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Block AI Crawlers

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

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.6.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 7.0 · PHP 8.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update1 Nov 202622h ago
Active installations2K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.4 / 5 from 8 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Block AI Crawlers version 1.6.3 as active, updated 22h ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Protect Your Content from AI Scraping

txt rules.

Features

Blocks AI Bots and Crawlers

txt file. You can toggle the blocks for each individual crawler.

Blocked crawlers include:

  • 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

json, MIT). md for license attribution.

Experimental Meta Tags

The plugin adds the experimental “noai, noimageai” directive to your site’s meta tags. You can toggle this on and off as needed.

Custom robots.txt Rules

txt file? You can now add them directly through the plugin!

Usage

txt and add the necessary meta tags. No further configuration is required, but you can check the settings page for a full list of blocked crawlers.

Limitations

txt directives.

Support

For questions or support, please post on the forums.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • robots txt
  • ai
  • chatgpt
  • crawlers
  • robots.txt
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 7.0 · PHP 8.2
Update activity1 Nov 202622h ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.6.21.6.3
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.4
WordPress requirement6.97.0
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