Best anti-scraping plugins for WordPress
The most popular anti-scraping plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. AI Scraping Protector leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Selective Image Guard (100+) and JTZL's Bot Maze (50+). All 16 plugins tagged “anti-scraping” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 anti-scraping plugins
- 1.
AI Scraping ProtectorThe most installed anti-scraping plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Selective Image Guard100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
JTZL's Bot Maze50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Init Content Protector40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Kripanov Anticopia40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 6.
Copyfend30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
HumanGate10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Gexiro Content ProtectionFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 9.
Agent AI Bot ProtectFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
RobArt Image GuardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
All 16 plugins tagged “anti-scraping”
AI Scraping Protector
Down in the last 7 days:80#14,919by Debashish Mondal1 year ago
Protect your WordPress content from AI scraping bots with advanced detection, rate limiting, and security measures.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Selective Image Guard
Up in the last 7 days:55#15,718by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
Protect your images from unauthorized downloads and scraping.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JTZL's Bot Maze
Up in the last 7 days:674#21,272by jtzl2 months ago
AI bot protection through invisible trap link mazes — hidden links lure bots into a maze of fake content for detection and blocking.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Init Content Protector
Up in the last 7 days:199#21,513by Init HTML1 month ago
Protect your content from copying, scraping, and inspection using JS blocking, keyword cloaking, noise injection, and optional full encryption.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Kripanov Anticopia
Up in the last 7 days:574#21,816by kripanov1 month ago
Anti-copy protection: disables right-click, text selection, copy, paste, keyboard shortcuts, mobile long-press and browser inspection tools.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Copyfend
Down in the last 7 days:50#24,300by lofitec2 months ago
Layered, SEO-safe protection against content theft: anti-copy, forced attribution, server-side anti-scraping, DMCA tools and a forensic watermark.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HumanGate
#31,452by DarkAI10 months ago
Protect your content from AI training crawlers and scraping bots. Add refusal signals, enforce blocks, and deter large-scale extraction.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Gexiro Content Protection
#49,569by Gexiro2 days ago
Protect WordPress articles and images against casual copying with right-click, text selection, clipboard, and drag-and-drop protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 37/day
Agent AI Bot Protect
Up in the last 7 days:7,588#55,195by botshield1 year ago
Agent AI Bot Protect protects your WordPress content from AI scraping bots, preventing unauthorized data harvesting for AI training.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RobArt Image Guard
#58,066by Rob Art1 day ago
Keep your original images off the public web, defeat automated scrapers, and add visible watermarks — with a Pro evidence trail for takedowns.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ScrapeFence Content Protection
Up in the last 7 days:1,311#60,560by junjie20292 months ago
Stop scrapers, block bots, and protect your content — all without hurting your SEO. ScrapeFence uses smart honeypots, rate limiting, and IP controls t …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Anonympins Bot Mitigation with Proof-of-Work
Up in the last 7 days:9,730#62,107by anonympins26 days ago
High-performance client-side anti-bot protection and Proof-of-Work challenge verification for WordPress without third-party CAPTCHA.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bender
Down in the last 7 days:8,048#63,041by OpenCluster2 months ago
Protect your images from scrapers, hotlinking, and theft with mosaic tiling, watermarking, and IPTC copyright metadata — without hurting SEO or speed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Bot Lockout
#70,378by kognetiks1 year ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin that protects your site from AI scrapers and bad bots using cryptographic JavaScript challenges.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ScrapeLock
Down in the last 7 days:12,255#70,889by CodeBunny2 days ago
Block AI scrapers like GPTBot, catch fake Googlebot, rate-limit content scraping per IP and guard WooCommerce. Runs on your server, no account.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 96/day
Content Heal AI Crawler Protection & Honeypot Shield
Down in the last 7 days:2,029#71,689by piyushsingh1422 days ago
Block unauthorized AI crawlers from scraping your content and monetize verified bot access.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day