AlmaWeb

Two sides of AI traffic, one powerful plugin.
With the rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, your website faces two new realities: 
1. AI bots scraping your content for training and indexing 
2. Real human visitors discovering your site through AI tools and clicking through to visit
AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics is the only WordPress plugin that tracks BOTH:
AI Bot Detection 
Identify bots from major AI companies (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, Amazon), SEO crawlers (Ahrefs, Semrush), aggressive scrapers, and even “stealth” bots hiding behind standard User-Agents. Detect GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Gemini, Bytespider, Perplexity and 200+ more.
AI Referrer Tracking 
Track real human visitors coming FROM AI platforms! When someone asks ChatGPT a question and clicks a link to your site, you will see it. Understand which AI tools are sending you traffic, which pages they land on, and how diverse your AI traffic sources are.
<h4>Why AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics?</h4>
In a world where AIs massively consume AND distribute web content, it is crucial to know:
<ul>
<li>Who’s scraping your content – Precisely identify each AI bot (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Gemini, etc.)</li>
<li>Whether ChatGPT is training on your data – Detect OpenAI crawlers in real time and block them if needed</li>
<li>Which pages are being targeted – Discover what content interests AI bots the most</li>
<li>Hidden bots – Detect even bots that mask their identity with standard User-Agents (stealth detection)</li>
<li>Which AI platforms send you traffic – Track human visitors referred by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
🔍 Multi-Level Bot Detection
<ul>
<li>Level 1 – User-Agent: Detects 200+ AI bot signatures (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, xAI, Mistral, Cohere, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and more)</li>
<li>Level 2 – IP Range: Verifies official IP ranges from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to catch masked bots</li>
<li>Level 3 – Stealth Detection: Detects invisible bots like ChatGPT Atlas that use standard browser User-Agents by cross-referencing IP addresses</li>
</ul>
📊 Comprehensive Dashboard
<ul>
<li>Real-time statistics (human visits vs bots)</li>
<li>Evolution charts with Chart.js</li>
<li>Distribution by AI family (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, etc.)</li>
<li>Top 10 most active bots</li>
<li>Top 10 most scraped pages</li>
<li>Comparison with previous period</li>
<li>Business KPIs: growth rate, peak hours, intent distribution</li>
</ul>
📋 Detailed Logs
<ul>
<li>Advanced filtering by bot type, IP, date</li>
<li>Real-time search</li>
<li>Full CSV export</li>
<li>Complete details: User-Agent, IP, URL, detection method, AI family, bot intent</li>
<li>Special badge for “invisible” bots</li>
</ul>
⚙️ Flexible Configuration
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable tracking</li>
<li>Bad bot blocking option (disabled by default)</li>
<li>Configurable data retention (90 days by default)</li>
<li>Automatic daily cleanup of old data</li>
<li>Exclude logged-in users (optional)</li>
</ul>
🔒 Privacy Respectful
<ul>
<li>No data sent to third-party services</li>
<li>All data stays in your WordPress database</li>
<li>GDPR compliant</li>
<li>No cookies or client-side tracking</li>
<li>Only downloads public data (IP ranges)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Detected Bots</h4>
The plugin detects over 200 different bots in the following categories:
AI Bots (AI Training & Inference): 
OpenAI (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, Operator, ChatGPT Agent), Anthropic (ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, Claude-SearchBot), Google AI (Google-Extended, Gemini, NotebookLM, GoogleAgent-Mariner), Meta AI, Amazon (Amazonbot, Bedrock, Nova Act), Apple Intelligence, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI (Grok), Cohere, DeepSeek, Character.AI, Kagi, Exa, Tavily, Apify, and 150+ others.
Search Engines: 
Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, etc.
SEO Crawlers: 
Ahrefs, Semrush, Moz, Majestic, etc.
Scrapers & Malicious Bots: 
Content scrapers, email collectors, attack bots, etc.
<h4>Advanced Stealth Bot Detection</h4>
Some AI bots like ChatGPT Atlas use standard browser User-Agents (Chrome, Safari) to go unnoticed. AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics detects them by cross-referencing IP addresses against official IP ranges from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — all stored locally, no external calls required.
Example: 
A visitor with User-Agent “Mozilla/5.0 Chrome/…” from an IP in the OpenAI range will be identified as “ChatGPT Atlas” and marked with an “INVISIBLE” badge in the logs.
<h4>Firewall — Block Unwanted Bots</h4>
Since v1.2.0, the plugin includes a built-in Firewall to block bots before they access your content:
<ul>
<li>Block by intention — Stop training crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot), scrapers, or inference bots</li>
