Best bots plugins for WordPress

BBQ Firewall

#346

by Jeff Starr2 days ago

The fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.

Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA

#708

by Robert Peake5 months ago

Adds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your Wordpress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages.

Shield Security

Down in the last 7 days:1#938

by Paul11 days ago

Smart WordPress security that blocks bots automatically, guides you to what matters, and repairs problems — without drowning you in noise.

Blackhole for Bad Bots

Down in the last 7 days:2#1,043

by Jeff Starr2 days ago

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.

Spider Blocker

Down in the last 7 days:21#1,414

by Niteo2 years ago

SpiderBlocker will block most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog.

WP-Ban

Down in the last 7 days:4#2,374

by Lester Chan3 months ago

Ban users by IP, IP range, host name, user agent and referrer URL from visiting your WordPress blog.

Banhammer

Down in the last 7 days:6#5,759

by Jeff Starr3 days ago

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

Magic robots.txt

Up in the last 7 days:14#6,343

by ABCdatos2 months ago

This plugin automatically creates a robots.txt analyzing your site to improve your Google ranking and site performance.

GM Block Bots

Down in the last 7 days:8#7,338

by mickmel9 years ago

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.

Block Comment Spam Bots

Down in the last 7 days:11#7,386

by Rick Hellewell2 years ago

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

SEOS

Down in the last 7 days:66#10,994

by seosbg5 days ago

Visitor statistics that separate real people from bots, plus Googlebot and AI crawler tracking, Core Web Vitals and SEO meta tags.

VPN Guard

Down in the last 7 days:44#12,700

by vpndeals9 months ago

Ultimate VPN/Proxy Shield Blocker! Real-time IP defense. Target Anything: Logins, Checkout, Post Types, URLs & more!. 1000 Free Daily API Checks!

WP Simple SpamCheck

Down in the last 7 days:10#13,029

by sdesalas14 years ago

This plugin allows WordPress to block over 95% of spam comments using a time-based hash.

Block Editor for ManyChat

Up in the last 7 days:46#15,210

by simbco6 years ago

Easily add ManyChat widgets to your site.

Richpanel

Up in the last 7 days:202#15,355

by Richpanel Team1 year ago

Free Live Chat & Help desk for WooCommerce. Integrate in 2 mins.

TrafficGuard PPC Fraud Prevention

Up in the last 7 days:78#15,647

by Trafficguard8 months ago

Protect your Google Ads budget with TrafficGuard's PPC protection.

Zero Budget Bot Shield

Down in the last 7 days:84#16,612

by Sam9 months ago

Free, lightweight WordPress plugin that blocks bots by country and prevents abuse via repeated 404 errors. Perfect for small organizations.

reCAPTCHA Lite

Down in the last 7 days:8#17,461

by Malik Naik6 years ago

Integrate the Google's reCAPTCHA Google's reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox or v3 into the forms and protect your site from bots, brute-force attacks, s …

Replytocom Controller

Down in the last 7 days:60#18,449

by ClaytonL10 years ago

Replytocom Controller lets remove "?replytocom" from comment reply urls and redirect bots who try to use it anyway.

ParseLess

Down in the last 7 days:189#19,387

by phalkmin26 days ago

Serve AI the good version of your content, see which bots really read it, and cap what they cost you. Markdown for crawlers and agents — 95%+ less ban …

EDH Bad Bots

Up in the last 7 days:22#21,235

by EncodeDotHost5 months ago

A smart WordPress plugin that automatically blocks malicious bots and crawlers that ignore your site's robots.txt file.

Traffic Jammer

Up in the last 7 days:218#21,484

by Carey1 year ago

Safeguard your site from malicious activity and unwanted visitors by effortlessly managing IP blocks through the dashboard or command line ingerface.

Log-Hero.com Plugin

Up in the last 7 days:596#21,589

by Log Hero6 days ago

See which search engines, AI crawlers and other bots visit your site, and what they find. The official plugin for log-hero.com.

CeeWP Robots.txt Manager

Down in the last 7 days:352#21,899

by CeeWP1 year ago

Easily manage your WordPress site's virtual robots.txt file with custom rules. No physical file needed!

AI Deny

Up in the last 7 days:2,050#23,578

by Code For Broke1 month ago

Block 30+ AI crawlers in your robots.txt, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot and CCBot, and choose exactly which bots get in.

Temso AI

#25,957

by Temso AI2 months ago

Stream front-end request logs from your WordPress origin to Temso so AI-crawler and bot traffic shows up in your dashboard.

