Question:
I am getting a bunch of referrer spam to the referrer template. I have already deleted the template but the spam is still coming in, how can I make it send a 404 error?
Answer:
If you don’t want the referrer page to display at all, and you are on a server you can run a .htaccess file, place this on a single line:
Redirect 404 /index.php/site/referrers
Anyone accessing that URL on your site is going to get a 404 error, even if the template still exists at that location within EE. Its simple and will block anyone from access that referrer page.