Misha Manko AI Bot Access Checker

Many sites block AI bots without knowing it. A robots.txt line copied from an old template, an SEO plugin switch, a Cloudflare setting or a firewall rule is enough to keep a site out of ChatGPT search, Claude, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers. None of it shows up in your analytics.

Misha Manko AI Bot Access Checker finds these blocks in one click and tells you where each one comes from and how to fix it.

What it checks

• robots.txt, as bots actually get it. Including rules your CDN adds at the edge, such as Cloudflare’s managed robots.txt.
• Who writes your robots.txt. A physical file, WordPress itself, or a plugin such as Yoast SEO, Rank Math or All in One SEO.
• Firewall and CDN blocks. The checker loads your homepage from outside as each AI bot and compares the result with a normal browser and a test Googlebot, so a generic bot challenge is not mistaken for an AI block.
• Rate limits that stop crawlers partway.
• WordPress settings such as “Discourage search engines”, plus noindex tags on your homepage.
• .htaccess rules that target bots by name.
• Security plugins that can block bots, such as Wordfence or All-In-One Security.

Bots covered

AI search and answers: OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User (OpenAI), Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User (Anthropic), PerplexityBot and Perplexity-User, Googlebot (AI Overviews), Bingbot (Copilot).

AI training and datasets: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot (Common Crawl), Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Amazonbot.

Fix it yourself, or have it fixed

Every problem comes with plain steps to fix it yourself. Prefer to hand it off? You can send your report to Misha Manko from inside the plugin and have it fixed for you (an optional paid service), or just ask a question. Nothing is sent unless you fill in the form and tick the consent box.

The checker is built on research from a network of 50 live sites that logs how AI bots crawl the web.

External services

This plugin uses the AI Bot Access Checker service at https://aibotaccesschecker.com, run by Misha Manko, to see your site the way AI bots see it from the internet.

• When you click “Run check”: the plugin sends your site address (home URL). The service requests your public homepage and robots.txt as a browser, a test Googlebot and several AI bot user agents, and returns the status codes, your robots.txt and your homepage robots tags. Site addresses are not stored; only a daily count of checks is kept.
• Only when you submit the contact form and tick the consent box: the plugin sends your name, email address, site address, your message and the check results, so Misha Manko can reply and, if you order it, fix the problems.

Privacy policy and terms: https://aibotaccesschecker.com/privacy

Payments for the optional fix are handled by Gumroad (https://gumroad.com). Gumroad’s terms: https://gumroad.com/terms and privacy policy: https://gumroad.com/privacy