by Delower Hossain 5 (2 reviews)

Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers

Name: Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Delower Hossain

A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.

Bot Traffic Shield ranks #8,390 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Aug 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.0.5 Current Version v1.0.5

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 26 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.5
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Delower Hossain

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Reviews: 2
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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners such as content creators, bloggers, news sites, and e-commerce stores who want to protect their content from scraping. It blocks known AI crawlers and data scraper bots by User-Agent, logs blocked attempts, and reduces server load from unwanted bot traffic.

Real-time bot blocking by User-Agent
Pre-configured list of 20+ bots
Advanced logging and analytics
CSV export of block logs
robots.txt Disallow rule integration
Custom User-Agent blocklist entries
Tabbed admin interface
Master on/off blocking switch

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers

Absolutely not. Bot Traffic Shield includes a built-in whitelist of 35+ legitimate search engines and social media indexers (Googlebot, Bingbot, DuckDuckBot, Baiduspider, YandexBot, Twitterbot, LinkedInBot, and many more). These whitelisted bots are checked first before any blocking logic runs, guaranteeing they are never blocked — even if a custom rule would otherwise match them. Your search rankings will remain completely unaffected.

Version 1.0.5 is a major feature update: * Interactive Analytics Dashboard with Chart.js trend graphs and doughnut charts * Granular AI Crawler Toggles to enable/disable each AI provider individually * SEO Safety Whitelist protecting 35+ search engines from accidental blocking * KPI Summary Cards showing total blocks, daily blocks, active rules, and top scraper * Admin Bar Widget with real-time blocked count and quick navigation * 7/14/30-day timeframe switcher for chart analytics

The plugin includes a comprehensive blocklist organized by AI provider: OpenAI: GPTBot, ChatGPT-User Anthropic: ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web Google: Google-Extended (Gemini AI training) Perplexity AI: PerplexityBot ByteDance: Bytespider Meta: FacebookBot, Meta-ExternalAgent Apple: Applebot-Extended (AI training only — standard Applebot is whitelisted) Common Crawl: CCBot Cohere: cohere-ai Amazon: Amazonbot Diffbot: Diffbot Webhose: Omgilibot You.com: YouBot Timpi: Timpibot You can enable or disable each provider individually in the AI Crawler Rules tab.

Go to Settings > Bot Traffic Shield Click on the AI Crawler Rules tab You'll see a grid of AI provider cards with toggle switches Turn off any AI crawler you want to allow Use Select All or Deselect All for quick bulk changes Click Save AI Crawler Rules

Go to Settings > Bot Traffic Shield Click on the General Settings tab Scroll to Custom User Agents to Block Enter the User-Agent string (one per line) Click Save General Settings Example: If you want to block "BadBot/1.0", simply add that line to the textarea.

The Dashboard & Charts tab shows two interactive charts: Blocked Requests Trend (line chart): Shows daily blocked bot counts over time. Use the 7/14/30-day buttons to change the timeframe. Bot Traffic Breakdown (doughnut chart): Shows which AI crawlers are hitting your site most frequently. The KPI cards at the top show your total blocks, today's blocks, number of active AI rules, and the most active scraper bot.

Go to Settings > Bot Traffic Shield Click on the Activity Log tab Scroll to the Export Log to CSV section Choose your date range (7 days, 14 days, 30 days, or all time) Click Download CSV Export The CSV file will download automatically with all blocked bot details, including timestamps, bot names, IP addresses, and User-Agent strings.

Yes! The Activity Log tab shows: * Date and time of each block (UTC) * Bot name / identifier * IP address * Full User-Agent string * Total count of blocked requests Logs are paginated for easy browsing (20 entries per page).

robots.txt - A polite request that well-behaved bots follow (but can be ignored) User-Agent blocking - A hard block that forcibly denies access with a 403 Forbidden response This plugin uses both methods for maximum protection. The robots.txt is for compliant bots, while User-Agent blocking stops aggressive or malicious bots that ignore robots.txt.

No. Bot Traffic Shield is designed to be extremely lightweight: * Runs early in the WordPress load process (priority 1 on init) * Minimal database queries * No external API calls on frontend * O(1) stats lookup for the admin bar widget * Automatic 60-day stats pruning In fact, by blocking unwanted bots, you'll likely see improved server performance.

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