Manual:$wgBadUserAgents

Category:MediaWiki configuration settings#BadUserAgentsCategory:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced before version 1.1.0#BadUserAgentsCategory:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.2.0#BadUserAgentsCategory:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features#BadUserAgentsCategory:User agent variables#BadUserAgents
Language, regional and character encoding settings: $wgBadUserAgents
Array of user agents that should be automatically blocked.
Introduced in version:Before 1.1.0
Removed in version:1.2.0 (r2473)
Allowed values:Unspecified
Default value:false

Details

User agent/range blocking. Blocks all users using a particular user agent, possibly restricted to a set of IP ranges.

You can't block all user agents by leaving $wgBadUserAgents blank. That would block nothing.

This setting holds an array of user agents that should be automatically blocked.

e.g. array( 'OfflineExplorer/1.0' )

See also

Category:MediaWiki configuration settings Category:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced before version 1.1.0 Category:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.2.0 Category:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features Category:User agent variables