WordPress bots plugins
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BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security(156)•Updated 50d ago
The fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.
100,000 installs3,272,626 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches(1,032)•Updated 72d ago
Shield stops bot attacks before they hack your site. Bots CAN be stopped. Shield stops them.
40,000 installs12,651,935 downloads83/100 • Actively maintained
Blackhole for Bad Bots(148)•Updated 57d ago
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.
30,000 installs891,023 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
My Private Site(80)•Updated 108d ago
Make your WordPress site private with one click for family, projects, or teams. Protection for content, login, and registration.
20,000 installs577,013 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Spider Blocker(5)•Updated 739d ago
SpiderBlocker will block most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog.
20,000 installs613,255 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Captcha(18)•Updated 1934d ago
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 …
10,000 installs38,677 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
reCAPTCHA(10)•Updated 3252d ago
Prevent brute force logins on your WordPress site with Google's reCAPTCHA.
7,000 installs116,351 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots(19)•Updated 50d ago
Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.
1,000 installs48,716 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WebSites(7)•Updated 709d ago
ArtiBot is a Free Chatbot with 3 big features: Get Leads, Schedule Appointments, Collect Payment.
1,000 installs21,495 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Magic robots.txt(1)•Updated 649d ago
This plugin automatically creates a robots.txt analyzing your site to improve your Google ranking and site performance.
1,000 installs10,337 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
GM Block Bots(16)•Updated 3091d ago
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.
900 installs75,573 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Block Comment Spam Bots(4)•Updated 766d ago
A simple to use plugin that stops automated spam. Install and forget, and any automated spam targeting your native WordPress comments is immediately t …
800 installs6,956 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
VPN Guard – Block VPN, Proxy, Bots & Anonymous Visitors(8)•Updated 102d ago
Ultimate VPN/Proxy Shield Blocker! Real-time IP defense. Target Anything: Logins, Checkout, Post Types, URLs & more!. 1000 Free Daily API Checks!
300 installs1,228 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WP Simple SpamCheck(0)•Updated 5057d ago
This plugin allows WordPress to block over 95% of spam comments using a time-based hash.
200 installs8,716 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Richpanel – Customer Support Helpdesk & Chat(7)•Updated 451d ago
Free Live Chat & Help desk for WooCommerce. Integrate in 2 mins.
100 installs8,591 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
100 installs6,098 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
reCAPTCHA Lite(0)•Updated 2215d ago
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 …
100 installs2,980 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Replytocom Controller(2)•Updated 3443d ago
Replytocom Controller lets remove "?replytocom" from comment reply urls and redirect bots who try to use it anyway.
90 installs5,892 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
TrafficGuard PPC Fraud Prevention(0)•Updated 66d ago
Protect your Google Ads budget with TrafficGuard's PPC protection.
80 installs2,678 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained
CeeWP Robots.txt Manager(0)•Updated 275d ago
Easily manage your WordPress site's virtual robots.txt file with custom rules. No physical file needed!
60 installs600 downloads38/100 • Stale
AI Deny(1)•Updated 127d ago
Easily block over 30 of the most common AI user-agents known for crawling websites, keeping unauthorized bots at bay.
50 installs1,207 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Traffic Jammer(1)•Updated 209d ago
Safeguard your site from malicious activity and unwanted visitors by effortlessly managing IP blocks through the dashboard or command line ingerface.
40 installs3,829 downloads40/100 • Stale
30 installs1,735 downloads38/100 • Stale
Botsify Chatbot Widget(2)•Updated 1843d ago
The ideal plugin for stats, related posts, search engine optimization, social sharing, protection, backups, security, and more.
20 installs2,619 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Block Semalt(1)•Updated 4034d ago
Simply uses the HTTP_REFERER to determine if it's from 'Semalt', and blocks it with a nice 403 "Unauthorized" response.
20 installs1,361 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Zero Budget Bot Shield(0)•Updated 122d ago
Free, lightweight WordPress plugin that blocks bots by country and prevents abuse via repeated 404 errors. Perfect for small organizations.
20 installs214 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Azayem Bots Tracker – Bot Visits Logger(0)•Updated 142d ago
A custom plugin to log search engine bot visits and analyze their crawl budget directly inside WordPress (no external services required).
20 installs191 downloads50/100 • Maintained
EDH Bad Bots(1)•Updated 33d ago
A smart WordPress plugin that automatically blocks malicious bots and crawlers that ignore your site's robots.txt file.
10 installs414 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Fogata BOTS(0)•Updated 2542d ago
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 …
10 installs2,509 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Remove WP Engine 404 for Bots(0)•Updated 4442d ago
WP Engine has a custom 404 page for bots. This plugin removes that customization.
10 installs1,788 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
SEObot Monitor for Googlebot, Bingbot and search engine spiders(0)•Updated 1748d ago
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 …
10 installs1,243 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
CF LLMS Stats Tracker(0)•Updated 128d ago
Generates a dynamic llms.txt file for AI crawlers and tracks visitor statistics with detailed bot analysis.
10 installs242 downloads50/100 • Maintained
0 installs1,213 downloads52/100 • Maintained
JustAsq – Chatbot Powered Live Chat(1)•Updated 3324d ago
This plugin for WordPress helps users intergrate JustAsq into their WordPress powered site.
0 installs1,038 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
AI Rights Protection by SimpleFeed(1)•Updated 410d ago
Protect your rights by reviewing and blocking AI bots from using your content without compensation.
0 installs707 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
VerifiedVisitors(0)•Updated 809d ago
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 installs2,387 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Humans Only(0)•Updated 4533d ago
Stop your WordPress website from being spammed by bots and restrict it only to humans.
0 installs1,517 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Ultimate Captcha reCAPTCHA Plugin for WordPress(0)•Updated 1684d ago
This is a free plugin to protect your WordPress website.
0 installs1,442 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Chatbot Widget for Opulent(0)•Updated 1843d ago
The ideal plugin for stats, related posts, search engine optimization, social sharing, protection, backups, security, and more.
0 installs1,203 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
YouMe ID(0)•Updated 2319d ago
The YouMe ID plugin provides two security features, i.e. an alternative CAPTCHA service and a quick login using smart phones.
0 installs1,195 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
SpotBot(0)•Updated 4560d ago
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 installs1,016 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
LLMS Central – AI Bot Tracker(0)•Updated 208d ago
Track AI bots (GPT, Claude, Gemini) visiting your site and manage your llms.txt file. See which AI systems are crawling your content.
0 installs289 downloads38/100 • Stale
AI Bot Monitor(0)•Updated 209d ago
Tracks and logs AI, Search and Social bots including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Googlebot, Bing and Meta crawlers.
0 installs259 downloads38/100 • Stale
AI Readiness Advisor(0)•Updated 211d ago
Audit AI bot access: logs, verification table, robots.txt viewer, quick test, server snippets, and a public REST ping endpoint.
0 installs215 downloads38/100 • Stale
ScraperGuard – AI Scraper Blocker(0)•Updated 64d ago
Block “good bots” (AI scrapers) by User-Agent. Optional Apache .htaccess rules and WordPress-level blocking with basic stats.
0 installs175 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained
OpenBotAuth – AI Crawler Access Control(0)•Updated 117d ago
Verify AI crawlers with HTTP Signatures and enforce allow/deny/teaser policies; also serves llms.txt and AI-ready feeds.
0 installs147 downloads50/100 • Maintained
0 installs110 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained