What is EDH Bad Bots?

EDH Bad Bots focuses on preventing malicious bots and crawlers from accessing and harming WordPress sites. It is catalogued under Security & compliance platforms on PulseGate.

Who is EDH Bad Bots for?

EDH Bad Bots is a consumer product built for wordPress administrators.

Is EDH Bad Bots free?

Yes — EDH Bad Bots is free to use.

Is EDH Bad Bots still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 10 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to EDH Bad Bots?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Blockbots, Bot Traffic Shield, and Bots Exposed.

Who develops EDH Bad Bots?

EDH Bad Bots is developed by EncodeDotHost.

How long has EDH Bad Bots been around?

EDH Bad Bots first shipped in 2025.

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EDH Bad Bots

Name: EDH Bad Bots
Author: EncodeDotHost

wordpress.orgSecurity & compliance platforms

EDH Bad Bots is a WordPress plugin that automatically detects and blocks malicious bots and crawlers using honeypot techniques and configurable blocking methods. It helps site administrators protect their websites from unwanted traffic and potential threats.

FreeGPL-3.0WebCloud-managed

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Overview

6 features

EDH Bad Bots is a Security & compliance platforms project. It focuses on preventing malicious bots and crawlers from accessing and harming WordPress sites. EDH Bad Bots is a consumer product aimed at wordPress administrators. EDH Bad Bots is free to use. It ships for the web.

EncodeDotHost builds and maintains EDH Bad Bots, and it first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 10 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 6 catalogued features are bot detection, honeypot technique, and .htaccess blocking. The interface is available in English and Kazakh.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Bot detection
Honeypot technique
.htaccess blocking
PHP-level blocking
DNS over HTTPS support
Configurable blocking

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Trust & compliance

License

GPL-3.0

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierGitHub · ★ 1Active maintenanceMulti-language

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed27 Jun · 15:55 UTC
Listing verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about EDH Bad Bots

What is EDH Bad Bots?: EDH Bad Bots focuses on preventing malicious bots and crawlers from accessing and harming WordPress sites. It is catalogued under Security & compliance platforms on PulseGate.
Who is EDH Bad Bots for?: EDH Bad Bots is a consumer product built for wordPress administrators.
Is EDH Bad Bots free?: Yes — EDH Bad Bots is free to use.
What platforms does EDH Bad Bots run on?: EDH Bad Bots runs on the web.
Is EDH Bad Bots still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 10 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to EDH Bad Bots?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Blockbots, Bot Traffic Shield, and Bots Exposed.Blockbots Bot Traffic Shield Bots Exposed
Who develops EDH Bad Bots?: EDH Bad Bots is developed by EncodeDotHost.
How long has EDH Bad Bots been around?: EDH Bad Bots first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Kazakh
Open source: Yes · ★ 1
License: GPL-3.0
Built for: WordPress administrators
Model: B2C
Solves: Preventing malicious bots and crawlers from accessing and harming WordPress sites.

Registered as

GitHub: EncodeDotHost/edh-bad-bots
WordPress.org: edh-bad-bots

Developer

EncodeDotHost

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 1
Forks: 0
Open issues: 3
Last commit: 29 May 2026
Commits 90d: 10
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main
Latest release: 1.3.0 · 29 Aug 2025

Index record

Identity confidence: High · 95.6
Indexed: 27 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 27 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: edh-bad-bots-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 27 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/edh-bad-bots

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