Azayem Bots Tracker

Up in the last 7 days:64#26,563

by botstracker10 months ago

A custom plugin to log search engine bot visits and analyze their crawl budget directly inside WordPress (no external services required).

BotZoom

Up in the last 7 days:1,108#27,065

by wned1 month ago

Blocks bots that scan your site for leaks, stops brute-force logins and keeps a local log. No account and no external service needed.

CF LLMS Stats Tracker

#28,488

by carlosfabuel10 months ago

Generates a dynamic llms.txt file for AI crawlers and tracks visitor statistics with detailed bot analysis.

MH User Activity Monitor

Up in the last 7 days:808#29,099

by Mailhilfe4 months ago

Live monitoring for WordPress visitors, users, WooCommerce carts, bots and suspicious requests with privacy-friendly options.

Botsify Chatbot Widget

Down in the last 7 days:29#30,038

by shaikhabdulqadir5 years ago

The ideal plugin for stats, related posts, search engine optimization, social sharing, protection, backups, security, and more.

OtterlyAI Agent Analytics

Up in the last 7 days:11,372#35,217

by OtterlyAI1 month ago

Reports every AI crawler and bot request on your site to OtterlyAI Agent Analytics. Runs server-side, in the background.

SEObot Monitor for Googlebot, Bingbot and search engine spiders

Down in the last 7 days:5,073#44,717

by Santiago Alonso5 years ago

With SEObot Monitor for Googlebot you will be able to dump the server logs to Google Analytics, easily and automatically. This will allow you to dete …

PufferSights

Down in the last 7 days:3,710#45,014

by senols1 month ago

Monitor 135+ known AI crawlers and agents with local analytics, AI referrals, llms.txt, and opt-in robots.txt policy tools.

Remove WP Engine 404 for Bots

#46,290

by Jeremy Pry12 years ago

WP Engine has a custom 404 page for bots. This plugin removes that customization.

Fogata BOTS

#47,187

by heduluna7 years ago

Say goodbye to bad customer service! With Fogata BOTS your customers will receive an instant answer 24/7. Our platform was designed to be friendly and …

The I.T. Bear Guardian

#48,997

by theitbear4 days ago

Stops hackers and AI bots that rush the site. You choose how firm. wp-admin stays open. Available directly on WordPress.org.

Spuncin

Down in the last 7 days:57#50,404

by spuncin2 months ago

Blocks AI crawlers that collect your content to train models. Search engines and link previews are never touched.

BotObservatory

#50,668

by traveliaq2 months ago

Observe human and machine traffic, identify suspicious automation, and optionally quarantine aggressive scrapers.

Imedes AI Bot Verify

Up in the last 7 days:9,129#54,690

by imedes2 months ago

Verify supported AI bot identities, allow legitimate agents, and block spoofed claims.

Frontiers Hide Author Name

Up in the last 7 days:10,468#55,059

by Edwin Bekedam7 months ago

Just Hides the author name from your WordPress blog.

AI Readiness Advisor

Up in the last 7 days:1,943#55,112

by BMoore1 year ago

Audit AI bot access: logs, verification table, robots.txt viewer, quick test, server snippets, and a public REST ping endpoint.

Agent Stamp

#55,132

by nadavkli8 days ago

Find the AI-agent sales your WooCommerce store is losing. See every agent from product to checkout, why it stopped, the cart value, and the fix.

Botmetria

#56,470

by Botmetria2 months ago

See which AI bots read your store, attribute visits and orders coming from AI assistants, and control which AI crawlers get access.

Ultimate Captcha reCAPTCHA Plugin for WordPress

Up in the last 7 days:6,909#57,476

by ExpressTech Systems5 years ago

This is a free plugin to protect your WordPress website.

Agurel AI Agent Monitor

Down in the last 7 days:4,370#58,037

by ahmtgurel8 days ago

See which AI agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and more) visit your WordPress site, and which pages they look at.

Referenced

#59,184

by Referenced AI4 days ago

See which AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and more) read which pages of your site. No visitor data, no front-end changes.

OpenBotAuth

Up in the last 7 days:2,127#60,601

by hammadtq9 months ago

Verify AI crawlers with HTTP Signatures and enforce allow/deny/teaser policies; also serves llms.txt and AI-ready feeds.

YouMe ID

#60,834

by youmeid6 years ago

The YouMe ID plugin provides two security features, i.e. an alternative CAPTCHA service and a quick login using smart phones.

PSB Bot Traffic Controller

Down in the last 7 days:9,786#61,006

by paulborile21 days ago

Block, limit, or allow AI crawlers, search bots, and scrapers by category — with rate limiting and robots.txt generation.