Bottle vs OneButton – Log

Bottle is a bot throttling plugin. It consists of a set of tools that can be used to reduce server load when excessive bot requests are made to a website. It works by performing a variety of checks on each HTTP request made to WordPress, and throttling sessions or IPs when thresholds are exceeded. These include: Too many sessions per IP. Since some bots don’t bother with cookies, Bottle sets a JWT session cookie for each request. If a single IP address creates too many new sessions within a given timeframe, it is likely a bot, and will be throttled. Too many requests per session. Bottle calculates a request rate for each session. Bots that exceed that rate will be throttled. Too many requests per IP. Bottle calculates a request rate per IP. For bots that don’t process cookies (and therefore sessions), this can throttle abusive IPs. Too many requests per bot. Bottle calculates a request rate per bot (based on user agent reported). Since malicious bots forge user agents, this should be combined with other throttling mechanisms. Bot verification check. Bottle checks bots such as Google, Bing, Meta, etc. against authoritative lists of IP addresses, when possible. Bottle allows for a higher verified bot rate than non-verified rate with the idea that verified bots are likely better behaved. Overall request rate. Bottle can throttle specific sections of a website that are being abused by bots. (For instance, the courses catalog.) This is useful when a large website is being scraped by a bot network with rotating IPs. Excessive 404s. If bots are scanning a website, or are misconfigured, excessive 404s can be time-consuming for WordPress to process. Bottle can either throttle all 404 requests, or can block 404s for static files (i.e. images) only. Exclusions. Bottle can exclude certain URLs, IP addresses, or infrastructure (such as Stripe and Pingdom) from processing to prevent false positives. When a client is throttled, Bottle can outright throttle it with a 429 response, or can serve a JavaScript-based cryptographic puzzle. If a client is legitimate, it will automatically compute the puzzle’s solution and submit it to the server for verification. (No user input is required.) After it has proven its human-ness, Bottle will permit that user entry to the site. At the moment, some bots, but not all, will solve these puzzles. When a throttle condition is reached, Bottle terminates WordPress processing, which substantially reduces server load when under attack. Throttles end automatically at the end of their respective measurement windows. Bottle is not a firewall and will not block or sanitize malicious attacks. However, since such attacks are typically performed in large quantities, Bottle can be effective at slowing such attacks and reducing server load, keeping the website operational for legitimate users. Overall, Bottle is a set of tools designed to reduce server load with minimal disruption to real users.

OneButton – Log is the ultimate WordPress plugin for monitoring and analyzing search engine bot and AI bot activity on your website. Perfect for SEO professionals, webmasters, and site administrators who want to optimize their site’s crawlability, indexing performance, and AI training data usage. This powerful tool provides detailed insights into how search engines and AI systems interact with your content, helping you identify and fix crawl issues, improve site performance, enhance your overall SEO strategy, and understand how your content is being used for AI training. Key Features Real-Time Bot Monitoring Instant detection of search engine bot visits Live tracking of crawl patterns Immediate notification of crawl issues Dashboard Widget Quick bot visit statistics Recent activity overview Most visited pages 24-hour visit summary Overview Dashboard Comprehensive statistics and analytics Interactive charts and graphs Improvement suggestions and recommendations Recent activity monitoring Most visited pages analysis Smart Bot Activity Calendar Interactive calendar view Color-coded visit indicators Daily crawl statistics Historical data analysis Automatic Log Cleanup Configurable cleanup intervals (1 day, 1 week, 1 month, never) Automatic removal of old log entries Database cleanup for optimal performance Scheduled cleanup via WordPress cron Export & Reporting Data analysis and reporting Historical data tracking SEO Enhancement Tools Crawl error identification Indexing status monitoring Site structure analysis Supported Bots Search Engine Bots Googlebot (Google) Bingbot (Bing) YandexBot (Yandex) Baiduspider (Baidu) DuckDuckBot (DuckDuckGo) Slurp (Yahoo) AI Training Bots GPTBot (OpenAI/ChatGPT) ChatGPT-User (OpenAI) DeepSeek (DeepSeek AI) DeepSeek-Web (DeepSeek AI) Gemini (Google AI) Google-Extended (Google AI) ClaudeBot (Anthropic) Claude-Web (Anthropic) Anthropic-ai (Anthropic) CCBot (Common Crawl) CCBot-Web (Common Crawl) PerplexityBot (Perplexity AI) YouBot (You.com) Omgilibot (Omgili) Privacy Policy OneButton – Log collects and stores information about search engine bot visits to your website. This data is stored locally on your server and is not shared with any third parties. The plugin does not collect any personal information about your website visitors. Additional Information For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit our GitHub repository or contact us through our website. Credits FullCalendar for calendar functionality WordPress core team for the excellent platform