Thread View CAPTCHA & AI Scraper & Bot Protection [Paid] 1.5.9

[Mbx]

Mbx submitted a new resource:

Thread View CAPTCHA & AI Scraper & Bot Protection - The AI Data Scraping Protection plugin.

This add-on protects your forum by challenging unregistered visitors and suspected bots with a CAPTCHA when they view threads.

It stops data crawlers—including those used for AI training—from scraping your community’s posts.

• Human-friendly: Legit users only solve once per session.
• Smart bot detection with DNS and user-agent analysis.
• Optional logging for analytics and future-proofing.

Keep your forum content safe from both classic spambots and new AI training...

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[Enes3078]

Even if I am a guest from my own computer, I have to pass a captcha to view the content of the thread. It seems like an add-on that can have a very negative impact on SEO if not configured correctly.

 

[Mbx]

Even if I am a guest from my own computer, I have to pass a captcha to view the content of the thread. It seems like an add-on that can have a very negative impact on SEO if not configured correctly.

Yes, that is correct. Therefore I pointed to this.

On the other hand, much of the industry is moving toward using GPT-based models. This raises an important question: Do you want your board’s data to be used in training such models without any control? Using Cloudflare does not fully address this concern. Additionally, there’s always the issue that by using Cloudflare, you’re sharing your data with a third party.

So the idea is not to disallow bots (which is possible too), its more about control.

 

[Dragonfruit]

Hi @Mbx
The price seems a bit steep, are there any planned sales in the near future? The buy button seems to bring me to a create a ticket page, and I couldn’t find the addon listed on the forum there.

What’s the purchasing process?

Thanks

 

[Mbx]

Hi @Mbx
The price seems a bit steep, are there any planned sales in the near future? The buy button seems to bring me to a create a ticket page, and I couldn’t find the addon listed on the forum there.

What’s the purchasing process?

Thanks

You can contact me over there or here (I cannot send you a PM here). I add something more detailed then

 

[Dragonfruit]

You can contact me over there or here (I cannot send you a PM here). I add something more detailed then

Okay I've DMed you

 

[RichDevman]

Will this block you from getting into the google ai featured result? It is easy to block ai from crawling using robots.txt but i think getting into that featured result in Google is important.

 

[Mbx]

Will this block you from getting into the google ai featured result? It is easy to block ai from crawling using robots.txt but i think getting into that featured result in Google is important.

You have the control to allow what you want.

 

[Mbx]

Mbx updated Thread View CAPTCHA & AI Scraper & Bot Protection with a new update entry:

Version 1.5.1

1.5.1 fixes:

• duplicate automatic blacklist rows no longer break confirm/unconfirm actions
• custom bots now require at least one verification domain
• empty/invalid DNS candidate domains are skipped more safely
• admins with manage permission still see the add-on correctly across ACP areas that expect view access

New features:

• admin permissions for viewing vs managing the add-on
• manual whitelist and blacklist management
• a global guest-verification reset...

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[bzcomputers]

With the current pricing and no new public releases in 9 months but version goes form 1.1.8 to 1.5.1 - leaves a lot of questions as to why there were no updates released before this when there appears to have been numerous updates occurring. People will be very hesitant to buy.

 

[Mbx]

With the current pricing and no new public releases in 9 months but version goes form 1.1.8 to 1.5.1 - leaves a lot of questions as to why there were no updates released before this when there appears to have been numerous updates occurring. People will be very hesitant to buy.

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I am just too lazy to update here (in-between 15 other projects). Software I build for Xenforo is primary meant for my own board - not primarily to sell it Hence. Does not mean there is no progress, while I think that the application is fairly complete at this point. Not sure what else to add currently.

 

[PumpinIron]

You can do this with Cloudflare.

 

[Mbx]

You can do this with Cloudflare.

Yes, true -- for the price there; you just lose every privacy your users got left But in general it does not help that well with bots, more with DDOS, since its not that difficult to overcome the measures that Cloudflare uses.

 

[hzg7]

Would like to purchase, but there's no straight forward way to do so...

 

[Mbx]

Mbx updated Thread View CAPTCHA & AI Scraper & Bot Protection with a new update entry:

1.5.2

• Added a protected-view CAPTCHA dashboard.
• Dashboard shows daily counts for:
  • CAPTCHA challenges
  • Solves
  • Failures
  • Blocks
  • DNS candidates
  • Manual allow/block entries
• Added an effective protected-forum preview so admins can see exactly which forums are protected.
• Added event detail overlays.
• Added IP status badges.
• Added CSV exports for logs.
• Added bulk deletion for event and CAPTCHA logs.
• Added clearer confirmation text for...

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[Mbx]

Would like to purchase, but there's no straight forward way to do so...

You can contact me here over PM. But I will add website for buying soon.

 

[Dragonfruit]

You can contact me here over PM. But I will add website for buying soon.

You’re the only one doing it this way. I DM’d you like you requested, then you ask what my intentions are or what I want this addon for.

You posted this here, described what it does, I became sold on it, then I have to DM and be interrogated over why I want it? It was off putting so I’ve moved on.

Other addon sellers use a proper store front with license verification.

 

[Mbx]

You’re the only one doing it this way. I DM’d you like you requested, then you ask what my intentions are or what I want this addon for.

You posted this here, described what it does, I became sold on it, then I have to DM and be interrogated over why I want it? It was off putting so I’ve moved on.

That is not correct. I only asked for which website (verification) it was and what you wanted to to achieve with the plugin (as in to clear up possible misunderstandings). I think that very reasonable and helpful, instead of just selling something.

Other addon sellers use a proper store front with license verification.

Actually, not many are doing that, and to reiterate: While I do plan to add a store front, since I’m only offering three plugins here on the side and simply wanted to help other forum owners who were struggling with the same issues I was, this wasn’t intended for commercial distribution (so far).

 

[Dragonfruit]

I’ve acquired thousands of addons with over 100 active ones. I’d disagree that “not many” are doing it that way. You’re the only one I’ve encountered where it’s not a simple check out process.

 

[Mbx]

Mbx updated Thread View CAPTCHA & AI Scraper & Bot Protection with a new update entry:

1.5.9

ThreadViewCaptcha has evolved significantly from a primarily CAPTCHA-based protection system into a broader anti-bot and AI-scraper protection layer.

Recent updates strengthen crawler verification by combining IP-range and ASN checks, reverse-DNS validation, stricter session binding, and explicit allow/deny logic for known search, social, and AI crawlers. A matching User-Agent alone is no longer enough to gain access, which greatly reduces the risk of simple crawler impersonation.

The...

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