WellKnownBot

Last updated 19 hours ago.

WellKnownBot is a developer helper operated by Well-Known. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.

Track WellKnownBot Visiting Your Website

You can see when WellKnownBot visits your website using the API or WordPress plugin.

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Detail

Operator	Well-Known
Documentation	https://well-known.dev/about/

Type

Developer Helper

Used by developers to test website functionality

Expected Behavior

Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.

Insights

WellKnownBot's Activity on Your Website

Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.

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Other Websites

of top websites are currently blocking WellKnownBot in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block WellKnownBot?

Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token	Description
`WellKnownBot`	Should match instances of WellKnownBot

You can block WellKnownBot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This should block WellKnownBot

User-agent: WellKnownBot
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.

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