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Block AI Crawlers

by lastsplash (a11n) · WordPress.org page

v1.6.2 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 8.2+

Block AI Crawlers has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 22,956 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 30, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Block AI Crawlers at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
22,956
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Block AI Crawlers well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • OpenAI – Blocks crawlers used for ChatGPT
  • Google – Blocks crawlers used by Google’s Gemini AI products
  • Meta – Blocks FacebookBot and Meta training crawlers
  • Anthropic – Blocks crawlers used by Claude
  • Perplexity – Blocks crawlers used by Perplexity
  • Apple – Blocks Applebot-Extended
  • Amazon – Blocks Amazonbot
  • …and 150+ more via ai.robots.txt

Block AI Crawlers reviews and ratings

8 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.4 out of 5

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  • too blunt a tool

    Simple, but you're stuck with their blocklist with no way to edit it to allow desired access.

    rcharbonxx

  • thank you!

    very useful, thank you

    veggiegusto

  • Not works with the terrible Google AI Overview

    Please, add a feature to block the Google Al Overview and the same block for Bing index. Thanks

    pizienolamitica

  • Useful plugin

    Great plugin, used it with the opposite intention; i.e., to quickly obtain a list of AI crawlers to later allow on a website ;-)

    kotoedo

  • Thank You

    Seems to do what it does, and let's hope as many sites and companies would obey the robots.txt file. I did have to remove or rename my hand-typed robots.txt file for this work, but after that, I am very happy with the results. My only "issue" with the newly created robots.txt file is that it includes extra lines like the Sitemap line that I want to change, but this may or may not be related to this plugin and I'll figure out how to change those other parts of the robots.txt. Anyway, I like using this plugin together with the "Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection" plugin. Very happy with the results these two plugins did for my Woocommerce store!

    kiyasu

  • Excellent, much needed and off to a good start

    Really appreciate this plugin. Have had it for about 1 month, great to see new updates getting pushed out. The one feature would love to see is how to append or edit to the virtual robots.txt file. Tried using "Block AI Crawlers" plugin in conjunction with the plugin "Virtual Robots.txt" and it's one or the other, can't use both. "Virtual Robots.txt" overrides "Block AI Crawlers".

    scbv

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Details

Adds robots.txt rules blocking AI crawlers and AI bots.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • AI
  • ChatGPT
  • crawlers
  • robots.txt

More from lastsplash (a11n)

Version
1.6.2
Last updated
Aug 30, 2026
First published
Mar 13, 2024
Requires WordPress
6.9
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
8.2
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Block AI Crawlers FAQ

What does Block AI Crawlers do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Block AI Crawlers offers OpenAI – Blocks crawlers used for ChatGPT, Google – Blocks crawlers used by Google’s Gemini AI products, Meta – Blocks FacebookBot and Meta training crawlers, Anthropic – Blocks crawlers used by Claude and Perplexity – Blocks crawlers used by Perplexity.

How many active installs does Block AI Crawlers have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Block AI Crawlers as of September 7, 2026.

Is Block AI Crawlers still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 30, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Block AI Crawlers free?

Block AI Crawlers is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.