01 · Operator
Who operates Wotbox
- Company
- Wotbox
- Official docs
- wotbox.com
02 · Behavior
What Wotbox does
Wotbox crawls the web for new and updated pages to build an index. It checks robots.txt before crawling. It honors Crawl-delay and waits 6 seconds between page loads by default.
03 · Impact
Why Wotbox matters for your site
If you allow it
- Obeys robots.txt and Crawl-delay
- Polite default crawl rate
If you block it
- Small search engine with little referral traffic
04 · Allow
How to allow Wotbox
robots.txt
User-agent: wotbox
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "wotbox")
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: wotbox
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "wotbox") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} wotbox [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Wotbox
Wotbox follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: wotbox
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "wotbox")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: wotbox
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "wotbox") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} wotbox [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Wotbox
The user agent published by the operator:
Wotbox/2.01 (+http://www.wotbox.com/bot/)07 · Verification
Is it really Wotbox?
Wotbox’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 Wotbox
What is Wotbox?
Wotbox is a crawler that indexes new and updated web pages for the Wotbox search engine.
Does Wotbox respect robots.txt?
Yes. Its bot page says it obeys robots.txt and Crawl-delay, with a default 6-second delay.
How do I block Wotbox?
Add "User-agent: wotbox" and "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026