Block Visibility vs Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic

Easily create dynamic content in WordPress that will increase conversions, enhance the user experience, and improve your workflow. With this no-code solution, control which blocks are visible on your website and who can see them. Schedule content to show or hide at a specific time. Display exclusive promotions to your customers or members. Restrict blocks to specific user roles, screen sizes, query strings, WooCommerce products, EDD downloads, ACF fields, WP Fusion tags, and more. Block Visibility is built exclusively for the WordPress Editor (Gutenberg) and is designed to work with any WordPress block. This includes blocks natively provided by WordPress, third-party blocks, and even block-based widgets. Create Conditional Blocks in Seconds! Work directly in the WordPress Editor with blocks you’re already familiar with. There is no external editor or new interface to learn. In seconds, you can transform static blocks into conditional and personalized content. It takes just 3 simple steps: Create your content using any WordPress block. Select the desired visibility conditions. Save the page/post and marvel at the results! Packed With Features Visibility Controls determine whether a block should be visible to users on the front end of your website. Features include: Hide blocks from all users. Schedule when content should be visible using a start and end date/time. Conditionally display blocks based on screen size (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile, and more) Only show blocks to logged-in users. Only show blocks to logged-out users. Only show blocks to users with specific roles (Administrator, Subscriber, Customer, Member, etc.) Only show blocks to specific users. Great for personalization. Show or hide dynamic blocks based on URL query strings. Great for marketing campaigns! Show or hide blocks based on their location and “attributes” of their location (post type, taxonomy, archive, etc.) Display blocks based on a website visitor’s referral source (domain/URL). Support for all post and user metadata (custom fields). Display blocks based on HTML cookies. WooCommerce: Show or hide blocks based on products, cart contents, customer purchase history, and more. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF): Control the visibility of block content based on ACF fields. Easy Digital Downloads: Show or hide blocks based on downloads, cart contents, customer purchase history, and more. WP Fusion: Combine Block Visibility with the power of WP Fusion to conditionally show or hide content based on data from your favorite CRM or marketing automation platform. PLUS: Powerful Settings allow you to customize Block Visibility to your needs or those of your clients. Visibility Presets allow you to control multiple blocks at once. Globally disable any visibility control. Restrict visibility controls to specific block types. Set permissions so only certain users have access to visibility conditions. Configure up to 4 different breakpoints to optimize the screen size controls. Disable contextual indicators and other plugin utilities. Customize the contextual indicator color to enhance theme compatibility. Enable Full Control Mode 🚀 (See the FAQs). Remove all plugin settings on uninstall. Why Do I Need This? While there are countless applications for conditional blocks, here are a few examples to get you started: Use as a content management tool. Hide new blocks while working on them, but keep the page published. Temporarily hide seasonal content on your website rather than having to delete it. Schedule time-sensitive promotional content or event information to display automatically. Show or hide specific content on desktops, tablets, or mobile devices. Restrict content so it’s only visible to your customers, members, or subscribers. Display messaging to logged-out users, encouraging them to subscribe to your blog. Create unique marketing campaigns using query string parameters to display personalized messaging (See it in action) Conditionally display elements in the Site Editor using advanced visibility logic. Increase visitor engagement and conversions with dynamic content and personalization. Why Choose Block Visibility? 1. Easy to Use Block Visibility is the easiest way to create conditional blocks in WordPress. All with no code and just a few clicks! 2. A Balance of Power and Simplicity Block Visibility is for you whether you’re building a sophisticated time-based promotional campaign for your customers or need to hide a few blocks on mobile. Don’t need certain functionality? Toggle it off in the plugin settings. 3. Helpful Support and Continuous Development Block Visibility is designed, developed, and supported by Nick Diego with contributions from the broader Block Visibility community. Have an idea for additional block logic? Let us know in the plugin support forum. Knowledge Base (Documentation) Support Forum For an unbiased review, the plugin was featured on WordPress Tavern. Plays nice with others Block Visibility is designed to work with any block and is tested with these top block libraries and plugins. Compatibility + Direct Integration WooCommerce Advanced Custom Fields Easy Digital Downloads WP Fusion Stay Connected Stay up-to-date on Block Visibility using the links below. The plugin is also being developed transparently on GitHub, so give it a star and follow along! 😉 Plugin Website Knowledge Base YouTube Channel Follow on Twitter View on GitHub

Track crawlers, scrapers, LLM assistants, and AI agents on your website. Generate a robots.txt that blocks AI bots. Formerly Dark Visitors. Track, control, and optimize your website for AI agents and bots You have 40% more visitors than you think. Protect your content from unwanted AI scraping, and turn the rising wave of AI agents, LLM assistants, and other bots visiting your website into a new growth channel for your business. For full details, visit the Known Agents website. 1. AI Agent & Bot Analytics Get realtime visibility into the hidden ecosystem of crawlers, scrapers, and AI agents browsing your website Watch traffic from crawlers and scrapers as it happens: Track the hidden activity of all known artificial agents visiting your website in real time. Replay AI agent navigation patterns: Follow a single agent’s session as it navigates your website. Find where agents get stuck, identify dead ends, and help them complete their tasks. Catch bots spoofing legitimate agents: Identify bad actors and unauthorized scrapers pretending to be legitimate agents like Googlebot or Bingbot. Never miss a bot traffic spike: Stay informed when an agent’s traffic starts surging or overloading your server. Reveal which agents visit most, and which pages they target: Break down bot traffic by page to understand what they’re interested in. Export reports to CSV: Download agent activity reports for custom analysis. 2. LLM Citation & Referral Tracking (GEO, AEO) Measure citations and human click-throughs from AI chat platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Increase citations in AI chat responses: See which pages LLMs recommend most often. Double down on content that’s working. Find out which AI platforms are sending you traffic: Measure how many humans are clicking through to your website from a citation. Export reports to CSV: Download LLM referral reports for custom analysis. 3. Automatic Robots.txt & Bad Bot Detection Protect your content and reduce server cost by serving a robots.txt that updates continuously Set robots.txt rules for entire categories of bots: Control access for entire agent categories including AI crawlers, scrapers, SEO bots, and more. One selection covers every current and future agent in that group. We track new bots, you don’t have to: Your robots.txt is updated as new agents emerge, so you never have to manage them yourself or make manual edits. Block misbehaving crawlers and scrapers: Detect and block bots that ignore your robots.txt rules using the WordPress plugin, or our automation detectors. Demos Demos can be found on the home page. Further Details This plugin connects your website to Known Agents. It uses the Known Agents API to connect to your account and provide functionality. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Are you finding this plugin useful? Please leave us a ★★★★★ review! Questions or issues? Ask us for help.