Best bot detector plugins for WordPress
The most popular bot detector plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BotSieve leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of OwlyCrackGeo (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “bot detector” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 bot detector plugins
- 1.
BotSieveThe most installed bot detector plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
OwlyCrackGeoFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “bot detector”
BotSieve
Down in the last 7 days:9,873#64,651by custonis5 months ago
Detect bots, AI crawlers and suspicious traffic on your WordPress site. Monitor traffic quality in real time with a modern lightweight dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OwlyCrackGeo
#71,308by owlycrackgeo8 days ago
Intelligent AI crawler detection, traffic analytics, robots.txt control, AEO optimization, native IndexNow indexing, and AI firewall.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 9/day