Plugin info

Total downloads: 25
Active installs: 0
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/4/2025 (74 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/4/2025 (0 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 74 days ago

59/100

Is AI Crawler Guard abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 74 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Description

AI Crawler Guard detects popular AI-focused crawlers and lets you block or allow them from scraping your WordPress site. Everything runs locally—rules, decisions, logs, and history stay on your server.

  • Built-in signatures for common AI bots, plus optional custom patterns
  • Global and per-crawler allow/block controls
  • Local crawler registry with first/last seen timestamps and hit counters
  • Lightweight logs with optional retention cap
  • No external calls or remote storage

Requirements

  • WordPress 5.8 or newer
  • PHP 7.4+
  • Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg, WooCommerce, and major managed hosts
  • Respects wp-admin, wp-login, REST API, cron, and CLI contexts automatically

Performance

  • Detection runs once per front-end request (small O(n) UA scan)
  • No blocking of social preview bots (Facebook, Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn) by default
  • Assets load only on plugin admin pages and stay under 10 KB
  • Logs stay capped by your configured limit with auto-pruning

Privacy

All detection logic and data storage live entirely inside WordPress. No data is sent to third-party services in v1.

Installation

  1. Upload ai-crawler-guard to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
  3. Visit “AI Crawler Guard Settings” to choose your preferred block mode and logging options.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it block paywall bypassing via HTTP 402?

Not yet. Payment/402 responses are planned for a future release.

Can it fetch remote rule updates?

Remote updates are scheduled for v1.1+. v1 ships with local rules only.

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Screenshots

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Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release.