Block Chat GPT via robots.txt
Blocks the ChatGPT-User bot that is used by plugins in ChatGPT to crawl websites through the WordPress virtual robots.txt file
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·100 active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Block Chat GPT via robots.txt is a WordPress bot plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Chatbot for WordPress by Collect.chat ⚡️.
5/51 reviews
100active installs
2.1K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023
Overview
This plugin adds lines to the virtual robots.txt file that WordPress creates automagically if the file is not present physically on the server to block the OpenAI ChatGPT-User bot that is used by plugins in ChatGPT to crawl websites. Here is the information about the ChatGPT-User bot. It also blocks the the GPTBot user agent that may potentially be used to improve future models.
Please be aware of what this plugin does exactly: If you activate the plugin it will add some lines to the robots.txt file to tell Open AI Chat GPT bots (ChatGPT-User + GPTBot) to not to crawl and index parts of this website.
Please only activate this plugin if you know what you’re doing.
What can I do with this plugin?
This plugin adds the necessary lines to the virtual robots.txt file that WordPress crea…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
2.0.0 (08/AUG2023)
- Added GPTBot user-agent.
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