The restriction of bot access to your website in the context of information security can be important both numerically and functionally. Here are several reasons why it might be crucial:

1. Preventing Information Access:

   • A large number of bots may attempt to automatically scan websites and collect data. Limiting access can prevent or hinder search engines and scraping tools from populating their databases with information from your site.

2. Protecting User Privacy:

   • Limiting access can prevent bots from obtaining or aggregating personal user information, such as email addresses or other data that could be used for unauthorized marketing or malicious activities.

3. Protecting Server Resources:

   • Extensive bot activity can negatively impact the performance of your server and, in extreme cases, pose security challenges. Limiting access can reduce pressure and ensure good and stable performance.

4. Mitigating Advanced Intrusion Attacks:

   • Access to the site through bots may be the first stage in a penetration attack process. Limiting access to bots can impede advanced intrusion attacks, such as automated scripts and the like.

5. Preventing Unwanted Content Scraping:

   • Bot access can cause your site to display content that you may not want. Limiting access can prevent undesired content scraping by other websites.

6. Deterring Forums and Spam Stations:

   • By limiting access, you can avoid forums and spam stations scanning your site, preventing them from extracting information you wouldn’t want on other sites.

Generally, limiting access to bots can be an effective tool in securing your information, especially when done through specific configurations and rules that dictate which users are allowed and not allowed to access your site.

General instructions that can help limit access to bots using Wordfence:

1. Install Wordfence:

   • If you haven’t installed Wordfence yet, do so from the WordPress dashboard. You can find the plugin in the WordPress plugin store or download it from the official Wordfence website.

2. Perform Initial Settings:

   • After installation, go to the Wordfence control panel and perform the initial plugin settings, including basic security settings.

3. Section “Security with Block and Control Panel”:

   • In the Wordfence control panel, there are four tabs at the top. Choose the second tab with the title “Security with Block and Control Panel.”

4. Option “Limit access by known bot signatures”:

   • In this section, there is an option called “Limit access by known bot signatures.” Select it to enable access limitation based on bot signatures.

5. Choose Known Bot Signatures:

   • In this section, choose from a list of known bot signatures that you want to use to limit access to your site.

6. Save Changes:

   • After selecting the bot signatures, don’t forget to click on “Save Changes” to confirm your settings.