Best bot blocker plugins for WordPress
The most popular bot blocker plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Better Robots.txt leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of BitFire Security (300+) and DevDome Bot Protection (200+). All 13 plugins tagged “bot blocker” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bot blocker plugins
- 1.
Better Robots.txtThe most installed bot blocker plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 102 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
BitFire Security300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
DevDome Bot Protection200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Invisible Anti Spam for Contact Form 7 (Simple No-Bot)200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
AI Scraping Protector100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
WhoKnew Shield30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Bravo Crawl Hunter20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
CB Bot Guard20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 9.
AI Crawlers Visibility, Analytics & Control10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Nullis Shield10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “bot blocker”
Better Robots.txt
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,048by Pagup12 days ago
Replace the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can preview before publishing, with Free, Pro, and Premium ed …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(102)
- Downloads
- 102/day
BitFire Security
Up in the last 7 days:30#10,296by Cory Marsh1 month ago
Free WordPress firewall, bot blocking, login protection, and malware scanning. See suspicious traffic and investigate threats from your dashboard.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
DevDome Bot Protection
Up in the last 7 days:40#11,984by DevDome23 days ago
Block bad bots, control AI crawlers and review bot traffic with local detection and configurable rules, without CAPTCHAs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 77/day
Invisible Anti Spam for Contact Form 7 (Simple No-Bot)
Up in the last 7 days:1#12,848by lilaeamedia6 years ago
Simple, lightweight, no captcha, no configuration. Just works.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
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
WhoKnew Shield
#24,443by WhoKnew.io2 months ago
Security plugin blocking spam bots from harvesting email addresses, phone numbers & addresses. Dual-layer anti-spam protection with auto-detection.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bravo Crawl Hunter
#26,384by Jumedeen khan1 month ago
The best AI Crawl Blocker for WordPress. Block AI crawlers, AI scrapers, bad bots, spam bots, and other unwanted bots.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CB Bot Guard
Up in the last 7 days:798#28,171by Chris M Ybanez26 days ago
Stop spam bots, scrapers and request floods before they load WordPress and WooCommerce, and cut server RAM and CPU spikes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Crawlers Visibility, Analytics & Control
#28,754by miniOrange1 month ago
Monitor AI crawlers and MCP traffic, inventory agents and tools, control access, and improve AI visibility with llms.txt, Visibility Score, and readin …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Nullis Shield
Up in the last 7 days:479#29,008by Edward Samuel (Enigmaking)1 month ago
A Prevention-First security engine that eliminates bots before they hit your database. Lightweight, zero-bloat, and incredibly fast.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fstyle Honeypot Bot Blocker
#36,313by fstylegear095432 days ago
Blocks bad bots and vulnerability scanners by IP when they hit a robots.txt trap or probe .env, .git or wp-config backups. No external service.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day
Predax Security
Down in the last 7 days:3,241#65,701by Predax24 days ago
Blocks VPNs, proxies, Tor, datacenter IPs and bad bots. Plus firewall, login protection and country blocking. Free plan, no card needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ddosNull AI Crawler & Scraper Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:1,868#74,010by ddosnull1 month ago
Block GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Bytespider and 170+ AI crawlers and scrapers, bot by bot. Blocks by user agent and robots.txt. Optional daily list updates.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day