Citable.dev

<p><strong>AI search engines are the new front door to your business.</strong> ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI, and Apple Intelligence answer questions your customers ask every day — but they can only recommend your website if they can understand it.</p>
<p><strong>GEO Schema for WordPress</strong> adds the structured data and AI-readable files that make your site visible to generative AI. It works alongside your existing SEO plugin (Yoast, RankMath, AIOSEO) — never replacing, always enhancing.</p>
<p>Other plugins charge $49-$299/year for schema features. This plugin offers them <strong>free</strong>.</p>
<h4>Rich JSON-LD Schema That Goes Beyond Yoast</h4>
<p>Most SEO plugins output the same generic <code>WebPage</code> + <code>Organization</code> schema on every page. AI can’t tell your About page from your Contact page from your Services page. This plugin fixes that:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>98 official schema.org business types</strong> — Restaurant, LegalService, NonprofitOrganization, MedicalBusiness, and 94 more across 13 categories</li>
<li><strong>22+ page-specific schema types</strong> — AboutPage, ContactPage, FAQPage, Service, Event, Product, Recipe, HowTo, Course, and more</li>
<li><strong>Auto-detection</strong> — reads your page slugs, titles, and content to choose the right schema type automatically</li>
<li><strong>Per-page override</strong> — pick a different schema type from the editor for any page</li>
<li><strong>FAQ extraction</strong> — automatically detects question headings and generates FAQPage schema with Q&A pairs</li>
<li><strong>Video schema</strong> — auto-detects YouTube/Vimeo embeds and generates VideoObject schema with zero configuration</li>
<li><strong>Recipe, HowTo, Course</strong> — guided field entry for ingredients, steps, cook times, delivery modes, and pricing</li>
</ul>
<h4>Custom Schema Builder — 18 Types, No Code Required</h4>
<p>Build any schema.org type through a guided form — no raw JSON, no guesswork:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Creative Work</strong> — SoftwareApplication, Book, Movie, MusicRecording, MusicAlbum</li>
<li><strong>Podcast & Media</strong> — PodcastSeries, PodcastEpisode</li>
<li><strong>Business & Commerce</strong> — JobPosting, Offer, Brand</li>
<li><strong>People & Organizations</strong> — Person, Organization</li>
<li><strong>Review & Rating</strong> — Review, AggregateRating</li>
<li><strong>Education</strong> — OnlineCourse</li>
<li><strong>Vehicles & Real Estate</strong> — Vehicle, RealEstateListing</li>
</ul>
<p>Every field has help text explaining what it is and why AI cares. Required fields are visible by default; optional fields are behind a “Show all properties” toggle.</p>
<h4>Multiple Schema Types Per Page</h4>
<p>Add more than one schema type to a single page — like Service + FAQPage on a service page that has an FAQ section. Research shows FAQ schema combined with a primary page type is one of the highest-impact combinations for AI citations.</p>
<h4>Schema Templates</h4>
<p>Create a schema configuration once and apply it to dozens of pages. Update the template, and every linked page updates automatically. Or detach a page to edit it independently. Perfect for agencies and sites with many similar pages.</p>
<h4>WooCommerce Product Schema</h4>
<p>When WooCommerce is active, the plugin automatically generates rich Product schema on every product page:</p>
<ul>
<li>Price, currency, availability (InStock/OutOfStock/BackOrder)</li>
<li>Product images and gallery (up to 6)</li>
<li>Brand (auto-detected from attributes, taxonomy, or default)</li>
<li>Customer reviews and aggregate star ratings</li>
<li>SKU, weight, GTIN/UPC/EAN</li>
<li>Simple products (Offer) and variable products (AggregateOffer with price range)</li>
<li>Supplement WooCommerce’s built-in schema or replace it entirely</li>
</ul>
<h4>Auto-Generated llms.txt</h4>
<p>The <code>llms.txt</code> specification (llmstxt.org) is like <code>robots.txt</code> for AI — it tells language models what your site contains. This plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Auto-generates <code>/llms.txt</code> from your site name, pages, and organization details</li>
<li>Auto-generates <code>/llms-full.txt</code> with recent blog posts included</li>
<li>Lets you override the content manually when you want full control</li>
<li>Updates dynamically — add a page, it appears in llms.txt automatically</li>
</ul>
<h4>AI Bot Manager</h4>
<p>Control which of the 9 major AI crawlers can access your site — GPTBot (ChatGPT), Google-Extended (Gemini), PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, FacebookBot (Meta AI), Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, and cohere-ai. Each bot has educational context explaining the trade-off of blocking. Default: all allowed.</p>
<h4>GEO Readiness Checklist</h4>
<p>A 12-step dashboard widget that tracks your AI search readiness — organization data, schema coverage, AI crawler access, FAQ pages, author bylines, content depth, and more. Links directly to the settings you need to complete.</p>
<h4>Who Is This For?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Local businesses</strong> — restaurants, clinics, law firms, contractors</li>
<li><strong>Nonprofits</strong> — churches, charities, community organizations</li>
<li><strong>Service businesses</strong> — agencies, consultancies, SaaS companies</li>
<li><strong>E-commerce</strong> — WooCommerce stores of any size</li>
<li><strong>Content publishers</strong> — blogs, podcasts, courses, media sites</li>
<li><strong>Any WordPress site</strong> where AI search visibility matters</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to <strong>GEO Schema</strong> in the admin menu</li>
<li>Fill in your organization details (name, address, phone, business type)</li>
<li>The plugin immediately starts outputting rich schema on every page</li>
<li>Visit <code>/llms.txt</code> to see your auto-generated AI overview</li>
</ol>
<p>Schema is output at <code>wp_head</code> priority 2 — right alongside Yoast (priority 1). Both coexist perfectly. No conflicts, no database writes on the frontend, no external API calls, no JavaScript overhead.</p>
<h4>About Citable.dev</h4>
<p>This plugin is built by <a href="https://citable.dev" rel="nofollow ugc">Citable.dev</a>, the AI Citability experts. The plugin handles the foundational setup — structured data, llms.txt, bot management. Want to see how AI actually cites your site across 7 platforms? Get a full <a href="https://citable.dev" rel="nofollow ugc">Citable Score™ report</a> — a comprehensive audit of your visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI, and Apple Intelligence.</p>


