Which AI bot user agents should I allow in my firewall or WAF so Trakkr can track them?
Updated June 30, 2026 · Reviewed by [email protected]
Allow these user agents through any bot-challenge or WAF rule that would otherwise block unrecognized automated traffic: `GPTBot`, `OAI-SearchBot`, `ChatGPT-User` (OpenAI), `ClaudeBot`, `Claude-Web` (Anthropic), `PerplexityBot` (Perplexity), and `Google-Extended` (Google's AI training signal, separate from regular `Googlebot`).
This list covers the AI engines Trakkr tracks. If you're also connecting Trakkr's own WordPress connector, allow its user agent (`Trakkr WordPress Connector/1.0`) separately, since that's Trakkr reading your site, not an AI engine crawling it.
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