Description
Limpark Bot Monitor is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you monitor search engine bots and crawlers visiting your website in real time.
View which bots are currently online, browse a detailed visit history, inspect requested URLs, HTTP status codes, IP addresses and User-Agent strings, and verify supported search engine bots using reverse DNS.
The plugin starts working immediately after activation and requires no configuration.
Features
- Real-time monitoring of search engine bots
- Live online bots dashboard
- Detailed visit history
- Built-in statistics
- Reverse DNS verification for supported bots
- Automatic log cleanup
- Lightweight and fast
- No external services required
Supported Bots
Search Engines
- Googlebot
- GoogleOther
- YandexBot
- YandexImages
- YandexMobileBot
- YandexAccessibilityBot
- BingBot
- AppleBot
AI Crawlers
- GPTBot
- ChatGPT User
- ClaudeBot
- PerplexityBot
SEO Crawlers
- AhrefsBot
- SemrushBot
- MJ12Bot
- DotBot
- Common Crawl
Other Bots
- DuckDuckBot
- ByteSpider
- Slack
- Discord
Installation
- Upload the plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
- Open Limpark Bot Monitor in the WordPress admin menu.
- Monitoring starts automatically.
FAQ
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Does the plugin require configuration?
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No. Limpark Bot Monitor starts monitoring bots immediately after activation.
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Does the plugin slow down my website?
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No. The plugin is lightweight and optimized for minimal performance impact.
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Can it verify real search engine bots?
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Yes. Supported search engine bots can be verified using reverse DNS.
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Which search engines are supported?
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Google, Yandex, Bing and Apple.
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Which AI crawlers are supported?
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GPTBot, ChatGPT User, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.
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Does the plugin collect personal visitor information?
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Limpark Bot Monitor does not track regular human visitors. It stores the IP address, User-Agent and requested URL of detected crawlers for monitoring purposes.
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Contributors & Developers
“Limpark Bot Monitor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.3
- Improved reverse DNS verification result caching.
- Clarified intentional direct database access for the plugin’s custom log table.
- Removed unnecessary translation loading for WordPress.org hosted plugins.
1.0.2
- Improved AJAX access control.
- Updated privacy information in the plugin documentation.
- Improved compatibility with WordPress.org review requirements.
1.0.1
- Updated internal prefixes to comply with WordPress.org naming requirements.
- Improved verification result caching.
- Updated database queries for supported WordPress versions.