WordPress bots plugins

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BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security
BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security
The fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.
(158)
Updated 164d ago
100,000 installs3,374,832 downloads59/100 • Maintained
Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA
Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA
Adds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your Wordpress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages.
(63)
Updated 127d ago
60,000 installs1,408,629 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning
Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning
Smart WordPress security that blocks bots automatically, guides you to what matters, and repairs problems — without drowning you in noise.
(1,035)
Updated 113d ago
40,000 installs12,765,357 downloads74/100 • Maintained
Blackhole for Bad Bots
Blackhole for Bad Bots
Blackhole is a WordPress security plugin that detects and traps bad bots in a virtual black hole, where they are denied access to your entire site.
(148)
Updated 162d ago
30,000 installs924,514 downloads69/100 • Maintained
My Private Site
My Private Site
Make your WordPress site private with one click for family, projects, or teams. Protection for content, login, and registration.
(81)
Updated 117d ago
20,000 installs590,681 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Spider Blocker
Spider Blocker
SpiderBlocker will block most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog.
(5)
Updated 876d ago
20,000 installs614,978 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Captcha
WP Captcha
wp captcha prove that the visitor is a human being and not a spam robot. captcha plugin is the best security solution that protects your Wordpress web …
(18)
Updated 2071d ago
10,000 installs38,677 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
reCAPTCHA
reCAPTCHA
Prevent brute force logins on your WordPress site with Google's reCAPTCHA.
(10)
Updated 3389d ago
7,000 installs116,351 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots
Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots
Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.
(19)
Updated 164d ago
1,000 installs50,868 downloads54/100 • Maintained
ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WebSites
ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WebSites
ArtiBot is a Free Chatbot with 3 big features: Get Leads, Schedule Appointments, Collect Payment.
(7)
Updated 846d ago
1,000 installs21,495 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Magic robots.txt
Magic robots.txt
This plugin automatically creates a robots.txt analyzing your site to improve your Google ranking and site performance.
(1)
Updated 130d ago
1,000 installs11,206 downloads52/100 • Maintained
GM Block Bots
GM Block Bots
This blocks semalt.com, buttons-for-website.com and others with a 403 Forbidden message so that they no longer show up in your Google Analytics stats.
(16)
Updated 3228d ago
900 installs75,937 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Block Comment Spam Bots
Block Comment Spam Bots
A simple to use plugin that stops automated spam. Install and forget, and any automated spam targeting your native WordPress comments is immediately t …
(4)
Updated 902d ago
800 installs7,198 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
VPN Guard – Block VPN, Proxy, Bots & Anonymous Visitors
VPN Guard – Block VPN, Proxy, Bots & Anonymous Visitors
Ultimate VPN/Proxy Shield Blocker! Real-time IP defense. Target Anything: Logins, Checkout, Post Types, URLs & more!. 1000 Free Daily API Checks!
(8)
Updated 239d ago
200 installs1,745 downloads40/100 • Stale
WP Simple SpamCheck
WP Simple SpamCheck
This plugin allows WordPress to block over 95% of spam comments using a time-based hash.
(0)
Updated 5193d ago
200 installs8,958 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Richpanel – Customer Support Helpdesk & Chat
Richpanel – Customer Support Helpdesk & Chat
Free Live Chat & Help desk for WooCommerce. Integrate in 2 mins.
(7)
Updated 588d ago
100 installs8,958 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Block Editor for ManyChat
Block Editor for ManyChat
Easily add ManyChat widgets to your site.
(0)
Updated 2146d ago
100 installs6,421 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
reCAPTCHA Lite
reCAPTCHA Lite
Integrate the Google's reCAPTCHA Google's reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox or v3 into the forms and protect your site from bots, brute-force attacks, s …
(0)
Updated 2352d ago
100 installs3,079 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
TrafficGuard PPC Fraud Prevention
TrafficGuard PPC Fraud Prevention
Protect your Google Ads budget with TrafficGuard's PPC protection.
(0)
Updated 203d ago
100 installs3,008 downloads38/100 • Stale
Replytocom Controller
Replytocom Controller
Replytocom Controller lets remove "?replytocom" from comment reply urls and redirect bots who try to use it anyway.
