Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/dark-visitors

Track crawlers, scrapers, LLM assistants, and AI agents on your website. Generate a robots.txt that blocks AI bots. Formerly Dark Visitors.

900 active installs v1.28.0 PHP 7.0+ WP 5.0+ Updated Feb 24, 2026
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "dark-visitors" plugin v1.28.0 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any known CVEs and a clean record of past vulnerabilities is a significant positive indicator. The code analysis reveals a commendable adherence to secure coding practices, with 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements and a very high percentage (97%) of outputs being properly escaped. The limited attack surface with no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that lack authentication or capability checks further strengthens its security profile.

Key Concerns

  • No capability checks found
  • No nonce checks found
Vulnerabilities
None known

Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Security Vulnerabilities

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

Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
59 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
8
External Requests
4
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

97% escaped61 total outputs
Attack Surface

Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 10
actionshutdownincludes\analytics.php:35
actionwp_headincludes\analytics.php:137
actionwp_loadedincludes\blocking.php:19
actioninitincludes\cron.php:13
actioninitincludes\file-system.php:12
actiondo_robotsincludes\robots-txt.php:22
actionshutdownincludes\robots-txt.php:59
actionadmin_initincludes\settings.php:20
actionadmin_menuincludes\settings.php:41
actionshutdownincludes\variables.php:195
Maintenance & Trust

Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedFeb 24, 2026
PHP min version7.0
Downloads16K

Community Trust

Rating96/100
Number of ratings6
Active installs900
Developer Profile

Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic Developer Profile

gavindarkvisitors

1 plugin · 900 total installs

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

How We Detect Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/dark-visitors/assets/css/admin-styles.css/wp-content/plugins/dark-visitors/assets/css/styles.css/wp-content/plugins/dark-visitors/assets/js/script.js
Version Parameters
dark-visitors/assets/css/admin-styles.css?ver=dark-visitors/assets/css/styles.css?ver=dark-visitors/assets/js/script.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
dark-visitors-analytics-noticedv-settings-pagedv-settings-tabsdv-settings-tab-contentdv-settings-fielddv-settings-field-labeldv-settings-field-inputdv-settings-field-textarea+14 more
HTML Comments
<!-- Known Agents (https://knownagents.com/) -->
Data Attributes
data-dv-access-tokendata-dv-log-intervaldata-dv-upload-interval
JS Globals
window.dark_visitors_settingswindow.dark_visitors_data
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic