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Block Chat GPT via robots.txt

by apasionados · Uncategorized

Blocks the ChatGPT-User bot that is used by plugins in ChatGPT to crawl websites through the WordPress virtual robots.txt file

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 9/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 62 average across 5,349 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

55 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 18/100
WP compatibility 60/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1074 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2023-04-05 · 1,199 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-34% vs prior 30d
Apr 23
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

37

now · peak 254

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

Block Chat GPT via r · #15991 Block Archive.org vi · #9418 Robots.txt rewrite · #5875 Robots.txt Editor · #1893

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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

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

Install history · since 2023-04-04 · 1,197 observations

Details

Version
2.0.0
Last updated
2.9y ago
Added
2023-04-04 · 3 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
6.3.8
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-29 200+ → 100+ down after 174 days in band
  2. 2024-06-08 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in band
  3. 2024-05-31 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2024-05-29 100+ → 200+ up after 265 days in band
  5. 2023-09-07 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in band
  6. 2023-09-01 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
  7. 2023-08-29 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
  8. 2023-08-26 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band

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Block Chat GPT via robots.txt: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/block-chat-gpt-via-robots-txt