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<p>In 2026, signaling your “Intent and Consent” to AI models is the new Technical SEO. <strong>Elthian AI Licensing Lite</strong> provides a professional framework for site owners to publish machine-readable AI usage policies.</p>
<p>Whether your goal is <strong>Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)</strong>—earning citations in LLM responses—or protecting your IP from unauthorized training, Elthian ensures your site speaks the language of modern AI agents.</p>
<h3>Advanced License Tiers Included:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Elthian-NoAI:</strong> Hard prohibition on all AI system use and automated access.</li>
<li><strong>Elthian-NoTrain:</strong> The GEO standard. Permits discovery/citation via AI Search but prohibits training and RAG.</li>
<li><strong>Elthian-UseOnly:</strong> For Agentic AI. Permits request-bound, ephemeral processing (deleted after use) but prohibits persistent storage.</li>
<li><strong>Elthian-NonCommercial:</strong> Enables academic and research use while blocking commercial exploitation.</li>
<li><strong>Elthian-Public:</strong> Open access for training and commercial use with attribution.<br />
<a href="https://elthian.com/licensing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about the Elthian AI Licensing standards here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Technical Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Standardized llms.txt:</strong> Automatically serve the dynamically generated <code>/llms.txt</code> file preferred by AI crawlers.</li>
<li><strong>AI-Specific Sitemap:</strong> Dedicated <code>/ai-license-sitemap.xml</code> to help agents discover your citation-ready content.</li>
<li><strong>Global & Per-Post Controls:</strong> Set a site-wide policy or override permissions for specific premium content.</li>
<li><strong>Robots.txt Integration:</strong> Appends standard directives (noai, noimageai) based on your selected license.</li>
<li><strong>Well-known JSON Endpoint:</strong> Implements the <code>.well-known/ai-policy.json</code> technical standard.</li>
<li><strong>License Badge:</strong> Professional human-visible notice to inform visitors of your AI usage rights.</li>
</ul>
<p>A separate Pro plugin is available with additional policy and analytics features:<br />
<a href="https://elthianlabs.com/plugins/ai-licensing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Elthian AI Licensing Pro</a>.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can optionally connect to the Elthian API (api.elthian.com) to register or sync your site’s AI policy declaration.</p>
<p>The external service is disabled by default. No policy data is sent to Elthian unless a site administrator enables Registry Sync or manually initiates a sync.</p>
<p>What the service is used for:</p>
<ul>
<li>To sync the site’s machine-readable AI policy declaration with Elthian’s external registry.</li>
<li>To make the site’s declared AI usage policy discoverable outside the local WordPress installation.</li>
</ul>
<p>What data is sent and when:<br />
* Data is sent only when Registry Sync is enabled by an administrator, or when an administrator manually initiates a sync.<br />
* The data sent may include the site ID, site URL, selected policy, policy scopes, URL overrides, timestamp, policy hash or policy identifier, plugin version, WordPress version, PHP version, timezone, and published content count.<br />
* Post content, page content, comments, user accounts, and customer data are not sent as part of the policy sync.</p>
<p>Service provider:</p>
<ul>
<li>Elthian</li>
</ul>
<p>Terms of service:</p>
<ul>
<li>https://elthianlabs.com/legal/terms/</li>
</ul>
<p>Privacy policy:</p>
<ul>
<li>https://elthianlabs.com/legal/privacy/</li>
</ul>


Elthian AI Licensing Lite

Manage how AI models interact with your content. Implements llms.txt, robots.txt, AI Sitemaps, and machine-readable JSON policies.

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<p>Protect Your Content from AI Scraping</p>
<p>This plugin helps you prevent AI crawlers from using your content as training data for their products. By updating your site’s <code>robots.txt</code>, it blocks common AI crawlers and scrapers, aiming to protect your content from being used in the training of Large Language Models (LLMs).</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h3>Blocks AI Crawlers</h3>
<p>Includes:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>OpenAI</strong> – Blocks crawlers used for ChatGPT</li>
<li><strong>Google</strong> – Blocks crawlers used by Google’s Gemini AI products</li>
<li><strong>Facebook / Meta</strong> – Used for Facebook’s AI training</li>
<li><strong>Anthropic AI</strong> – Blocks crawlers used by Anthropic  </li>
<li><strong>Perplexity</strong> – Block crawlers used by Perplexity</li>
<li><strong>Applebot</strong> – Blocks crawlers used by Apple</li>
<li>… and more!</li>
</ul>
<h3>Experimental Meta Tags</h3>
<p>The plugin adds the “noai, noimageai” directive to your site’s meta tags, instructing AI bots not to use your content in their datasets. Please note that these tags are experimental and have not been standardized.</p>
<h3>Custom robots.txt Rules</h3>
<p>Have custom entries for your robots.txt file? You can now add them directly through the plugin!</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>After activation, the plugin will automatically update your <code>robots.txt</code> and add the necessary meta tags. No further configuration is required, but you can check the settings page for a full list of blocked crawlers.</p>
<h3>Limitations</h3>
<p>While this plugin aims to block specified crawlers, it cannot guarantee complete protection against all forms of scraping, as some bots may disregard <code>robots.txt</code> directives.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For questions or support, <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-ai-crawlers/" rel="ugc">please post on the forums</a> or <a href="https://github.com/bobmatyas/wp-block-ai-crawlers/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.</p>


Block AI Crawlers

Tell AI (Artificial Intelligence) companies not to scrape your site for their AI products.

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