Stop AI crawlers from scraping your WordPress site
AI Crawler Guard detects, blocks, and allows AI bots like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and Perplexity—without breaking social previews or SEO. Install it once and take control of your content.
Works with WordPress 5.8+ • No coding required • Privacy-friendly
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The problem
AI scrapers drain value from your content
- •AI crawlers silently scrape your content to train large language models.
- •Traditional security plugins don’t focus on GPTBot or AI-specific crawlers.
- •Aggressive blocking breaks social previews and search integrations.
- •You have zero visibility into which AI bots are hitting your site.
The solution
Precision controls for every AI bot
- •Automatically detect modern AI crawlers by User-Agent and traffic patterns.
- •Block or allow AI bots from a simple dashboard.
- •Social bots are allowed by default so previews never break.
- •See exactly which bots hit which URLs and when they did it.
Feature highlights
What AI Crawler Guard does for you
Everything you need to detect, block, and allow AI crawlers without crashing your site.
Detect modern AI bots
Identify GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and more with an up-to-date AI crawler list.
Block with one toggle
Enable “Block known AI crawlers” and stop AI scrapers instantly—no .htaccess hacks required.
Crawler trust & history
Track first seen, last seen, total hits, and allowed vs blocked per crawler at a glance.
Clean activity logs
Log each AI hit with bot name, URL, masked IP, and action taken for complete visibility.
Custom bot rules
Add your own bot patterns and mark them as AI, social, search, or custom categories.
Safe by default
Social bots like FacebookBot, Twitterbot, and LinkedInBot are allowed by default so previews never break.
How it works
Three steps to lock down AI crawlers
Install the plugin
Add AI Crawler Guard from your WordPress admin or upload the ZIP—no coding required.
Choose your mode
Enable “Block known AI crawlers” to automatically block AI bots, or choose “Allow all crawlers” to permit all bots while still tracking activity.
Watch the AI hits
See every AI crawler that knocks, allow or block individual bots as needed, and export logs if you need proof.
Built to be safe, fast, and WordPress-native
- ✓Lightweight detection with simple user-agent matching—no PHP bloat or remote calls.
- ✓No external telemetry or SaaS dependency. Everything runs on your server.
- ✓Compatible with WooCommerce, membership plugins, SEO suites, and caching layers.
- ✓Crawler history and logs stay inside your WordPress database for compliance.
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Privacy-first by default
No personal visitor data collected. No external telemetry. All crawler history and logs live inside your WordPress database.
See it in action
Plugin interface preview
Explore the WordPress admin interface and see how easy it is to manage AI crawlers.
Dashboard Overview
See all detected crawlers at a glance with real-time statistics
Coming soon
Coming next: Turn AI crawlers into a revenue stream
AI Crawler Guard Pro will let you charge AI bots for access, verify crawler identities, and see detailed revenue analytics—turning scraping into a business model.
Learn more
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Ready to take control of AI bots on your WordPress site?
Install AI Crawler Guard for free today and watch every GPTBot attempt in real time.