Zero Budget Bot Shield
Free, lightweight WordPress plugin that blocks bots by country and prevents abuse via repeated 404 errors. Perfect for small organizations.
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·20 active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Zero Budget Bot Shield is a WordPress bots plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 192 times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2026. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall….
0/5Rating
20active installs
192total downloads
3 monthssince 2026
Overview
Zero Budget Bot Shield is a WordPress security plugin that provides country blocking and 404 abuse protection without using external APIs or services
Country Blocking Without External APIs
Most geo-blocking plugins depend on third-party IP lookup services.
Zero Budget Bot Shield does not.
Instead, it reads country codes directly from:
- Cloudflare IP country headers
- Hosting provider GeoIP headers
- Standard server-level GeoIP integrations
This means:
- No API keys
- No outbound IP lookups
- No visitor data sent to external services
- No privacy policy complexity
Features
All features are available out of the box, with nothing locked behind a paywall.
- Country blocking using server-level GeoIP headers
- No external APIs, IP databases, or paid services
- Automatic detection and blocking of 404 abuse
- Co…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release
Contributors
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