by Delower Hossain
5 (2 reviews)
Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers
A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.
Tested up to WP 6.8.6 (Current: 7.0.2)
v1.0.4
Current Version v1.0.4
Updated 7 months ago
Last Update on 26 Nov, 2025
Refreshed 8 hours ago
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Tracked Keywords
Showing 5 of 5| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
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| AI Spider | 5 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| bad bots | 9 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| stop bots | 9 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| fail2ban | 9 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
| block bots | 13 | — | Tag | 2 days ago |
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- Version
- 1.0.4
- Last Updated
- Nov 26, 2025
- Requires WP
- 6.0+
- Tested Up To
- 6.8.6
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Delower Hossain
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers
No. Bot Traffic Shield specifically targets AI data crawlers and malicious scrapers. It does not block legitimate search engine crawlers like Googlebot, Bingbot, or other SEO-friendly bots. Your search rankings will remain completely unaffected.
The plugin includes a comprehensive blocklist of 20+ known AI crawlers and scrapers, including: ChatGPT-User GPTBot Google-Extended CCBot Bytespider Amazonbot Applebot Claude-Web Anthropic-AI And many more... You can view the complete default list in the Default Blocklist tab in settings.
Go to Settings > Bot Traffic Shield Scroll to Custom User Agents to Block Enter the User-Agent string (one per line) Click Save Settings Example: If you want to block "BadBot/1.0", simply add that line to the textarea.
Go to Settings > Bot Traffic Shield Click on the Block Log & Stats tab Scroll to the Export Logs (CSV) section Choose your date range (7 days, 30 days, or all time) Click Export CSV The CSV file will download automatically with all blocked bot details.
Yes! The Block Log & Stats tab shows: * Date and time of each block * Bot name * Full User-Agent string * IP address * 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 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 * Minimal database queries * No external API calls * Negligible performance impact In fact, by blocking unwanted bots, you'll likely see improved server performance.
Yes. Simply toggle the Enable Bot Blocking switch to OFF in the settings. You can re-enable it at any time without losing your custom configuration.
Yes. Disabling logging will clear all existing logs and stop recording new blocks. If you want to keep your logs, export them to CSV before disabling.
Yes. Bot Traffic Shield works at a very early stage of WordPress, before most caching plugins, ensuring bots are blocked regardless of cache status.