Clifford Williams

HiveEO is an Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) toolkit for WordPress. It helps you get your business, products, and services cited and recommended by AI assistants including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini, and Claude.
Add <code>[hiveeo]</code> to any WordPress page. The full tool renders immediately — no complex setup required.
Free features (WP.org):
<ul>
<li>AEO Checklist — Setup, Entity, and Presence categories</li>
<li>Organisation, Product, and FAQ schema builder — copy/paste ready</li>
<li>Schema auto-inject into site <code><head></code> — no copy/paste needed</li>
<li>Unlimited products with FAQs</li>
<li>AI comment generator — unlimited (Gemini BYOK)</li>
<li>AI thread creator — unlimited (Gemini BYOK)</li>
<li>AI Visibility Tracker — probe ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini (BYOK)</li>
<li>Infrastructure panel — llms.txt editor, AI bot allowlist, crawler log, entity strength score</li>
<li>Action Guide — Module 1 (4 lessons)</li>
<li>Settings — business entity, social profiles, Gemini / OpenAI / Perplexity API keys</li>
<li>Dashboard — progress metrics</li>
</ul>
Additional features available at haiv3.com/hiveeo:
<ul>
<li>Brand Defence comment mode</li>
<li>Reverse Discovery — find who AI cites in your space</li>
<li>URL scraper and AI product description generator</li>
<li>Sitemap batch importer</li>
<li>Full AEO checklist — all 13 categories including per-engine strategies</li>
<li>Action Guide — all 18 lessons (Modules 2–4)</li>
<li>Agency white-label and multi-client dashboard</li>
</ul>
Bring Your Own API Key (BYOK)
HiveEO uses your own API keys (Gemini, OpenAI, Perplexity). Keys are stored in your WordPress database. AI generation requests are routed through the haiv3.com relay service (see External Services below) which fetches the prompt template and returns it to your server — your API key is then used on your server to call the AI provider directly.
Get a free Gemini key at <a href="https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey" rel="nofollow ugc">aistudio.google.com</a> — no billing required.
Privacy
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following external services:
1. Google Gemini API (generativelanguage.googleapis.com) 
Used to generate community comments, seed threads, AI product descriptions, and visibility probe responses. Requests are made only when you click a generate button — never automatically. Your Gemini API key is sent directly from your WordPress server to Google. Data sent includes your prompt text (business context, product details, thread content). See Google’s <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
2. OpenAI API (api.openai.com) 
Used optionally in the Visibility Tracker to probe ChatGPT responses. Only used if you add an OpenAI API key in Settings. See OpenAI’s <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
3. Perplexity API (api.perplexity.ai) 
Used optionally in the Visibility Tracker to probe Perplexity responses. Only used if you add a Perplexity API key in Settings. See Perplexity’s <a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
4. Reddit API (reddit.com) 
Used in the Threads tab to fetch live trending threads from relevant subreddits. Requests are made only when you click “Refresh live threads” — never automatically. No personal data is sent. Data received includes public post titles, scores, and URLs. See Reddit’s <a href="https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/policies/user-agreement" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
5. Hacker News API (hacker-news.firebaseio.com) 
Used in the Threads tab to fetch live trending Hacker News stories. Requests are made only when you click “Refresh live threads” — never automatically. No personal data is sent. Data received includes public story titles, scores, and URLs. See Y Combinator’s <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/legal#privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.
<h3>Local Data Storage</h3>
AI Bot Visit Log 
The plugin optionally logs visits from known AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) to your site. This data is stored entirely within your own WordPress database — no data is sent to any external service. Each log entry stores: the bot name, the URL visited, the timestamp, and a 12-character hash of the visitor IP address (derived using your site’s WordPress salt — the original IP is never stored). This log is used only to display AI crawler activity in the Infrastructure panel.
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
This plugin bundles the following open-source libraries locally (no CDN):
<ul>
<li>Alpine.js v3.15.12 — MIT License. Source: https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine</li>
<li>Tailwind CSS v3.4.19 — MIT License. Source: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss</li>
<li>Tabler Icons v2.47.0 — MIT License. Source: https://github.com/tabler/tabler-icons</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
HiveEO is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

HiveEO — AI Search Visibility Suite

Get your business cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. Schema auto-inject, AEO checklist, comment generator, and AI visibility tracking.

liormech

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.

AI Agent Analytics by Salespeak

See which AI agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) visit your site, what they read, and optimize what they see. Analytics + AEO in one plugin.

HiveEO — AI Search Visibility Suite vs AI Agent Analytics by Salespeak