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.
Note: These instructions are not always respected by all bots.
Features
- Adds specific
User-agentandDisallowrules to yourrobots.txtfile to block a comprehensive list of AI scraping bots. - Introduces meta tags in the HTML
<head>to provide additional instructions to AI bots.
License
This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later. See the GPL v2 license for details.
Author Information
This plugin is developed by Uisce Web Development, specifically by Daan Verbaan. For support or inquiries, please visit our website or contact us directly.
Screenshots
robots.txt File Example: Shows how the plugin updates the robots.txtfile.
Installation
- Upload the
ai-scrape-protectfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
FAQ
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How does this plugin protect my site from AI scraping?
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The plugin adds specific
User-agententries to yourrobots.txtfile to instruct common AI scraping bots not to crawl or scrape your site. It also introduces meta tags in the HTML<head>to provide additional instructions to AI bots. -
Will this completely stop AI scraping of my site?
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While this plugin adds recommendations to the
robots.txtfile 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?
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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.
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What happens if I deactivate the plugin?
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The
robots.txtfile will revert to its previous state before the plugin was activated, and the meta tags added to the HTML<head>will be removed.
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Contributors & Developers
“AI Scrape Protect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.1
- Updated Features section in
readme.txtto include new functionality for meta tags in HTML<head>. - Updated Frequently Asked Questions section in
readme.txtto include new functionality for meta tags in HTML<head>.
2.0
- Added AI bots: AI2Bot, AmazonBot, Applebot-Extended, ClaudeBot, OAI-SearchBot, PetalBot, webzio.
- Introduced meta tags for AI bot protection in HTML
<head>.
1.4
- Added new AI bots to the
robots.txtblock list.
1.3
- Added new AI bots to the
robots.txtblock list.
1.2
- Plugin now uses
robots_txtfilter. - Removed settings page.
1.1
- Made classes more specific by adding 4 character prefixes.
1.0
- Initial release.