Bot Traffic Shield
Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers
by Delower Hossain · WordPress.org page · Website
Bot Traffic Shield has 800+ active installs on WordPress.org and 5,486 downloads all time. It was downloaded 1,802 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on September 28, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Bot Traffic Shield at a glance
Is Bot Traffic Shield well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Install and activate the plugin
- Bot Traffic Shield immediately starts blocking known AI bots
- Visit the Dashboard & Charts tab to monitor blocked traffic visually
- Fine-tune protection in the AI Crawler Rules tab by toggling individual providers
- Optionally control regional search engines in the Search Engine Rules tab
- Check the Activity Log tab for detailed block records
- Export logs for analysis or record-keeping
Bot Traffic Shield reviews and ratings
5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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This plugin does what it says!
I'm using server level security measures and Cloudflare Pro. Bots were still hammering my site and my CPU usage was through the roof. Other WordPress firewall plugins were not effective, or they were putting up too many barriers to legitimate traffic. This started blocking bots immediately and showed me exactly what was being blocked. It's exactly what I needed, thank you for making this plugin.
Dan Greene -
It works, but its features were limited, but now fixed.
I tried it and it does what you say. The problem is that it lacks one important feature for our site, the ability to determine which bots to allow and which to block. For example a site that is regional in its scope, such as ours, has no reason to allow Yandex or Baidu. PLEASE NOTE: The developer has addressed my concern, which I really appreciate, and have given it 5 stars.
darkangel1 -
Works great – simple and effective
Really solid plugin. Installs in seconds, starts blocking AI bots right away, and the analytics dashboard is clean and useful. Love that you can toggle individual crawlers and that real search engines stay completely safe. Lightweight, no fuss, does exactly what it should. Highly recommend.
wphelps0130 -
No update
Why is it not any update?
tinaponting -
First Class Plugin !
Amazing - this plugin has been so effective in a very short time blocking "visitor bots" I have never even heard of. Easy to install I am grateful for the reduced rubbish traffic. Thank You
jimk111
Download and install history
2,484 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Details
A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- AI Spider
- ai-crawler
- bad bots
- block bots
- stop bots
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- Version
- 1.0.6
- Last updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- First published
- Oct 15, 2025
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Bot Traffic Shield FAQ
What does Bot Traffic Shield do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Bot Traffic Shield offers Install and activate the plugin, Bot Traffic Shield immediately starts blocking known AI bots, Visit the Dashboard & Charts tab to monitor blocked traffic visually, Fine-tune protection in the AI Crawler Rules tab by toggling individual providers and Optionally control regional search engines in the Search Engine Rules tab.
How many active installs does Bot Traffic Shield have?
WordPress.org reports 800+ active installs for Bot Traffic Shield as of October 22, 2026.
Is Bot Traffic Shield still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 28, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Is Bot Traffic Shield free?
Bot Traffic Shield is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.