Silently blocks AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot), scrapers and bad bots before WordPress loads - no error signal, and your analytics stay clean.
Alternatives to Botless Core
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WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Add a responsive HTML5, YouTube & Vimeo video player to WordPress posts and pages using a Gutenberg block or shortcode.
Server-side anti-scraping: tells real Googlebot from fakes, blocks AI training bots, rate-limits per IP and locks private XML feeds with a token.
Block AI scrapers, price bots, and content theft from your WordPress & WooCommerce site. robots.txt controls, noai meta tags, rate limiting. Free.
A CAPTCHA alternative with no puzzle. Stops fake signups, spam registrations, form spam and card-testing bots, plus VPN, proxy and Tor traffic.
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Blocks scripted checkout attempts that never loaded your checkout page, including card testing bots that skip CAPTCHA. Classic and block checkout.
Block bad bots, control AI crawlers and review bot traffic with local detection and configurable rules, without CAPTCHAs.
A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.
JTZL's Bot Mazev1.6.2
AI bot protection through invisible trap link mazes — hidden links lure bots into a maze of fake content for detection and blocking.