to refuse AI training crawlers Active Enforcement Modes – Choose from Signals Only (default), Challenge Mode (JS verification), or Block Mode (403 Forbidden) for AI crawlers and other bots Bot Challenge System – Automatically detects suspicious bot traffic patterns (burst traffic, sequential traversal, deep-link access) and serves lightweight JavaScript challenges to all bots—not just AI crawlers Emergency Lockdown – One-click site lockdown with HTTP 451 responses and optional login-only access SEO Plugin Compatible – Works seamlessly with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, and other SEO plugins Privacy-Focused Stats – Lightweight telemetry using WordPress transients (no database bloat, no IP storage) Performance Optimized – DNS lookup caching and user agent pattern caching for faster response times Whitelist Support – IP address and user agent whitelists to bypass blocking for trusted sources How It Works: Block Search Engines – Optional setting to block all search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) using noindex/nofollow meta tags. This is a separate, clear setting at the top of the plugin configuration. AI Refusal Signals – Adds AI-specific meta tags, HTTP headers, and robots.txt rules that tell AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) not to train on your content. This works independently from search engine blocking. Active Enforcement – Optionally block or challenge bots at the HTTP level: Signals Only (default): Sends refusal signals only Challenge Mode: Requires JavaScript execution verification for all bots Block Mode: Returns 403 Forbidden to AI crawlers and other unauthorized bots Selective Friction – Automatically detects bot scraping patterns and serves invisible JavaScript challenges to any suspicious traffic: Burst traffic detection (12+ pages in 5 seconds) – catches all bots, not just AI crawlers Sequential traversal detection (machine-like pagination) Deep-link access detection (direct access to old content) Auto-completing challenges (no user interaction required) Works against all types of bots: AI training crawlers, scrapers, data harvesters, etc. Emergency Lockdown – Instantly lock down your site with one toggle, returning HTTP 451 responses with optional login-only access. Design Philosophy: HumanGate doesn’t try to perfectly identify machines. Instead, it makes large-scale extraction economically inefficient while keeping the experience invisible to 99% of real human users. No CAPTCHAs, no heavy databases, just lightweight protection. Development For development, bug reports, and contributions, please visit the plugin’s GitHub repository at https://github.com/NomadBuilder/HumanGate

WP SMTP Mailer – SMTP7 allows you to configure and send all outgoing emails via a SMTP server (It works like the postman). This will prevent your emails from going into the junk/spam folder of the recipients. Go to Settings > SMTP7 and configure SMTP then post SMTP credentials. You can set the following options: Specify the from name and email address for outgoing email. Choose to send mail by SMTP or PHP’s mail() function. Specify an SMTP host (defaults to localhost). Specify an SMTP port (defaults to 25). Choose SSL / TLS encryption (not the same as STARTTLS). Choose to use SMTP authentication or not (defaults to not). Specify an SMTP username and password. SMTP Testing server : MailMug.net SMTP Testing : https://youtu.be/fAXevTJ0r8I Support : http://www.ciphercoin.com/contact/ Contact Form 7 Not Sending Emails WordPress SMTP Mailer Features Send email using a SMTP sever. You can use Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail’s SMTP server if you have an account with them. Securely deliver emails to your recipients. Username and password encryption List of SMTP Servers (Outgoing) Gmail :- Host: smtp.gmail.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Gmail :- Host: smtp.gmail.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Outlook.com :- Host: smtp-mail.outlook.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Office365.com :- Host: smtp.office365.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Hotmail.com :- Host: smtp.live.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Yahoo Mail :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Yahoo Mail :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Yahoo Mail Deutschland :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Yahoo Mail Plus :- Host: plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) AOL.com :- Host: smtp.aol.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) AT&T :- Host: smtp.att.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) NTL @ntlworld.com :- Host: smtp.ntlworld.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) BT Connect :- Host: smtp.btconnect.com – No-Encryption – Port(25) BT Openworld :- Host: mail.btopenworld.com – No-Encryption – Port(25) BT Internet :- Host: mail.btinternet.com – No-Encryption – Port(25) Orange :- Host: smtp.orange.net – No-Encryption – Port(25) Orange UK :- Host: smtp.orange.co.uk – No-Encryption – Port(25) Wanadoo UK :- Host: smtp.wanadoo.co.uk – No-Encryption – Port(25) Comcast :- Host: smtp.comcast.net – No-Encryption – Port(587) Yahoo Mail AU/NZ :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com.au – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) O2 Deutschland :- Host: mail.o2online.de – No-Encryption – Port(25) zoho Mail :- Host: smtp.zoho.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) T-Online Deutschland :- Host: securesmtp.t-online.de – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) 1&1 (1and1) :- Host: smtp.1and1.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) 1&1 Deutschland :- Host: smtp.1und1.de – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Verizon :- Host: outgoing.verizon.net – Secure (SSL) – Port(465) Verizon (Yahoo hosted) :- Host: outgoing.yahoo.verizon.net – No-Encryption – Port(587) Mail.com :- Host: smtp.mail.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) GMX.com :- Host: smtp.gmx.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Yahoo Mail UK :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Airmail :- Host: smtp.airmail.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Bluewin.ch :- Host: smtpauth.bluewin.ch – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Eartlink.net :- Host: smtpauth.earthlink.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(587) iCloud Mail :- Host: smtp.mail.me.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(587) Rocketmail :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Rogers :- Host: smtp.broadband.rogers.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Ameritech.net :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Pacbell :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Swbell :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Bellsouth :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Flash :- Host:- smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Note: These SMTP Ports and Settings may be different depending upon your Host Provider. Please contact your Web Server Host for correct details.