<li>Block by family — Block all bots from a specific company (ByteDance, Meta, OpenAI, etc.)</li>
<li>Blocked bots receive a 403 response and are still logged for analysis</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Zero external calls: IP ranges for OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are stored locally</li>
<li>Minimal impact: Optimized to not slow down your site</li>
<li>Optimized queries: Indexes on all important columns</li>
<li>Automatic cleanup: Daily deletion of old data</li>
</ul>
Protect your content and understand your traffic like never before.
<h3>Official Plugin Page</h3>
Visit the official plugin page for additional resources and support: 
https://almaweb.fr/ai-visitor-analytics
<h3>Privacy & Data Protection</h3>
AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics takes your privacy seriously:
<h4>Data Storage</h4>
<ul>
<li>All data is stored locally in your WordPress database</li>
<li>No external services receive any data from your site</li>
<li>You have full control over data retention (configurable from 1 to 365 days)</li>
<li>Automatic daily cleanup removes old data based on your settings</li>
</ul>
<h4>What Data is Collected</h4>
The plugin collects the following information for each visit: 
* User-Agent string 
* IP address 
* Requested URL 
* HTTP referrer 
* Request method (GET, POST, etc.) 
* HTTP headers (Accept, Accept-Language, Accept-Encoding) 
* Timestamp
This data is used solely for bot detection and traffic analysis on your own site.
<h4>GDPR Compliance</h4>
<ul>
<li>No cookies are set by this plugin</li>
<li>No client-side tracking or JavaScript-based analytics</li>
<li>IP addresses are stored for bot identification purposes only</li>
<li>You can configure data retention to comply with your privacy policy</li>
<li>Users can request data deletion through standard WordPress data export/erasure tools</li>
</ul>
<h4>What This Plugin Does NOT Do</h4>
<ul>
<li>Does NOT send your data to external servers</li>
<li>Does NOT track end-user behavior for advertising</li>
<li>Does NOT use third-party analytics services</li>
<li>Does NOT set cookies</li>
<li>Does NOT require user consent (server-side logging only)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
This plugin may connect to the following third-party services only to download publicly available bot IP ranges:
<h4>OpenAI IP Ranges</h4>
<ul>
<li>GPTBot: https://openai.com/gptbot.json</li>
<li>ChatGPT-User: https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json</li>
<li>SearchBot: https://openai.com/searchbot.json</li>
</ul>
Purpose: Verify IP addresses to detect OpenAI bots, including stealth bots like ChatGPT Atlas 
Data sent: None – the plugin only downloads public IP range information 
Caching: IP ranges are cached for 24 hours to minimize requests 
Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/privacy
<h4>Important Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>No data from your site is ever sent to these services</li>
<li>The plugin only downloads publicly available IP range lists</li>
<li>These requests happen server-side (not from visitors’ browsers)</li>
<li>IP ranges are cached locally for 24 hours</li>
<li>If the external service is unavailable, the plugin continues to work using User-Agent detection</li>
</ul>
<h4>Bundled Libraries</h4>
Chart.js v4.5.1 (bundled locally) 
* Used for dashboard visualizations 
* No external connections required 
* Loaded only on admin pages 
* License: MIT
All third-party code is included in the plugin and does not require external CDN connections.
<h3>Support & Documentation</h3>
<h4>Getting Help</h4>
If you need help with the plugin, here are your options:
<ol>
<li>Documentation: Check the plugin settings page for inline help and tooltips</li>
<li>WordPress Support Forum: Post your questions on the WordPress.org support forum</li>
<li>Official Page: Visit https://almaweb.fr/ai-visitor-analytics for contact and support</li>
</ol>
<h4>Reporting Bugs</h4>
If you find a bug, please report it on the WordPress.org support forum with: 
* WordPress version 
* PHP version 
* Steps to reproduce the issue 
* Any error messages you’re seeing
You can also contact us directly through our official page at https://almaweb.fr/ai-visitor-analytics
<h4>Feature Requests</h4>
We welcome feature suggestions! Please submit them on the WordPress.org support forum or contact us through https://almaweb.fr/ai-visitor-analytics
<h3>Contributing</h3>
This plugin is open source and welcomes contributions!
<h4>Translation</h4>
The plugin is available in French and English. To add a new language:
<ol>
<li>Copy <code>languages/almaweb-ai-visitor-analytics.pot</code></li>
<li>Translate using Poedit or similar tool</li>
<li>Save as <code>almaweb-ai-visitor-analytics-{locale}.po</code> and compile to <code>.mo</code></li>
<li>Contact us through https://almaweb.fr/ai-visitor-analytics to submit your translation</li>
</ol>
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed by: Yohan Ziri 
Company: AlmaWeb (https://almaweb.fr) 
License: GPLv3 or later
Special Thanks: 
* Chart.js for beautiful visualizations 
* The WordPress community for feedback and support 
* All users who help improve the bot detection library

AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics

Detect GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Gemini and 200+ AI crawlers. Track which AI bots scrape your content and block unwanted scrapers.

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AI agents are visiting your website hundreds of times a month. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. They are reading your pages, evaluating your content, and deciding whether to recommend you to their users. Can you see any of it? 
Now you can.
See it in action:
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kNL1s4heBLE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Based on analysis of 640,000+ AI agent crawls across B2B websites, AI agent traffic is one of the fastest-growing — and most invisible — sources of website activity. This plugin gives you complete visibility, plus the tools to act on what you find. 
AI Search Analytics 
Monitor how often AI tools access and cite your content over time — like Google Analytics, but for AI agent traffic. See trends by day, week, and month across all major AI platforms. 
Agent Identification & Analysis 
Identify exactly which AI agents are scanning your site: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and more. Understand their behavior patterns and which content draws the most visits. 
Page Performance Intelligence 
See exactly which pages ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI agents actually read when answering questions. This is the foundation of effective Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). 
AEO Content Gap Detection 
Discover what critical information is missing from your most-accessed pages. Know what to add so AI agents can confidently recommend your site when users ask relevant questions. 
What Makes This Different: The Optimization Layer 
Most AI analytics plugins stop at tracking. This one also lets you optimize what AI agents see. 
Serve LLM-optimized versions of your pages — restructured with structured Q&A, comparison data, and testimonial cues — so ChatGPT and Claude get your complete story, not just whatever text they happen to parse. Analytics + action, not just a dashboard. 
This is the only WordPress plugin that tracks AI agent visits AND optimizes what they see.
<h3>Cache Compatibility</h3>
This plugin includes built-in support for bypassing cache on AI bot requests for: 
* WP Engine – via <code>wpe_is_cacheable</code> filter 
* WP Rocket – via <code>do_rocket_generate_caching_files</code> filter 
* LiteSpeed Cache – via <code>litespeed_can_cache</code> filter and <code>LSCACHE_NO_CACHE</code> constant 
* W3 Total Cache – via <code>w3tc_can_cache</code> filter 
* WP Super Cache – via <code>wp_super_cache_late_init</code> filter 
* SiteGround Optimizer – via <code>sg_optimizer_cache_is_enabled</code> filter 
* Kinsta – via cache-control headers 
* Cloudflare APO – via cookie-based bypass 
Server-Level Caching (Nginx, Varnish, CDN) 
If you use server-level caching that runs BEFORE PHP/WordPress, you may need additional configuration: 
For Nginx FastCGI Cache, add to your server config:
<pre><code>if ($http_user_agent ~* "(ChatGPT|GPTBot|ClaudeBot|PerplexityBot|Claude-User|Claude-Web|Google-Extended|bingpreview|OpenAI)") {
 set $skip_cache 1;
}
</code></pre>
For Varnish, add to your VCL:
<pre><code>if (req.http.User-Agent ~ "(?i)(ChatGPT|GPTBot|ClaudeBot|PerplexityBot|Claude-User|Claude-Web|Google-Extended|bingpreview|OpenAI)") {
 return (pass);
}
</code></pre>
For Cloudflare (non-APO), create a Cache Rule: 
– When: <code>User Agent contains "ChatGPT" or "GPTBot" or "ClaudeBot" or "PerplexityBot"</code> 
– Then: Bypass cache 
The plugin sends <code>X-Salespeak-AI-Bot: 1</code> header for AI bot requests to help with debugging.
<h3>Safety & Performance</h3>
This plugin is designed to have ZERO impact on normal visitors: 
* All cache bypass logic only executes when the User-Agent matches a known AI bot pattern 
* For non-AI requests, all filter callbacks immediately return the original value (pass-through) 
* No headers, cookies, or constants are set for normal visitor requests 
* AI bot detection is cached per-request to avoid repeated regex checks 
* The plugin only modifies behavior for an explicit list of known AI bot User-Agent strings: 
 * ChatGPT-User, GPTBot, Claude-User, Claude-Web, ClaudeBot 
 * PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, bingpreview, OpenAI 
 * Applebot-Extended, CCBot, anthropic-ai, cohere-ai
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin integrates with the following external services:
<h3>Salespeak Analytics API</h3>
Service: Salespeak’s event tracking and analytics service 
Purpose: Logs AI agent visits and user interactions for analytics and optimization purposes 
Data Sent: When AI agents are detected, the plugin sends: 
– Website URL being visited 
– Agent type (ChatGPT, Claude, GPTBot, etc.) 
– Organization ID (for account association) 
– Request ID (for tracking) 
– Campaign ID (default value for organization tracking) 
When Data is Sent: Only when AI agents are detected visiting your website 
Service Provider: Salespeak (https://salespeak.ai) 
Terms of Service: https://salespeak.ai/terms 
Privacy Policy: https://salespeak.ai/privacy
<h3>Salespeak Content Delivery Network (CDN)</h3>
Service: Amazon S3-based content delivery for serving AI-optimized content 
Purpose: Serves alternate, LLM-optimized content to detected AI agents 
Data Sent: No data is sent to this service — it only serves content based on URL requests 
When Data is Sent: Not applicable — this is a content delivery service only 
Service Provider: Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, managed by Salespeak 
Terms of Service: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/ 
Privacy Policy: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
<h3>Privacy and Data Handling</h3>
This plugin only sends data when AI agents are detected visiting your website. No personal user data is collected or transmitted. All data is used solely for analytics and content optimization purposes. The plugin respects user privacy and does not track individual human visitors.

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