Block “good bots” (AI scrapers) by User-Agent. Optional Apache .htaccess rules and WordPress-level blocking with basic stats.
Alternatives to User Agent Blocker
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With the help of WhatIsMyBrowser the plugin detects old and bad browsers and denies them access. A special robots.txt denies crawling by bad bots.
Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
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.
Silently blocks AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot), scrapers and bad bots before WordPress loads - no error signal, and your analytics stay clean.
Blocks the archive.org bots through the WordPress virtual robots.txt file.
Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.
Use geo blocking to block or allow countries, with Cloudflare or a free local GeoIP database and Test Mode to check your rules.
TSI Visitor Blockerv1.4.1
Protect your WordPress site from unwanted visitors, spam, bots, and brute-force attacks with a lightweight and easy-to-use security solution.