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How do I check if my WordPress website is currently blocking AI web crawlers like GPTBot without needing to hire a professional developer to look at the code?

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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How do I check if my WordPress website is currently blocking AI web crawlers like GPTBot without needing to hire a professional developer to look at the code?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
OpenAI GPTBot OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation crawler controls WordPress robots.txt officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
WordPress robots.txt virtual file documentation plugins SEO robots.txt editingGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigational50%ComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstruction50%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
OpenAI GPTBot OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation crawler controls WordPress robots.txt official Google ↗
WordPress robots.txt virtual file documentation plugins SEO robots.txt editing Google ↗
  1. Overview of OpenAI Crawlers · developers.openai.com
  2. Publishers and Developers - FAQ · help.openai.com

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
OpenAI GPTBot OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation crawler controls WordPress robots.txt official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
WordPress robots.txt virtual file documentation plugins SEO robots.txt editing
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Instruction——1x
of 1