ChatBot Blocker by CellarWeb
by Rick Hellewell · AI
ChatBot Blocker by CellarWeb adds commands to the WordPress virtual robots.txt file to block various chatbots from using your site content.
52 health vs 76 average across 366 AI 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 686 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2023-11-02 · 988 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
24
now · peak 80
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
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2023-11-01 · 985 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-06 20+ → 10+ down after 28 days in band
- 2025-09-08 10+ → 20+ up after 156 days in band
- 2025-04-05 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-03 10+ → 20+ up after 288 days in band
- 2024-06-19 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Jotform – AI Chatbot 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
AI Bud – AI Content Generator, AI Chatbot, ChatGPT, Gemini, GPT-4o 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Block AI Crawlers 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
AI Copilot – ChatGPT Chatbot & AI Engine for Post Automation 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
BotPenguin – Generative AI Chatbot with Live Chat & ChatGPT 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
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