(2)
Updated 3579d ago
80 installs5,980 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
AI Deny
AI Deny
Easily block over 30 of the most common AI user-agents known for crawling websites, keeping unauthorized bots at bay.
(1)
Updated 264d ago
70 installs1,362 downloads40/100 • Stale
CeeWP Robots.txt Manager
CeeWP Robots.txt Manager
Easily manage your WordPress site's virtual robots.txt file with custom rules. No physical file needed!
(0)
Updated 411d ago
50 installs744 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Zero Budget Bot Shield
Zero Budget Bot Shield
Free, lightweight WordPress plugin that blocks bots by country and prevents abuse via repeated 404 errors. Perfect for small organizations.
(0)
Updated 258d ago
50 installs346 downloads38/100 • Stale
ParseLess
ParseLess
Serve your posts as Markdown to AI crawlers and CLI tools — typically 95%+ less bandwidth, ~60–80% fewer DB queries, no theme bloat.
(0)
Updated 106d ago
50 installs304 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Traffic Jammer
Traffic Jammer
Safeguard your site from malicious activity and unwanted visitors by effortlessly managing IP blocks through the dashboard or command line ingerface.
(1)
Updated 346d ago
40 installs3,962 downloads40/100 • Stale
WP Block Semalt
WP Block Semalt
Simply uses the HTTP_REFERER to determine if it's from 'Semalt', and blocks it with a nice 403 "Unauthorized" response.
(1)
Updated 4170d ago
20 installs1,361 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
EDH Bad Bots
EDH Bad Bots
A smart WordPress plugin that automatically blocks malicious bots and crawlers that ignore your site's robots.txt file.
(1)
Updated 111d ago
20 installs848 downloads42/100 • Maintained
Atonom
Atonom
Build Cloud Employees without code that book meetings 24/7
(0)
Updated 127d ago
20 installs1,938 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Botsify Chatbot Widget
Botsify Chatbot Widget
The ideal plugin for stats, related posts, search engine optimization, social sharing, protection, backups, security, and more.
(2)
Updated 1980d ago
10 installs2,828 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Fogata BOTS
Fogata BOTS
Say goodbye to bad customer service! With Fogata BOTS your customers will receive an instant answer 24/7. Our platform was designed to be friendly and …
(0)
Updated 2679d ago
10 installs2,709 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Remove WP Engine 404 for Bots
Remove WP Engine 404 for Bots
WP Engine has a custom 404 page for bots. This plugin removes that customization.
(0)
Updated 4578d ago
10 installs1,843 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
SEObot Monitor for Googlebot, Bingbot and search engine spiders
SEObot Monitor for Googlebot, Bingbot and search engine spiders
With SEObot Monitor for Googlebot you will be able to dump the server logs to Google Analytics, easily and automatically. This will allow you to dete …
(0)
Updated 1885d ago
10 installs1,309 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
CF LLMS Stats Tracker
CF LLMS Stats Tracker
Generates a dynamic llms.txt file for AI crawlers and tracks visitor statistics with detailed bot analysis.
(0)
Updated 265d ago
10 installs487 downloads38/100 • Stale
Azayem Bots Tracker – Bot Visits Logger
Azayem Bots Tracker – Bot Visits Logger
A custom plugin to log search engine bot visits and analyze their crawl budget directly inside WordPress (no external services required).
(0)
Updated 279d ago
10 installs290 downloads38/100 • Stale
Dessky reCAPTCHA
Dessky reCAPTCHA
Protect your website against spam bots with reCAPTCHA.
(1)
Updated 301d ago
0 installs1,268 downloads40/100 • Stale
JustAsq – Chatbot Powered Live Chat
JustAsq – Chatbot Powered Live Chat
This plugin for WordPress helps users intergrate JustAsq into their WordPress powered site.
(1)
Updated 3460d ago
0 installs1,082 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
AI Rights Protection by SimpleFeed
AI Rights Protection by SimpleFeed
Protect your rights by reviewing and blocking AI bots from using your content without compensation.
(1)
Updated 547d ago
0 installs828 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
VerifiedVisitors
VerifiedVisitors
VerifiedVisitors is a powerful AI/ML bot mitigation plugin to support the Wordpress community. It’s an easy to configure platform to defeat bad bots.
