01 · Operator
Who operates Plukkie
02 · Behavior
What Plukkie does
Plukkie crawls sites mainly in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom. Its default delay is 5 seconds between requests to the same IP. It supports the Crawl-delay directive in robots.txt.
03 · Impact
Why Plukkie matters for your site
If you allow it
- Supports a Dutch-language search index
- Polite default crawl delay
If you block it
- Small search engine with little traffic
- No benefit for sites outside its target regions
04 · Allow
How to allow Plukkie
robots.txt
User-agent: plukkie
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "plukkie")
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: plukkie
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "plukkie") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} plukkie [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Plukkie
Plukkie follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: plukkie
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "plukkie")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: plukkie
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "plukkie") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} plukkie [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Plukkie
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Plukkie/1.6; http://www.botje.com/plukkie.htm)07 · Verification
Is it really Plukkie?
Plukkie’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 Plukkie
What is Plukkie?
Plukkie is a search engine crawler operated by Ykoon. It focuses on a Dutch-language index.
How do I block Plukkie?
Add "User-agent: plukkie" followed by "Disallow: /" to robots.txt. Ykoon notes changes can take some days to apply.
Does Plukkie support Crawl-delay?
Yes. The default delay is 5 seconds, and higher Crawl-delay values slow it down.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026