[Supergatto] Advanced Traffic Statistics: Live Radar, WAF & AI Security 1.8.3

Transform your forum statistics into a security fortress. Advanced Traffic Statistics is no longer just a "Who's Online" widget. It has evolved into a comprehensive Traffic Intelligence & Web Application Firewall (WAF) that tracks visits, categorizes bot traffic with surgical precision, and actively protects your server from resource-draining scrapers, hackers, and AI crawlers.

Supports XenForo, Bob’s Article Management System (AMS), and Quiz System PRO.

NEW IN v1.8.1: SMART RADAR & 504 FIX ("The Hunter")

[Added] Smart Signature Extractor: The Live Radar now features a dynamic algorithm that unmasks advanced bots and scrapers (such as HeadlessChrome or AI crawlers) hiding behind fake human browser data. "Unknown Bots" are now a thing of the past!
[Added] Interactive Radar Filters: We’ve introduced a new dropdown menu right above the Live Radar. You can now filter real-time traffic on the fly (Humans Only, Bots Only, Blocked, or Spoofed) and adjust the display limit (up to 500 rows to ensure optimal server performance).
[Optimized] 504 Timeout Fix for Large Boards: The default IP log retention has been safely reduced from 30 to 7 days. This drastically cuts down database bloat, resulting in lightning-fast dashboard loading times and entirely preventing 504 Server Timeouts on high-traffic forums.
[Fixed] Chart Accuracy & CSV Sync: Spoofed bots (fake Googlebots, etc.) are now instantly stripped of their disguises and correctly excluded from the "Good Bots" charts. The CSV export tool has also been completely rewritten to perfectly match the new Smart Radar logic.

NEW IN v1.8.0: LOCAL ASSETS & STABILITY

[Privacy & GDPR] 100% Local Assets (No CDN): We have moved all external resources locally! The Interactive Map libraries (ECharts) and all country flag icons (SVGs) are now hosted directly on your server. The add-on makes zero external CDN requests, guaranteeing absolute privacy for your visitors and making your dashboard load instantly even if external networks go down.
[Fix & Stability] Strict UTF-8 DB Enforcement: Fixed a critical MySQL query error [1366] caused by aggressive bots (e.g., Baidu) injecting malformed or non-UTF-8 characters into the User-Agent strings. The traffic logger now strictly sanitizes and enforces UTF-8 encoding on all incoming data before it hits your database.
[Fix] Map Visibility Bug: Fixed a logic issue where the interactive map was not displaying for registered members and guests even when the correct viewing permissions were enabled.

NEW IN v1.7.9: GLOBAL THREAT MAP & AI

Global Live Threat Map: We have integrated a mesmerizing, fully animated interactive map right above your Live Radar. Watch in real-time as malicious bots, scrapers, and brute-force attempts are intercepted from around the world, visualized as red laser traces flying toward your server.
AI Traffic Analyzer: Added a new powerful prompt generator button. With a single click, the add-on compiles your structured real-time data into an engineered prompt. You can easily paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to receive an immediate, professional cybersecurity audit and actionable firewall advice.
Emergency CSV Export: Added an "Export CSV" button directly on the Live Traffic Radar to easily forward malicious IPs to your hosting provider or network firewall in case of an ongoing attack.

NEW IN v1.7.6: LIVE TRAFFIC RADAR & NATIVE WAF

Live Traffic Radar: A real-time panel showing the latest forum accesses. Inspect IP, Country, Identity, Target URI, Hit volume, and Heuristic Trust Score.
1-Click IP Ban (Native Integration): Spotted an attacker or a fake User-Agent? Ban their IP address permanently with a single click. This action is integrated directly into XenForo's native core firewall (XF:IpMatch), blocking threats at the root before the page even loads.
Smart Bot Training: Use the tactical [GOOD], [AI], and [BAD] buttons in the Radar to classify unknown bots. The new heuristic algorithm automatically extracts the clean "signature" of the bot to create bulletproof universal blocking rules.
Hybrid Measurement Engine: Demographic charts now strictly use Unique IPs for realistic human proportions, while Security charts use Total Volume (Hits) to show the true scale of repelled attacks.

ACTIVE DEFENSE SHIELDSWe have introduced a firewall-grade protection layer that saves massive amounts of CPU and RAM:

AI Shield: Blocks Large Language Model scrapers (ChatGPT, GPTBot, Claude, Perplexity, CommonCrawl) from stealing and training on your community's unique content.
Junk Shield: Automatically identifies and blocks aggressive commercial crawlers (Ahrefs, Semrush, MJ12), vulnerability scanners (SQLMap, Nmap), and script-kiddie tools (Python requests, Curl) that consume your bandwidth for zero return.
Emergency Mode: A "Panic Button" to block ALL unknown bots instantly during a DDoS attempt or high-load anomaly.
IP Whitelist: Define trusted IPs that bypass all security checks. Perfect for uptime monitors or admin access.

INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATIONWe rewrote the detection engine from scratch to distinguish between friend and foe:

Authorized Crawlers (Green): Essential traffic like Google, Bing, and Yahoo is whitelisted.
Social & Tech Bots (Allowed): We recognize WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, and Cloudflare bots to ensure link previews and services work perfectly.
AI & LLM Scrapers (Purple): Identifies bots scraping data for AI training.
Aggressive/Unknown Bots (Red): Unclassified traffic or known bad actors are flagged and can be blocked.

TRAFFIC INSIGHT DASHBOARDThe report page is a beautifully crafted Security Center:

Real-Time Threat Counter: A prominent red indicator shows exactly how many malicious requests were blocked today.
Health Score (A/B/C): An immediate grade evaluating the ratio between real humans and aggressive bots.
Visual Badges & Top Blocked Chart: Spot threats in seconds with AI/BAD/UNK tags and horizontal bar charts highlighting the top 10 blocked bots.
Cyber-Geography: Leveraging GeoIP integration (MaxMind or Cloudflare), map not just human users, but the exact origin of Bots and Threats.
Community Pulse: A technical historical chart comparing Attachment Size (MB) and Attachment Count.

PERFORMANCE & UI/UX

Ultra-Light Architecture: Heavy database tasks are handled by a dedicated background Cron process once a day. The sidebar widget only performs lightning-fast SELECT operations, completely eliminating database bottlenecks during peak hours.
Smart Glass Mode: Charts support gorgeous transparency/blur effects, adapting seamlessly to dark backgrounds without conflicting with light/white themes.
Foolproof Protection: Manual classification buttons auto-disable if a generic browser is detected (e.g., Chrome, Safari), preventing accidental bans of real human users.
Public Navigation Link: Option to display a public stats link under the "Members" tab for those who prefer not to use the sidebar widget.

PRO vs FREEThis add-on is free to use for basic demographic statistics. By purchasing a PRO License (via the link in options), you unlock the full power of the Active Defense: