Easy way in protect your blog from hacking tools, ircbot (botnet), fake browser or hacking technique.
As of April 2026, Anti Hacking Tools is a WordPress bot plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Chatbot for WordPress by Collect.chat ⚡️.
Too difficult to protect the site from botnets. googlebot, ybot, crawler bot is a botnet.
RSS, feedback tool uses the same technique with a botnet. irc bot, bot scanner or a hacking
tool that is also botnet.
but has a different purpose. IRC bot, Bot scanner or a hacking tool is very disturbing,
and its presence does not benefit us. from here the idea of making this Plugins.
if the medium and high risk tool will implement the web status refused.
and if a low risk web status can only be read to apply, can not upload or comment.
Database on the plugin is taken from an existing tool.
I hope this tool is useful for security and do not interfere with your SEO.
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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