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Block AI Crawlers

by lastsplash (a11n) · 2,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Block AI Crawlers is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Block AI Crawlers
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master12 Mar 2024 to 12 Mar 2024, 1 commits
lastsplash13 Mar 2024 to 1 Nov 2026, 39 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
3 days ago
Releases, 24 months
16
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
8.2 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Block AI Crawlers
Q1 20242
Q2 20248
Q3 20243
Q4 20243
Q1 20252
Q2 20251
Q3 20252
Q4 20252
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20265
Q4 20261

Last release 1 Nov 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.4 from 8 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star5
4 star1
3 star2
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

2,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Block AI Crawlers
4 May 202672
11 May 2026127
18 May 2026108
25 May 2026123
1 Jun 2026122
8 Jun 2026122
15 Jun 2026102
22 Jun 2026114
29 Jun 2026170
6 Jul 20261,134
13 Jul 20261,054
20 Jul 20261,245
27 Jul 20261,342
3 Aug 2026570
10 Aug 2026321
17 Aug 2026248
24 Aug 2026519
31 Aug 20261,148
7 Sep 2026378
14 Sep 2026437
21 Sep 2026399
28 Sep 2026277
5 Oct 2026251
12 Oct 2026261
19 Oct 2026371
26 Oct 2026728
2 Nov 2026867

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 19% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

IP Location BlockScore 96 · 10,000+Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login SecurityScore 94 · 5,000,000+Sucuri Security - Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security HardeningScore 93 · 600,000+WP Content Copy Protection & No Right ClickScore 93 · 100,000+NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) - Advanced Security Plugin and FirewallScore 93 · 100,000+

Facts

Version1.6.3
Authorlastsplash (a11n)
Added13 Mar 2024
Last updated1 Nov 2026
Active installs2,000+
Requires WordPress7.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP8.2
CategorySecurity & Privacy > Spam & Bot Protection
TagsAI, ChatGPT, crawlers, robots.txt

Other plugins by this author: EXIF Remover, Pretty RSS Feeds, Additional CSS Shortcut, Helper for Cloudflare Web Analytics, Blocks for BookWyrm, Mode7 Game Log, Now Page via OMG.lol Connector

Questions

Is Block AI Crawlers still maintained?

Block AI Crawlers was last updated on 1 Nov 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Block AI Crawlers safe?

Block AI Crawlers has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Block AI Crawlers?

The wordpress.org author is lastsplash (a11n). Recent committers: lastsplash, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Block AI Crawlers?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: IP Location Block, Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security, Sucuri Security - Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening, WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click, NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) - Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall.

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