A powerful and user-friendly plugin to block AI crawlers and malicious data scraper bots, protecting your content and server resources.
As of April 2026, Bot Traffic Shield is a WordPress bad bots plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: ShieldUp – Bad Bots, Scrapers, Attackers.
In the age of AI, your valuable website content is a prime target for data crawlers from large tech companies. Bot Traffic Shield is your first line of defense against content theft and unauthorized scraping.
This lightweight yet powerful plugin identifies and blocks a wide range of AI bots and data scrapers before they can access and harvest your content, protecting your intellectual property while reducing unnecessary server load.
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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