Title: Bot blocker?
Last modified: October 14, 2025

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# Bot blocker?

 *  Resolved [Tyler Martin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/copyrightsh/)
 * (@copyrightsh)
 * [7 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-blocker/)
 * I noticed the new version of Yoast says it has a bot blocker. How does that work?

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 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-blocker/#post-18682378)
 * Hello Tyler,
 * Thanks for reaching out. With the Yoast SEO Free, you can block _Google AdsBot_
   from crawling your site. A `Disallow` rule is added to your `robots.txt` file.
   You can find the setting in _WordPress > Yoast SEO > Settings > Advanced > Crawl
   Optimization > Block unwanted bots._

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 * Last reply from: [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * Last activity: [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-blocker/#post-18682378)
 * Status: resolved