AI Scraping Protector
by Debashish Mondal · Security
Protect your WordPress content from AI scraping bots with advanced detection, rate limiting, and security measures.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈140 estimated
Momentum
-8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ai protection” for “scraping”. “ai protection” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “scraping” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
66 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 3.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,060 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 427 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 16d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 16d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti scraping your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| scraping | #4 | #16 | down 2 |
| protector | #9 | #11 | 0 |
| ai scraping protection | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| content protector | #9 | #10 | 0 |
| ai blocker | #22 | #21 | up 2 |
| ai protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bot blocker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “ai protection” for “scraping”. “ai protection” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “scraping” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 20 Jan 2025 · 650 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 546 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 31 Aug 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 43% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tinaponting1.6y ago
Good, but why did I get a page: Visit Kosovo? This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by tinaponting.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bizedkhan711.8y 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!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Protect your WordPress content from AI scraping bots with advanced detection, rate limiting, and security m..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions ChatGPT, Claude.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,083 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("ai-protection", "anti-scraping", "bot blocker" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-28 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-16 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-11 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-10 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
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Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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