Best bots plugins for WordPress

BBQ Firewall

#346

by Jeff Starr3 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 Paul12 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:1#1,042

by Jeff Starr3 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:38#1,431

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:5#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:9#5,755

by Jeff Starr4 days ago

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

Magic robots.txt

Down in the last 7 days:3#6,350

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:23#7,349

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:18#7,392

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:50#10,970

by seosbg6 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

Up in the last 7 days:15#12,658

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:20#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

Down in the last 7 days:7#15,232

by simbco6 years ago

Easily add ManyChat widgets to your site.

TrafficGuard PPC Fraud Prevention

Up in the last 7 days:314#15,467

by Trafficguard8 months ago

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

Richpanel

Down in the last 7 days:398#15,592

by Richpanel Team1 year ago

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

Zero Budget Bot Shield

Down in the last 7 days:84#16,526

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:120#17,539

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

Up in the last 7 days:111#18,414

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:46#19,258

by phalkmin28 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:199#21,066

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:339#21,473

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:495#21,666

by Log Hero7 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:517#22,058

by CeeWP1 year ago

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

AI Deny

#23,511

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

#25,842

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.

BotZoom

Up in the last 7 days:1,430#26,342

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.

Azayem Bots Tracker

Down in the last 7 days:12#26,713

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).

CF LLMS Stats Tracker

#28,207

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

Up in the last 7 days:22#29,777

by shaikhabdulqadir5 years ago

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

Fogata BOTS

Up in the last 7 days:7,379#40,033

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 …

OtterlyAI Agent Analytics

#44,698

by OtterlyAI1 month ago

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

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.

SEObot Monitor for Googlebot, Bingbot and search engine spiders

Down in the last 7 days:1,928#48,469

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 …

SysRadar

Up in the last 7 days:22,633#50,021

by SysWP5 months ago

Server-side analytics. Sees 100% of traffic (including bots and attackers), real Web Vitals, UTM attribution, rage clicks. Privacy-first.

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.

SeoNova Bot Radar

#53,106

by edison722 days ago

Bot traffic radar: who visits your site, what they are after, and what they cost you in money.

SEOmarketeer Bot Flagger

Up in the last 7 days:5,489#53,160

by seomarketeer1 month ago

Logs every request and tells you what it really is: a person, a search engine, an AI crawler, your own cache, or an attack.

OpenBotAuth

Up in the last 7 days:8,881#53,695

by hammadtq9 months ago

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

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.

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.

Bot Storm Radar

Down in the last 7 days:2,246#55,525

by Rafael Minuesa28 days ago

Sees the bot swarms that per-address tools miss, says in plain words when a storm is running, and refuses scanner probes before a page is built.

Posterna

#55,946

by posterna5 days ago

See which AI agents and crawlers visit your site and whether they are who they say they are. Monitor only: it labels and counts, never blocks.

YouMe ID

#56,170

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.

The I.T. Bear Guardian

#56,667

by theitbear5 days ago

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

Botmetria

#57,437

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.

PSB Bot Traffic Controller

#58,719

by paulborile22 days ago

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