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CB Bot Guard

Name: CB Bot Guard
Author: Chris M Ybanez

Stop spam bots, scrapers and request floods before they load WordPress and WooCommerce, and cut server RAM and CPU spikes.

CB Bot Guard ranks #29,783 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #4,635 of 14,124 in the E-commerce category, and was last updated Oct 14, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v1.0.0 Current Version v1.0.0

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 14 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#4,635 of 14,124 in E-commerce Top 50% by installs Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: Oct 14, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Chris M Ybanez

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about CB Bot Guard

No. For a normal visitor the plugin reads one small file and increments one counter. No database queries are added. Blocked bots are answered in a fraction of a millisecond, which frees memory and CPU for real visitors.

No. Requests claiming to be Googlebot, Bingbot, Applebot or Yandex are verified with a reverse DNS lookup. Genuine crawlers are marked as Verified and are never rate limited. Only impostors are blocked.

Add define( 'CBBG_DISABLE', true ); to wp-config.php using SFTP or your host's file manager. If .htaccess blocking was on, also delete the lines between # BEGIN CB Bot Guard and # END CB Bot Guard in .htaccess. Log in, add your IP as "Always allow" in the IP Manager, then remove the line from wp-config.php.

Yes. Tick Site is behind Cloudflare in Settings. For other trusted proxies, use the cbbg_client_ip filter to return the real visitor IP.

Yes. All blocking happens in PHP and works on any server. The optional .htaccess feature only applies to Apache and LiteSpeed servers that read .htaccess files.

Jetpack needs XML-RPC. Turn off Block XML-RPC in Settings. The dashboard reminds you if Jetpack is active.

It works alongside it. CB Bot Guard stops abusive traffic and adds a honeypot, and it raises the score of any IP whose comment your anti-spam plugin marks as spam.

wp-content/uploads/cb-bot-guard/: the compiled blocklist, rate counters and a backup of .htaccess. File names include a random key, and the folder is protected from web access on Apache. wp-content/mu-plugins/cb-bot-guard-loader.php: only if you turn on early blocking. A marked block in .htaccess: only if you turn on .htaccess blocking. Deactivating the plugin removes the loader and the .htaccess block. Deleting the plugin also removes its database tables, settings and uploads folder.

It works per site. Activate it on each site that needs protection.