Title: AI Scrape Protect Author: Daan Verbaan Published: 18 Sentyabr 2024 Last modified: 29 Noyabr 2025 --- Qoşmaları axtar ![](https://ps.w.org/ai-scrape-protect/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3153910) ![](https://ps.w.org/ai-scrape-protect/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=3153910) # AI Scrape Protect By [Daan Verbaan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daanverbaan/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ai-scrape-protect.4.6.zip) * [Details](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/#description) * [Reviews](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/#reviews) * [Installation](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/#installation) * [Development](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/#developers) [Dəstək](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/) ## Description **AI Scrape Protect** is a WordPress plugin designed to protect your website from scraping for AI training purposes. It achieves this by adding opt-out instructions to the `robots.txt` file for the most common AI scraping bots and including meta tags to control how your content is used. **Simplicity first:** This plugin is built to be as simple and user-friendly as possible. There are no complicated settings or configuration screens—just activate the plugin and your site is protected. Perfect for anyone who wants quick, effective AI scraping protection without any technical hassle. **Note:** These instructions are not always respected by all bots. ### Features * Adds specific `User-agent` and `Disallow` rules to your `robots.txt` file to block a comprehensive list of AI scraping bots. * Introduces meta tags in the HTML `` to provide additional instructions to AI bots, including new tags for Bingbot and general AI compliance. * Prepares for future standards with support for `DisallowAITraining` and `noimageai` meta tags. * Dedicated handling of specific bots like CCBot and Bingbot for better protection and compatibility. * Admin bar icon to indicate plugin activity. ## Screenshots * [[ * **robots.txt File Example:** Shows how the plugin updates the `robots.txt` file. * [[ * **meta tags Example:** Shows an example of the Meta Tags added to the head section. ## Installation 1. Upload the `ai-scrape-protect` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### How does this plugin protect my site from AI scraping? The plugin adds specific `User-agent` entries to your `robots.txt` file to instruct common AI scraping bots not to crawl or scrape your site. It also introduces meta tags in the HTML `` to provide additional instructions to AI bots. ### Will this completely stop AI scraping of my site? While this plugin adds recommendations to the `robots.txt` file and includes meta tags, not all bots follow these rules. This is a measure to discourage scraping rather than a foolproof solution. ### Can I add or remove bots from the list? Currently, the plugin includes a predefined list of bots. If you need to add or remove specific bots, you would need to modify the plugin code or contact the plugin author for customization. ### What happens if I deactivate the plugin? The `robots.txt` file will revert to its previous state before the plugin was activated, and the meta tags added to the HTML `` will be removed. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f10e3aca8a33b3f9ca07bf23c0c147ce0ea486d64155ff58387bbe8a7968c5af? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works good but !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-good-but-12/)󠁿 [metajohn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/metajohn/) 01 Dekabr 2025 The plugin works great. The only thing I miss is a simple interface where I can select, using checkboxes, the bots I want to block or allow in the robots.txt file. I believe this would be extremely helpful and would represent a significant quality improvement for the plugin, Dan. For example, I currently have Bingbot blocked, and I would like to be able to fix this without having to modify the code or the plugin itself.4 starts for now! 5 if you do something with that! See u and good job ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/11fafdfb38443b976882cb324abed878747bf9166c7dca6af12299076c79d59b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Super handy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-handy-50/)󠁿 [martenmoolenaar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martenmoolenaar/) 30 İyun 2025 Really a super handy plugin. For me personally, I’d like to be able to manage the settings. So I’m looking forward to the next version. Or maybe interaction with the wikipedia entry List_of_bots. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5cfa9fbc70f2656de5214e03c6f5e899c1ad80141970fafbd5e37b812335fe7c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy to manage, does the job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-manage-does-the-job/)󠁿 [hagetisse](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hagetisse/) 11 Fevral 2025 For me, it’s important that the content that I worked so hard on isn’t used without my permission. This plugin helps me keep AI scraper bots off my website. I tested several of them and it works! Also, it is really easy to manage and looks like it gets updated very regularly, which is essential at the pace that things are moving. Long story short, I’ve installed it on both my websites. Very happy. [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “AI Scrape Protect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Daan Verbaan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daanverbaan/) [Translate “AI Scrape Protect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ai-scrape-protect) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-scrape-protect/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ai-scrape-protect/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ai-scrape-protect/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ai-scrape-protect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 4.6 * Added six new AI scraping bots to the block list: 360Spider, ChatGLM-Spider, Sogou, Baiduspider, ErnieBot, DeepseekBot. // Added V 4.6 * Ensures existing entries remain intact and no duplication occurs. * Maintains compatibility with major search engines (Googlebot, Bingbot, etc.). * No functional changes to meta tags or admin bar. #### 4.5 * Removed DuckDuckBot from the blocklist. * Specifically allowed Googlebot, Googlebot-Image, Googlebot-News, Google-PageSpeed, Google-Site-Verification and Lighthouse to improve functionality. #### 4.4 * Improved compatibility with other plugins modifying robots.txt by no longer injecting a redundant “User-agent: *” directive. #### 4.3 ``` Increased priority for the robots.txt modification by improving the order of the User-agent rules. The modify_robots_txt function was updated to add all User-agent rules in a single loop. ``` #### 4.2 * Added four new AI training bots to the block list: Claude-User, DataForSeoBot, GoogleOther, and TurnitinBot. * Improved accuracy of the block list to better focus on bots used for AI model training (not for SEO or search engine indexing). * Maintains compatibility with major search engines for proper indexing. #### 4.1 * Added two new AI bots to the block list: Amazon-AI and AnthropicBot. * Ensured existing entries were not duplicated. * Maintains compatibility with major search engines for proper indexing. #### 4.0 * Project URL and documentation moved from `uisce.eu` to [https://codesurf.eu](https://codesurf.eu) to reflect the new home of the plugin and its development. * All internal plugin references and support links updated accordingly. * No functional changes to code — purely branding and maintenance update. #### 3.1 * Added new AI bots to the block list: DuckDuckBot, OpenAIContentCrawler, YandexBot, NeevaBot, AIMatrixCrawler. * Improved admin bar icon clarity with higher resolution and visual indicators ( green dot for active state). #### 3.0 * Added admin bar icon functionality to indicate plugin activity. * Updated meta tags for compliance with official documentation and improved AI scraping protection: - Adjusted Bingbot tag to use `nocache` for better compatibility with Bing AI Chat. - Removed “noindex” from the `ai-bot` meta tag to allow search engine indexing. - Added `DisallowAITraining` and `noimageai` to the `robots` meta tag. - Introduced dedicated meta tags for CCBot. * Removed OpenAI SearchBot from the `robots.txt` blocklist based on OpenAI’s recommendations. #### 2.4 * Updated meta tags for improved AI scraping protection. - Prevent Bingbot and general AI bots from using the content for AI purposes. - Added clear comments in the code to describe the functionality of each meta tag. ## Meta * Version **4.6** * Last updated **5 ay öncə** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/) * Tags * [AI](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[robots.txt](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/robots-txt/) [scraping](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scraping/)[security](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/) * [Advanced View](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/advanced/) ## Reytinqlər 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-scrape-protect/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Daan Verbaan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daanverbaan/) ## Dəstək Şərhiniz varmı? 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