Block AI Crawlers
by lastsplash (a11n) 4.4 (8 reviews)

Block AI Crawlers

Adds robots.txt rules blocking AI crawlers and AI bots.

Block AI Crawlers ranks #5,192 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, a 4.4/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Aug 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.6.2 Current Version v1.6.2
Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 30 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on
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KW Avg Position
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Rating
88%
Review 4.4 out of 5
4.4 (8 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version
1.6.2
Last Updated
Aug 30, 2026
Requires WP
6.9+
Tested Up To
7.1
PHP Version
8.2 or higher
Author
lastsplash (a11n)

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Rating
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Reviews
8
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to prevent AI companies from scraping their content for training or product use. It blocks dozens of named AI crawlers via robots.txt rules and adds opt-out meta tags, addressing the problem of AI bots scraping site content without consent.

  • Blocks AI bots via robots.txt
  • Toggle individual crawler blocks
  • Blocks OpenAI ChatGPT crawlers
  • Blocks Google Gemini crawlers
  • Blocks Meta and FacebookBot crawlers
  • Adds noai noimageai meta tags
  • Custom robots.txt rules
  • Automatic robots.txt updates

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Block AI Crawlers

No. It tells bots and crawlers that your site shouldn't be used for future training and new datasets. However, it is up to the AI companies to resepect this.
The plugin adds directives to the robots.txt file to tell AI crawlers that they shouldn't index your site. It also adds the noai meta tag to your site's header to do the same.
The block list is generated from the ai.robots.txt project. When that upstream list changes, a GitHub Action opens an issue so the plugin can be rebuilt and released.
If you have a physical robots.txt file on your web server, you won't be able to activate this plugin. The plugin only works when using WordPress' built-in virtual robots.txt.
It should in theory. It just appends the directives to the robots.txt file.
No. Search engines follow different robots.txt rules. My `robots.txt` isn't updated after toggling blocks! The robots.txt file can be cached via your web server, a plugin, or CDN (for example, Cloudflare). Once the cache period expires, the updated robots.txt will be served. You can test by running the following on the command line: curl -sSL 'https://example.com/robots.txt' && echo

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