Jass Bots Entry Control Manager

Jass Bots Entry Control Manager gives you full control over which bots can access your WordPress site. Block bad bots (scrapers, spam bots, vulnerability scanners) and whitelist the ones you need – search engines, AI tools, social media crawlers, and more. Key Features

• Pre-defined Bot Database – Curated list of known bots categorised as Good, Bad, or Neutral.
• Allow / Disallow – Toggle any bot individually or filter by category.
• Smart Suggestions – The plugin highlights which bots are critical for SEO, analytics, and site functionality (Googlebot, Bingbot, Ahrefs, etc.).
• One-click Reset – Restore all bot rules to their recommended defaults.
• Color-coded Admin UI – Modern interface with #3166FF accent for a professional look.
• Multilingual Ready – All strings are translation-ready.

Bot Categories

• Search Engines – Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, DuckDuckGo
• AI & Crawlers – OpenAI GPTBot, Anthropic, Common Crawl, Ahrefs, Semrush, Moz
• Ads & Marketing – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Outbrain, Taboola
• Social Media – Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit
• Security Scanners – Nikto, OWASP ZAP, WPScan, sqlmap
• Spam & Scrapers – Semalt, Dataminr, Scrapy, Python Requests, Curl, Wget
• Other – Adobe Bot, AppleBot

Why Allow Certain Bots?

• Googlebot / Bingbot – Essential for search indexing and SEO.
• Ahrefs / Semrush – Useful for backlink analysis and rank tracking.
• GPTBot / Anthropic – If you want AI models to reference your content.
• Facebook / Twitter – Enable social sharing previews.

The plugin clearly marks which bots are recommended to allow based on your site’s goals.

1.0.0

• Initial release.
• Pre-defined bot list.
• Category-based allow/deny.
• Smart recommendations.