Algorithus

<p>This plugin allows you to easily control whether search engines are disallowed from accessing the root directory of your WordPress site by modifying the robots.txt file. You can enable or disable this functionality from the “Reading” settings page.</p>


AWP Disallow Root Control

Disallow access to the root directory via robots.txt with an option to enable or disable.

lastsplash (a11n)

<p>Protect Your Content from AI Scraping</p>
<p>This plugin helps you prevent AI crawlers from using your content as training data for their products. By updating your site’s <code>robots.txt</code>, it blocks common AI crawlers and scrapers, aiming to protect your content from being used in the training of Large Language Models (LLMs).</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h3>Blocks AI Crawlers</h3>
<p>Includes:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>OpenAI</strong> – Blocks crawlers used for ChatGPT</li>
<li><strong>Google</strong> – Blocks crawlers used by Google’s Gemini AI products</li>
<li><strong>Facebook / Meta</strong> – Used for Facebook’s AI training</li>
<li><strong>Anthropic AI</strong> – Blocks crawlers used by Anthropic  </li>
<li><strong>Perplexity</strong> – Block crawlers used by Perplexity</li>
<li><strong>Applebot</strong> – Blocks crawlers used by Apple</li>
<li>… and more!</li>
</ul>
<h3>Experimental Meta Tags</h3>
<p>The plugin adds the “noai, noimageai” directive to your site’s meta tags, instructing AI bots not to use your content in their datasets. Please note that these tags are experimental and have not been standardized.</p>
<h3>Custom robots.txt Rules</h3>
<p>Have custom entries for your robots.txt file? You can now add them directly through the plugin!</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>After activation, the plugin will automatically update your <code>robots.txt</code> and add the necessary meta tags. No further configuration is required, but you can check the settings page for a full list of blocked crawlers.</p>
<h3>Limitations</h3>
<p>While this plugin aims to block specified crawlers, it cannot guarantee complete protection against all forms of scraping, as some bots may disregard <code>robots.txt</code> directives.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For questions or support, <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-ai-crawlers/" rel="ugc">please post on the forums</a> or <a href="https://github.com/bobmatyas/wp-block-ai-crawlers/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.</p>


Block AI Crawlers

Tell AI (Artificial Intelligence) companies not to scrape your site for their AI products.

AWP Disallow Root Control vs Block AI Crawlers