Citable GEO Schema – Make Your Website AI Citable

Add rich JSON-LD schema, auto-generated llms.txt, and AI bot controls so AI can find, understand, and cite your content. Free, by Citable.dev.

Freemius

Sajjad Ali

Pagup

<p>Better Robots.txt replaces the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can configure and preview before publishing.</p>
<p>Instead of a blank textarea, you get a guided wizard with presets, plain-language explanations, and a final Review & Save step so you can inspect the generated robots.txt before it goes live.</p>
<p>Built for beginners and advanced users alike, Better Robots.txt helps you control how search engines, AI crawlers, SEO tools, archive bots, bad bots, social preview bots, and other automated agents interact with your site.</p>
<p>Trusted by thousands of WordPress sites, Better Robots.txt is designed for the AI era without resorting to hype, vague promises, or hidden rules.</p>
<p>Better Robots.txt is available in Free, Pro, and Premium editions. The free plugin covers the guided workflow and essential crawl control features, while Pro and Premium unlock additional governance, protection, and AI-ready modules. Some screenshots on the plugin page show features from all three editions.</p>
<h3>A quick overview</h3>
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<h3>Why Better Robots.txt is different</h3>
<p>Most robots.txt plugins fall into one of three categories:</p>
<ul>
<li>Simple text editor</li>
<li>Virtual robots.txt manager</li>
<li>Single-purpose AI or policy add-on</li>
</ul>
<p>Better Robots.txt goes further.</p>
<p>It gives you a complete, guided crawl control workflow so you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose a preset that matches your goals</li>
<li>Control major crawler categories without writing everything by hand</li>
<li>Keep core WordPress protection rules visible and editable</li>
<li>Clean up low-value crawl paths that waste crawl budget</li>
<li>Generate a cleaner robots.txt output</li>
<li>Preview the final result before saving</li>
</ul>
<h3>What you can control</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt helps you manage:</p>
<ul>
<li>Search engine visibility</li>
<li>AI and LLM crawler behavior</li>
<li>AI usage signals such as search, ai-input, and ai-train preferences</li>
<li>SEO tool crawlers</li>
<li>Bad bots and abusive crawlers</li>
<li>Archive and Wayback access</li>
<li>Feed crawlers and crawl traps</li>
<li>WooCommerce crawl cleanup</li>
<li>CSS, JavaScript, and image crawling rules</li>
<li>Social media preview crawlers</li>
<li>ads.txt and app-ads.txt allowance</li>
<li>llms.txt generation</li>
<li>Advanced directives such as crawl-delay and custom rules</li>
<li>Final review before publishing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Editions</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt is available in three editions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Free – Includes the guided setup, the Essential preset, core crawl control features, and the final Review & Save workflow.</li>
<li>Pro – Adds more advanced governance and protection modules, including additional AI, crawler, and cleanup controls.</li>
<li>Premium – Unlocks the most restrictive and advanced protection options, including the Fortress preset and additional high-control modules.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some options shown in the interface are marked Free, Pro, or Premium so users can immediately understand which modules belong to each edition.</p>
<h3>Presets</h3>
<p>Setup starts with four modes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essential – A clean, practical configuration for most websites that want a better robots.txt without complexity.</li>
<li>AI-First – For publishers and content sites that want AI-ready governance without shutting down discovery.</li>
<li>Fortress – For websites that want stronger protection against scraping, archive capture, and unnecessary crawl activity.</li>
<li>Custom – For users who prefer to configure each module manually.</li>
</ul>
<p>For many sites, one preset plus a quick review is enough.</p>
<h3>Built for beginners and experts</h3>
<p>Beginners get:</p>
<ul>
<li>A guided setup instead of a raw robots.txt box</li>
<li>Preset-based configuration</li>
<li>Plain-language explanations for important choices</li>
<li>A safer workflow with a final preview step</li>
</ul>
<p>Advanced users get:</p>
<ul>
<li>Editable core WordPress protection rules</li>
<li>Fine-grained crawler controls by category</li>
<li>WooCommerce-oriented cleanup options</li>
<li>Consolidated output options</li>
<li>Advanced directives and custom rules</li>
<li>A final output they can inspect before publishing</li>
</ul>
<h3>AI-ready, without hype</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt includes features for modern AI-related crawl governance, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>AI crawler handling</li>
