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See when GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, and dozens of other AI crawlers request your pages \u2014 then decide what to allow, discourage, or block.<\/p>\n\n<p>As AI search engines, chatbots, and training crawlers visit WordPress sites more often, you need clear visibility into who is accessing your content. This plugin gives you a dedicated <strong>AI crawler analytics dashboard<\/strong>, <strong>robots.txt control for AI bots<\/strong>, optional <strong>PHP blocking (403)<\/strong>, and an <strong>AI Visibility Score<\/strong> \u2014 without replacing your existing SEO or security plugins.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Why monitor AI crawlers on WordPress?<\/h4>\n\n<p>AI companies use automated <strong>AI crawlers<\/strong> to index, train on, or retrieve website content. Common examples include <strong>GPTBot<\/strong> (OpenAI), <strong>ClaudeBot<\/strong> (Anthropic), <strong>Google-Extended<\/strong> (Google), <strong>Bytespider<\/strong> (ByteDance), <strong>CCBot<\/strong> (Common Crawl), <strong>PerplexityBot<\/strong>, and many others.<\/p>\n\n<p>With this AI crawlers plugin you can:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>See which AI crawlers visit your site and which pages they request.<\/li>\n<li>Compare AI bot traffic across date ranges and spot trends over time.<\/li>\n<li>Block AI crawlers with robots.txt rules or PHP-level 403 responses.<\/li>\n<li>Keep logs for compliance, debugging, and content licensing decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>AI crawler analytics dashboard<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Live dashboard with total requests, unique AI crawlers, pages crawled, and blocked attempts.<\/li>\n<li>Charts for AI crawler requests over time and traffic by bot category.<\/li>\n<li>Top AI crawlers and most-crawled pages tables with period comparison.<\/li>\n<li>Recent AI crawler activity log with filters for bot, HTTP status, and content type.<\/li>\n<li>Download analytics reports from the dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Blocked-attempt logging when PHP blocking is enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>AI Visibility Score<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze any page or your entire site for AI readiness.<\/li>\n<li>19 automated checks across discovery, structured data, and technical signals.<\/li>\n<li>0\u2013100 score with letter grade and prioritized recommendations.<\/li>\n<li>Site-wide batch scan, scan history, comparison diff, and PDF export.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>68+ built-in AI crawlers<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-configured detection for major AI, search, and scraper bots.<\/li>\n<li>Category labels (training, search, assistant, scraper, and more).<\/li>\n<li>Per-crawler info with user-agent pattern details.<\/li>\n<li>Enable or disable monitoring for individual AI crawlers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Custom AI crawler detection<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add your own user-agent patterns for bots not in the built-in list.<\/li>\n<li>Assign company name and category for consistent reporting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>robots.txt control for AI crawlers<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add Disallow rules for selected AI crawlers.<\/li>\n<li>Rules are appended to your WordPress robots.txt output.<\/li>\n<li>Live preview before you publish changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Block AI crawlers with PHP (403)<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hard-block selected AI crawlers before WordPress serves a response.<\/li>\n<li>Blocked requests are logged in the AI crawler analytics dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Works alongside robots.txt for stronger enforcement when needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Data management<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Configurable log retention (7 days to 1 year, or keep all data).<\/li>\n<li>Optional delete-all-data action from the admin.<\/li>\n<li>Delete plugin data on uninstall (optional setting).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Clean admin experience<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress admin menu: <strong>AI Crawlers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Redesigned UI with grouped sidebar navigation and dark mode.<\/li>\n<li>Dashboard, Crawlers, Control, Visibility Score, and Settings in one place.<\/li>\n<li>Built for site administrators \u2014 no code required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Who is this plugin for?<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bloggers and publishers<\/strong> who want to know when AI crawlers access their articles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business and marketing sites<\/strong> tracking AI bot traffic to key landing pages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developers and agencies<\/strong> managing AI crawler policy across client WordPress sites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Site owners<\/strong> exploring robots.txt and PHP options for AI crawler control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>aI-visibility-suite<\/code> folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install via the WordPress Plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Activate <strong>AI Crawlers Visibility, Analytics &amp; Control<\/strong> through the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Crawlers<\/strong> in the WordPress admin sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Enable <strong>crawler tracking<\/strong> and choose your preferred data retention period.<\/li>\n<li>Open <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Dashboard<\/strong> to view AI crawler traffic after bots visit your site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20monitor%20ai%20crawlers%20on%20wordpress%3F\"><h3>How do I monitor AI crawlers on WordPress?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Install and activate the plugin, enable crawler tracking under <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Crawlers<\/strong>, then open <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Dashboard<\/strong>. You will see stats, charts, top AI crawlers, recent requests, and blocked attempts once AI bots visit your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20ai%20crawlers%20does%20this%20plugin%20detect%3F\"><h3>Which AI crawlers does this plugin detect?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin ships with 68+ built-in AI crawlers including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Amazonbot, Bytespider, CCBot, PerplexityBot, Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, and more. You can also add custom user-agent patterns for bots not in the list.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20block%20ai%20crawlers%3F\"><h3>How do I block AI crawlers?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Blocking is opt-in. Use <strong>robots.txt rules<\/strong> under <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Control<\/strong> to disallow specific AI crawlers, or enable <strong>PHP blocking<\/strong> to return a 403 response. Blocked attempts appear in the analytics dashboard.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20block%20ai%20crawlers%20automatically%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin block AI crawlers automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Tracking can be enabled when you turn it on, but blocking is always opt-in. Configure robots.txt rules or PHP blocking per crawler from the <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Control<\/strong> screen.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20blocking%20ai%20crawlers%20hurt%20my%20seo%3F\"><h3>Will blocking AI crawlers hurt my SEO?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Blocking AI training or retrieval crawlers is separate from traditional search engine indexing. Disallowing GPTBot or similar bots in robots.txt does not block Googlebot or Bingbot by default. Review your robots.txt preview and allow crawlers you still want to reach your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20modify%20my%20physical%20robots.txt%20file%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin modify my physical robots.txt file?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. robots.txt rules are injected via the WordPress <code>robots_txt<\/code> filter, which is the standard approach on WordPress sites. Use the live preview in settings to see the effective output.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20export%20ai%20crawler%20logs%3F\"><h3>Can I export AI crawler logs?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Use the <strong>Download report<\/strong> button on the <strong>AI Crawlers \u2192 Dashboard<\/strong> screen to export analytics for the selected date range and filters.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20this%20plugin%20compatible%20with%20caching%20and%20security%20plugins%3F\"><h3>Is this plugin compatible with caching and security plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. AI crawler detection runs on front-end requests. 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