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ScraperGuard – AI Scraper Blocker

by KNEET · AI

Also makes 5 other plugins · 1.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

Block “good bots” (AI scrapers) by User-Agent. Optional Apache .htaccess rules and WordPress-level blocking with basic stats.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
76 Health · B
Maintenance 89/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

76 health vs 75 average across 1,572 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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2026-03-03 · 182 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-22% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

32

now · peak 59

3230d downloads · Sep 26

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

ScraperGuard · #53879 you Spider Blocker · #1255 News-Parser · #16259 All in One SEO · #21

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

6mo ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 6mo ago

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
0–0 ≈0

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

Install history · since 2026-03-17 · 126 observations

0Installs · Sep 26

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
6mo ago
Added
2026-03-14
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.4

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Dutch (Belgium) 73%
Dutch 55%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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ScraperGuard – AI Scraper Blocker: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/scraperguard