wpbot

Operator

QuantumCloud

robots.txt token

wpbot

In Vireo

Excluded, reported under Other bots

What it does

wpbot is a used to support the functionality of the AI Chatbot for WordPress plugin. It supports the use of customer models, data collection and customer support.

ai.robots.txt describes its function as: Live chat support and lead generation.

Source: ai.robots.txt.

How to block or allow wpbot

Add a group for its token to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. To keep it out of the whole site:

User-agent: wpbot
Disallow: /

To let it crawl everything, use an empty Disallow: or Allow: / instead. WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt that many SEO plugins let you edit. A real robots.txt file uploaded to the site root takes its place.

robots.txt is a request, so it only works on crawlers that honour it. A bot that ignores it has to be blocked at the server or firewall, by user agent or IP address.

How Vireo counts wpbot

When a request's user agent contains wpbot, Vireo keeps it out of your pageviews and visitors and counts them on its bot report under Other bots, so you can see how much it left out rather than wonder why your server logs show more traffic.

Checked by running Vireo Analytics' own bot filter over the bot's name.

Sources

• ai.robots.txt (MIT)