Does wikihow.com block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-11-03, the robots.txt of wikihow.com blocks 14 of 18 AI crawlers, including GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot.
AI crawler status of wikihow.com
Based on the live robots.txt of wikihow.com, checked on 2026-11-03. “Some paths restricted” means the bot may crawl the site but certain sections are excluded.
| User agent | Company | Purpose | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
GPTBot | OpenAI | Model training | Blocked |
OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | ChatGPT search index | Blocked |
ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | Live browsing for ChatGPT users | Blocked |
ClaudeBot | Anthropic | Model training | Blocked |
Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | Claude search index | Blocked |
Claude-User | Anthropic | Live browsing for Claude users | Blocked |
PerplexityBot | Perplexity | Perplexity search index | Blocked |
Perplexity-User | Perplexity | Live browsing for Perplexity users | Allowed (some paths restricted) |
Google-Extended | Gemini training & grounding | Allowed (some paths restricted) | |
Googlebot | Search and AI Overviews | Allowed | |
Bingbot | Microsoft | Bing search and Microsoft Copilot | Allowed (some paths restricted) |
Applebot-Extended | Apple | Apple Intelligence training | Blocked |
Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | Meta AI training | Blocked |
Amazonbot | Amazon | Alexa and Amazon AI | Blocked |
DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | DuckAssist answers | Blocked |
MistralAI-User | Mistral | Live browsing for Le Chat users | Blocked |
CCBot | Common Crawl | Open dataset used by many AI models | Blocked |
Bytespider | ByteDance | Model training | Blocked |
What this means
wikihow.com blocks some AI crawlers but not others, so its visibility differs by assistant. Check the table to see exactly which AI products can read it.
Among the 92 reference & knowledge sites in our AI crawler report, 27% block GPTBot completely. wikihow.com is one of them.
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FAQ
Does wikihow.com block ChatGPT?
Yes. As of 2026-11-03, OAI-SearchBot is blocked and ChatGPT-User is blocked in the robots.txt of wikihow.com. GPTBot (OpenAI's training crawler) is blocked.
Can Perplexity access wikihow.com?
PerplexityBot is blocked and Perplexity-User is allowed with some restricted paths on wikihow.com according to its robots.txt checked on 2026-11-03.
Does wikihow.com have an llms.txt file?
No, we did not find an llms.txt file on wikihow.com when we checked on 2026-11-03.
How is this data collected?
We fetch the public robots.txt file of each site and evaluate the rules for 18 AI user agents for the site root. robots.txt is a request, not a technical barrier, and sites may also block bots at the firewall level, which this check does not see.
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