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ParseLess

60+ installs · #19,387 most popular

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Block AI Crawlers

Shares 2 of ParseLess's 5 tags.

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Blackhole for Bad Bots

30K+ active installs.

Best rated

Blackhole for Bad Bots

4.7 out of 5 from 148 reviews.

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Blackhole for Bad Bots

Updated on Nov 6, 2026.

1. 1

   Block AI Crawlers

   by lastsplash (a11n)

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

   Installs

   2K+

   Rank

   #4,875

   Rating

   4.4(8)

   Updated

   7 days ago

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2. 2

   Blackhole for Bad Bots

   by Jeff Starr

   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.

   Installs

   30K+

   Rank

   #1,043

   Rating

   4.7(148)

   Updated

   2 days ago

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3. 3

   Ultimate Markdown

   by DAEXT

   Generate articles from a Markdown file, bulk import and export Markdown documents, create Markdown documents from an editor, and more.

   Installs

   2K+

   Rank

   #4,888

   Rating

   4.0(10)

   Updated

   2 months ago

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4. 4

   Import Markdown

   by DAEXT

   Import Markdown lets you easily generate posts based on Markdown files.

   Installs

   2K+

   Rank

   #4,539

   Rating

   5.0(1)

   Updated

   5 days ago

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5. 5

   Markdown Editor (Formerly Dark Mode)

   by azizultex

   Quickly edit content in your WordPress site by getting an immersive, peaceful and natural writing experience with the coolest editor.

   Installs

   1K+

   Rank

   #6,585

   Rating

   3.3(86)

   Updated

   11 months ago

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6. 6

   Markup Markdown

   by Pierre-Henri Lavigne

   Disable Wordpress's native Gutenberg or TinyMCE editor in favor of a Markdown editor.

   Installs

   1K+

   Rank

   #6,270

   Rating

   5.0(11)

   Updated

   2 months ago

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7. 7

   Banhammer

   by Jeff Starr

   Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.

   Installs

   1K+

   Rank

   #5,759

   Rating

   4.4(19)

   Updated

   3 days ago

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8. 8

   Block Comment Spam Bots

   by Rick Hellewell

   A simple to use plugin that stops automated spam. Install and forget, and any automated spam targeting your native WordPress comments is immediately t …

   Installs

   800+

   Rank

   #7,386

   Rating

   5.0(4)

   Updated

   2 years ago

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9. 9

   GM Block Bots

   by mickmel

   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.

   Installs

   800+

   Rank

   #7,338

   Rating

   4.4(16)

   Updated

   9 years ago

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10. 10

    LLMs.txt and LLMs-Full.txt Generator

    by visibility.so

    Generate structured llms.txt files for WordPress to optimize AI model interaction with your content.

    Installs

    4K+

    Rank

    #3,229

    Rating

    5.0(7)

    Updated

    3 months ago

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    VigIA

    by Fernando Tellado

    Monitor 60+ AI crawlers, control access via robots.txt, and boost your AI visibility with llms.txt, JSON-LD, Markdown for Agents & Visibility Score.

    Installs

    2K+

    Rank

    #4,951

    Rating

    5.0(19)

    Updated

    6 days ago

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