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What is VaultPress?

Direct Answer: VaultPress is a WordPress backup service by Automattic, offering daily and real-time backups.

Operator: Automattic Type: Other Bot Purpose: Automated backup and security scanning of WordPress websites

VaultPress, now known as Jetpack VaultPress Backup, is a subscription service developed by Automattic, the company behind WordPress. It provides automated daily and real-time backups of WordPress websites onto WordPress.com's cloud servers. The service is designed for ease of use and offers secure backups and proactive security scanning.

User-Agent Identification

The following user-agent strings identify VaultPress in your live traffic data:

  • VaultPress

robots.txt Rules for VaultPress

Respects robots.txt: No

This bot does not commit to following robots.txt

VaultPress does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.

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Crawl Behavior

Frequency:Continuous

Request Pattern:Not Documented

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for VaultPress over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.

View recent activity data (last 7 days)
Date Activity Index
Mar 28, 2026 39.0
Mar 29, 2026 38.0
Mar 30, 2026 33.6
Mar 31, 2026 39.6
Apr 1, 2026 44.2
Apr 2, 2026 49.1
Apr 3, 2026 44.1

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track VaultPress traffic?

Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. VaultPress may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.

Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what VaultPress crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.

Log Verification

To verify VaultPress traffic in your live traffic data:

  1. Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
  2. Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Automattic)
  3. Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
  4. Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available

Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.

Undocumented Information

The following information is not officially documented for VaultPress:

  • crawl frequency details
  • IP verification method
  • JavaScript rendering details
  • official quotes

Official Documentation

View Official VaultPress Documentation →

Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.