AI Content Signals vs Block AI Crawlers

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

AI Content Signals

by Fernando Tellado

Health A85

Block AI Crawlers

by lastsplash (a11n)

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

AI Content Signals Block AI Crawlers

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	AI Content Signals	Block AI Crawlers
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+775% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	4.09★
Reviews	3	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	28d ago
Downloads · 30d	1.8K	2.4K ✓
Category	AI	AI

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

AI Content Signals Block AI Crawlers

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.