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AI Scraping Protector

by Debashish Mondal · Security

Protect your WordPress content from AI scraping bots with advanced detection, rate limiting, and security measures.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
69 Health · C
Maintenance 62/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

69 health vs 64 average across 997 Security 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.

80 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 70/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 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 2025-01-20 · 589 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+145% vs prior 30d
10Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

370

now · peak 370

37030d downloads · Sep 26

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 Scraping Protecto · #14452 you Wordfence Security · #11 Hostinger Tools · #20 Really Simple Securi · #17

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

3.7Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.0y ago

latest release · v1.1.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.0 · 1.0y ago1.0.0 · 1.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈170

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

At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 653 days.

Install history · since 2025-01-23 · 543 observations

100Installs · Sep 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
1.1.0
Last updated
1.0y ago
Added
2025-01-20 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. tinaponting
    1.5y ago

    Good, but why did I get a page: Visit Kosovo? This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by tinaponting.

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  2. bizedkhan71
    1.6y ago

    The AI Scraping Protector is a fantastic WordPress plugin for safeguarding content. Its features like content protection, bot detection, rate limiting, and individual page security work effectively. Plus, it’s privacy-friendly as it doesn’t collect personal data. Highly recommended for keeping your site secure!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-28 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-25 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-23 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-18 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-16 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-11 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-10 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-06 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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AI Scraping Protector: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ai-scraping-protector