<li>Optional llms.txt support</li>
<li>AI usage signals for compliant systems</li>
<li>Optional machine-readable governance signals for advanced use cases</li>
</ul>
<p>These features help you express how you want automated systems to use your content.</p>
<p>However, Better Robots.txt does not claim to control AI by force. Like robots.txt itself, these signals are most useful with compliant systems and good-faith crawlers.</p>
<h3>What Better Robots.txt is</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt is:</p>
<ul>
<li>A robots.txt governance plugin for WordPress</li>
<li>A guided configuration workflow instead of a raw text editor</li>
<li>A crawl control layer to reduce wasteful crawling</li>
<li>A practical bridge between SEO, crawl hygiene, and AI-era policy signaling</li>
<li>A way to keep your crawl policy clearer for humans and machines</li>
</ul>
<p>Technical reference for advanced users: Better Robots.txt also maintains a public <a href="https://github.com/GautierDorval/better-robots-txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc">GitHub repository</a> with product definition, governance notes, and machine-readable artefacts.</p>
<h3>What Better Robots.txt is not</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt is not:</p>
<ul>
<li>A firewall or Web Application Firewall (WAF)</li>
<li>An anti-scraping enforcement engine</li>
<li>A legal compliance engine</li>
<li>A guarantee that every bot will obey your rules</li>
<li>A replacement for server-level security or access control</li>
</ul>
<p>It helps you publish a clearer crawl policy.</p>
<p>It does not replace infrastructure-level protection.</p>
<h3>Typical use cases</h3>
<p>Use Better Robots.txt if you want to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clean up a weak or noisy default robots.txt</li>
<li>Reduce crawl waste on WordPress or WooCommerce</li>
<li>Keep major search engines allowed while restricting other bots</li>
<li>Control whether archive bots can snapshot your site</li>
<li>Publish AI usage preferences more clearly</li>
<li>Keep social preview bots allowed while limiting scrapers</li>
<li>Review the final file before making it live</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Guided step-by-step wizard</li>
<li>Preset-based setup: Essential, AI-First, Fortress, Custom</li>
<li>Search engine visibility controls</li>
<li>AI and LLM crawler governance</li>
<li>AI usage signals support</li>
<li>SEO tool crawler controls</li>
<li>Bad bot and abusive crawler options</li>
<li>Archive and Wayback access controls</li>
<li>Spam, feed, and crawl trap cleanup</li>
<li>WooCommerce crawl cleanup options</li>
<li>CSS, JavaScript, and image crawling rules</li>
<li>Social media preview crawler controls</li>
<li>ads.txt and app-ads.txt allowance</li>
<li>Optional llms.txt generation</li>
<li>Consolidated output option</li>
<li>Core WordPress protection rules remain visible and editable</li>
<li>Final Review & Save preview screen</li>
</ul>
<h4>About the publisher</h4>
<p>Better Robots.txt is developed and maintained by <a href="https://pagup.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pagup</a>, a digital readability firm based in Quebec, Canada. Pagup helps organizations become correctly understood by search engines, generative AI systems, and autonomous agents.</p>
<p>The robots.txt file is the first surface that AI crawlers read when they discover a site. A well-structured robots.txt that references governance files such as llms.txt, ai-manifest.json, and interpretation policies helps AI systems understand your site faster and more accurately.</p>
<p>Better Robots.txt is one component of a broader digital readability practice that includes <a href="https://pagup.com/en/services/semantic-content-architecture/" rel="nofollow ugc">semantic content architecture</a>, <a href="https://pagup.com/en/services/ai-governance-and-machine-readability/" rel="nofollow ugc">AI governance and machine readability</a>, and <a href="https://pagup.com/en/glossary/interpretive-seo/" rel="nofollow ugc">interpretive SEO</a>.</p>
<h4>Part of the Pagup ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pagup.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">pagup.com</a> — Digital readability firm. Diagnostic, semantic architecture, AI governance.</li>
<li><a href="https://gautierdorval.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">gautierdorval.com</a> — Doctrine, canonical definitions, interpretive governance research.</li>
<li><a href="https://interpretive-governance.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">interpretive-governance.org</a> — Formal versioned standard for interpretive governance.</li>
<li><a href="https://better-robots.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">better-robots.com</a> — Documentation and resources for Better Robots.txt.</li>
</ul>


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