01 · Operator
Who operates PagePeeker
- Company
- PagePeeker SRL
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- pagepeeker.com
02 · Behavior
What PagePeeker does
It visits a page when a PagePeeker client requests a screenshot of it. The images are used as website thumbnails and previews. PagePeeker says it honors a robots.txt block for its token.
03 · Impact
Why PagePeeker matters for your site
If you allow it
- Thumbnails of your site may appear in tools and directories
- Visits are triggered by client requests, not bulk crawling
If you block it
- Screenshots are made for third parties
- No search visibility benefit
04 · Allow
How to allow PagePeeker
robots.txt
User-agent: PagePeeker
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "PagePeeker")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: PagePeeker
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "PagePeeker") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PagePeeker [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block PagePeeker
PagePeeker follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: PagePeeker
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "PagePeeker")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: PagePeeker
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "PagePeeker") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PagePeeker [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for PagePeeker
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.120 Safari/537.36 (compatible; PagePeeker/3.0; +https://pagepeeker.com/robots/)07 · Verification
Is it really PagePeeker?
PagePeeker’s operator publishes no IP ranges or hostnames, so requests cannot be verified. Treat the user agent as a claim, and watch your logs for unusual request rates.
FAQ
Questions about PagePeeker
What does the PagePeeker bot do?
It captures a screenshot of a page when a PagePeeker client requests one.
How do I block PagePeeker?
Add "User-agent: PagePeeker" with "Disallow: /" to robots.txt. PagePeeker documents this method.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026