1
Wordfence Security Included
Can rate-limit or block aggressive crawlers, scrapers and bots.
80feature score
WordPress Security Plugins with Rate limiting & bot blocking
Throttles or blocks aggressive crawlers and bad bots. 9 of the 12 plugins we track include it.
2
Sucuri Security Paid version Basic Firewall
Firewall blocks bad bots and layer 3/4/7 DDoS traffic.
87feature score
3
Defender Security Included
404 detection, malicious bot trap and user-agent banning throttle abusive crawlers.
79feature score
4
Shield Security Paid version Plus
Per-IP traffic rate limiting and DoS protection are ShieldPRO features.
84feature score
5
MalCare Security Paid version Protect
Bot protection that blocks malicious crawlers is listed from the Protect plan.
80feature score
6
WP Cerber Security Included
Bot detection with traps and honeypots blocks automated and hacker activity.
69feature score
7
All-In-One Security (AIOS) Partial
Free blocks fake Googlebots and blank-UA POSTs; Smart 404 bot blocking is Premium.
61feature score
8
Really Simple Security Paid version Pro
404 blocking stops crawlers triggering unusual numbers of 404s.
54feature score
9
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded Paid version Personal
IP throttling of login traffic on paid plans; not general crawler throttling.
33feature score