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Bot Traffic Shield

Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers

by Delower Hossain · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.5 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Bot Traffic Shield has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,070 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 26, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Bot Traffic Shield at a glance

Active installs
600+
Total downloads
3,070
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Bot Traffic Shield 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.

  • Protect Your Content – Stop AI companies from training their models on your hard work
  • Reduce Server Load – Block unwanted traffic that wastes your bandwidth and resources
  • SEO-Safe Blocking – 35+ legitimate search engines and social media indexers are automatically whitelisted and will NEVER be blocked
  • Granular Control – Enable or disable protection against each AI provider individually (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Apple, ByteDance, and more)
  • Real-Time Analytics – Beautiful interactive charts showing blocked traffic trends and bot breakdowns
  • Take Control – Decide exactly who can and cannot access your valuable content

Bot Traffic Shield reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

2 reviews

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  • 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

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

More from Delower Hossain

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
Aug 26, 2026
First published
Oct 15, 2025
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.1
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 Protect Your Content – Stop AI companies from training their models on your hard work, Reduce Server Load – Block unwanted traffic that wastes your bandwidth and resources, SEO-Safe Blocking – 35+ legitimate search engines and social media indexers are automatically whitelisted and will NEVER be blocked, Granular Control – Enable or disable protection against each AI provider individually (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Apple, ByteDance, and more) and Real-Time Analytics – Beautiful interactive charts showing blocked traffic trends and bot breakdowns.

How many active installs does Bot Traffic Shield have?

WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Bot Traffic Shield as of September 7, 2026.

Is Bot Traffic Shield still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 26, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

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.