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Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers

by Delower Hossain · AI

A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.

⚠ Few reviews
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77 Health · B
Maintenance 81
Rating quality 76
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2025-10-16 · 272 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-17%
Oct 25
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

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

modeled estimate
500–600 ≈550

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 47 days.

Install trend · reconstructed from 270 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.0.4
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2025-10-15
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-10 400+ → 500+ up after 51 days in band
  2. 2026-05-20 300+ → 400+ up after 47 days in band
  3. 2026-04-03 200+ → 300+ up after 42 days in band
  4. 2026-02-20 100+ → 200+ up after 75 days in band
  5. 2025-12-07 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
  6. 2025-12-04 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
  7. 2025-12-01 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in band
  8. 2025-11-22 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in band

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Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers: 500+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bot-traffic-shield