(0)
Updated 946d ago
0 installs2,467 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Ultimate Captcha reCAPTCHA Plugin for WordPress
Ultimate Captcha reCAPTCHA Plugin for WordPress
This is a free plugin to protect your WordPress website.
(0)
Updated 1821d ago
0 installs1,685 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Humans Only
Humans Only
Stop your WordPress website from being spammed by bots and restrict it only to humans.
(0)
Updated 4670d ago
0 installs1,561 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Chatbot Widget for Opulent
Chatbot Widget for Opulent
The ideal plugin for stats, related posts, search engine optimization, social sharing, protection, backups, security, and more.
(0)
Updated 1980d ago
0 installs1,423 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
YouMe ID
YouMe ID
The YouMe ID plugin provides two security features, i.e. an alternative CAPTCHA service and a quick login using smart phones.
(0)
Updated 2456d ago
0 installs1,251 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
SpotBot
SpotBot
SpotBot aids in controlling spam before it clutters up your server. It stops bots in their tracks before they have a chance to post or force post.
(0)
Updated 4696d ago
0 installs1,016 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
AI Bot Monitor
AI Bot Monitor
Tracks and logs AI, Search and Social bots including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Googlebot, Bing and Meta crawlers.
(0)
Updated 346d ago
0 installs380 downloads38/100 • Stale
LLMS Central – AI Bot Tracker
LLMS Central – AI Bot Tracker
Track AI bots (GPT, Claude, Gemini) visiting your site and manage your llms.txt file. See which AI systems are crawling your content.
(0)
Updated 344d ago
0 installs377 downloads38/100 • Stale
Frontiers Hide Author Name
Frontiers Hide Author Name
Just Hides the author name from your WordPress blog.
(0)
Updated 172d ago
0 installs352 downloads50/100 • Maintained
AI Readiness Advisor
AI Readiness Advisor
Audit AI bot access: logs, verification table, robots.txt viewer, quick test, server snippets, and a public REST ping endpoint.
(0)
Updated 347d ago
0 installs315 downloads38/100 • Stale
ScraperGuard – AI Scraper Blocker
ScraperGuard – AI Scraper Blocker
Block “good bots” (AI scrapers) by User-Agent. Optional Apache .htaccess rules and WordPress-level blocking with basic stats.
(0)
Updated 200d ago
0 installs263 downloads38/100 • Stale
SysRadar
SysRadar
Server-side analytics. Sees 100% of traffic (including bots and attackers), real Web Vitals, UTM attribution, rage clicks. Privacy-first.
(0)
Updated 125d ago
0 installs245 downloads50/100 • Maintained
OpenBotAuth – AI Crawler Access Control
OpenBotAuth – AI Crawler Access Control
Verify AI crawlers with HTTP Signatures and enforce allow/deny/teaser policies; also serves llms.txt and AI-ready feeds.
(0)
Updated 253d ago
0 installs235 downloads38/100 • Stale
MH User Activity Monitor
MH User Activity Monitor
Live monitoring for WordPress visitors, users, WooCommerce carts, bots and suspicious requests with privacy-friendly options.
(0)
Updated 113d ago
0 installs196 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Coywolf Robots.txt Manager
Coywolf Robots.txt Manager
Manage robots.txt from the WordPress admin: build rules, block bots by category, and serve a physical or virtual robots.txt.
(0)
Updated 116d ago
0 installs150 downloads50/100 • Maintained
NMR Checkout Firewall for WooCommerce
NMR Checkout Firewall for WooCommerce
Protect WooCommerce cart, checkout, and Store API endpoints from bots, floods, and fake orders.
(0)
Updated 131d ago
0 installs123 downloads50/100 • Maintained
PufferSights – AI Crawler Insights
PufferSights – AI Crawler Insights
Monitor 100+ known AI crawler and AI agent user agents with local analytics, AI referrals, llms.txt, and opt-in robots.txt policy tools.
(0)
Updated 106d ago
0 installs71 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Temso AI
Temso AI
Stream front-end request logs from your WordPress origin to Temso so AI-crawler and bot traffic shows up in your dashboard.
(0)
Updated 112d ago
0 installs49 downloads50/100 • Maintained