AI Scrape Protect Security & Risk Analysis

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Protect your website from AI scraping by adding opt-out instructions to your robots.txt file and including meta tags in the HTML `` with this easy-to- …

200 active installs v4.6 PHP 7.4+ WP 5.0+ Updated Nov 29, 2025
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is AI Scrape Protect Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

AI Scrape Protect has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "ai-scrape-protect" plugin v4.6 exhibits an excellent security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of any entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events is a significant strength. Furthermore, the code signals indicate robust security practices, with no dangerous functions used, all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements, and all outputs being properly escaped. There are also no file operations, external HTTP requests, or unhandled taint flows. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with no recorded CVEs, which suggests a history of secure development and maintenance.

While the lack of identified risks is highly positive, it's important to note that the analysis might be limited by the scope of the static analysis tools or the complexity of the plugin. However, based solely on the data presented, the plugin appears to be very secure. The main point of potential concern, though not explicitly a flaw, is the complete lack of nonce and capability checks. While this is acceptable given the absence of entry points, it implies that if any entry points were to be introduced in the future without corresponding security checks, it could create significant vulnerabilities.

In conclusion, "ai-scrape-protect" v4.6 demonstrates exceptional security practices with a minimal attack surface and clean code signals. The absence of known vulnerabilities further solidifies its strong security standing. The only area to monitor for future development is the implementation of proper authorization checks should any new user-facing functionalities be added.

Vulnerabilities
None known

AI Scrape Protect Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

AI Scrape Protect Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
1 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped1 total outputs
Attack Surface

AI Scrape Protect Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsai-scrape-protect.php:27
filterrobots_txtai-scrape-protect.php:95
actionwp_headai-scrape-protect.php:172
actionadmin_bar_menuai-scrape-protect.php:211
Maintenance & Trust

AI Scrape Protect Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedNov 29, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating94/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs200
Developer Profile

AI Scrape Protect Developer Profile

Daan Verbaan

1 plugin · 200 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect AI Scrape Protect

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/ai-scrape-protect/images/ai-scrape-protect-active.png

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

HTML Comments
<!-- AI Scrape Protect Meta Tags --><!-- Prevents OpenAI's GPTBot from accessing the content. --><!-- Instructs general AI bots to avoid indexing, summarizing, or using the content. --><!-- Prevents Bing's bot from using the content for AI purposes. -->+8 more
Data Attributes
name="gptbot"content="disallow"name="robots"content="noai, nosummary"name="bingbot"content="nocache"+4 more
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about AI Scrape Protect