Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers
by Delower Hossain · AI
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈800 estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 57/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
86 health vs 77 average across 3,395 AI plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,010 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bot traffic | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| bot detection | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| bad bots your tag | #4 | #13 | up 1 |
| block ai crawlers | #4 | #8 | up 2 |
| stop bots your tag | #5 | #15 | 0 |
| ai spider your tag | #5 | #6 | down 1 |
| bots | #8 | #19 | up 2 |
| crawlers | #8 | #18 | 0 |
| bot | #8 | #18 | up 1 |
| bot tracking | #5 | #15 | down 1 |
| stop bad bots | #3 | #8 | up 1 |
| block bots your tag | #9 | #18 | up 2 |
| bad | #9 | #20 | up 1 |
| ai bots | #10 | #16 | up 1 |
| ai crawler your tag | #10 | #13 | up 2 |
| bad bot | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| traffic | #12 | #20 | down 1 |
| ai crawlers | #10 | #14 | up 8 |
| support bot | #8 | #19 | down 1 |
| ai bot | #8 | #12 | 0 |
133 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 90 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “bot tracking”, “ai bot” and “bot” (#5, #8 and #8 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 16 Oct 2025 · 381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.2K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
5d ago
latest release · v2.0.1 · 26 Oct 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 800.
At the current install trend, crossing 900+ in roughly 42 days.
Install history since 15 Oct 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tinaponting6mo ago
Why is it not any update?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jimk1111.0y ago
Amazing – this plugin has been so effective in a very short time blocking “visitor bots” I have never even heard of. Easy to install I am grateful for the reduced rubbish traffic. Thank You
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your c..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Slack, Discord, Telegram, OpenAI and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 9,231 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("AI Spider", "bad bots", "block bots", "stop bots" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-22 700+ → 800+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-10-03 600+ → 700+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2026-09-06 500+ → 600+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 400+ → 500+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2026-05-20 300+ → 400+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 200+ → 300+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2026-02-20 100+ → 200+ up after 75 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 90+ → 100+ up after 3 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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CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
DevDome Bot Protection: Bot Blocker and AI Crawler Control 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
ShieldUp – Bad Bots, Scrapers, Attackers 80+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
EdgeShaping Lite – AI Bot Visibility vs Human Traffic 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Kennedy Site Scout 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
WP Rankify – AI SEO, Schema JSON-LD & AI Content Optimizer 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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