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AI Scrape Protect

by Daan Verbaan · AI

Protect your website from AI scraping by adding opt-out instructions to your robots.txt file and including meta tags in the HTML ``.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 77 average across 279 AI plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

91 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-09-17 · 668 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-66% vs prior 30d
Sep 24
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

130

now · peak 391

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

AI Scrape Protect · #11453 Block AI Crawlers · #5479 Wordfence Security · #11 Hostinger Tools · #20

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 144 days.

Install history · since 2024-09-18 · 665 observations

Details

Version
5.0
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2024-09-18 · 1 yr on WP
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
8.0

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-03-11 100+ → 200+ up after 169 days in band
  2. 2025-09-23 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
  3. 2025-09-21 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
  4. 2025-09-20 90+ → 100+ up after 13 days in band
  5. 2025-09-07 80+ → 90+ up after 17 days in band
  6. 2025-08-21 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
  7. 2025-08-17 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
  8. 2025-08-16 70+ → 80+ up after 16 days in band

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AI Scrape Protect: 200+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ai-scrape-protect