llmscentral

LLMS Central Bot Tracker helps you understand which AI systems are visiting your website and gives you control over how AI companies use your content.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Track 16+ AI Bots – Monitor visits from GPTBot, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and more</li>
<li>Real-time Analytics – See which AI bots are crawling your site and when</li>
<li>llms.txt Management – Create and manage your llms.txt file (the “robots.txt for AI”)</li>
<li>Privacy-Focused – Only tracks bot user-agents, no personal data collected</li>
<li>Dashboard Widget – View AI bot activity right in your WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Easy Setup – One-click installation, no coding required</li>
</ul>
<h4>What is llms.txt?</h4>
llms.txt is like robots.txt, but for AI systems. It tells AI companies how they can use your content for training their models. With this plugin, you can:
<ul>
<li>Allow or restrict AI training on your content</li>
<li>Require attribution when AI uses your content</li>
<li>Set commercial use policies</li>
<li>Provide contact information for AI companies</li>
</ul>
<h4>Tracked AI Bots</h4>
<ul>
<li>GPTBot (OpenAI)</li>
<li>ChatGPT-User (OpenAI)</li>
<li>Claude-Web (Anthropic)</li>
<li>Google-Extended (Google)</li>
<li>Perplexity Bot</li>
<li>Bytespider (ByteDance)</li>
<li>Cohere AI</li>
<li>FacebookBot (Meta)</li>
<li>Amazonbot</li>
<li>And 8+ more AI crawlers</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy & Data Collection</h4>
This plugin is designed with privacy in mind:
Data Collection is OPT-IN ONLY: 
No data is sent to external servers unless you explicitly enable tracking and provide consent in the plugin settings.
When Tracking is Enabled (with your consent): 
* Bot user-agent strings 
* Page URLs visited by bots 
* Timestamp of visits 
* Your domain name
Data NOT Collected: 
* Visitor IP addresses 
* Personal information 
* Cookies or tracking identifiers 
* Form submissions 
* Human visitor data
You can disable tracking at any time, and no data will be transmitted without your explicit permission.
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Content Creators – Know which AI systems are using your content</li>
<li>Publishers – Monitor AI bot traffic and set training policies</li>
<li>Developers – Track AI crawler behavior on your site</li>
<li>SEO Professionals – Understand AI bot impact on your site</li>
<li>Business Owners – Control how AI companies use your content</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
This plugin sends data to LLMS Central servers (https://llmscentral.com) for analytics purposes.
Data Sent: 
* Bot user-agent strings 
* Page URLs visited by bots 
* Timestamp of visits 
* Your domain name
Data NOT Sent: 
* Visitor IP addresses 
* Personal information 
* Cookies or tracking identifiers 
* Form submissions 
* Human visitor data
You must explicitly consent to this data collection by checking the consent box in the plugin settings. You can revoke consent at any time by disabling the plugin.
For full details, see our <a href="https://llmscentral.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://llmscentral.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following external service:
LLMS Central API (https://llmscentral.com) 
* Purpose: Send AI bot tracking data and retrieve analytics (OPT-IN ONLY) 
* Privacy Policy: https://llmscentral.com/privacy 
* Terms of Service: https://llmscentral.com/terms 
* Data Transmission: Only when tracking is explicitly enabled by the user
This plugin does NOT send any data to external servers by default. Connection to LLMS Central servers only occurs when you: 
1. Enable the “Bot Tracking” feature in settings 
2. Accept the privacy policy and provide explicit consent 
3. Check the consent checkbox
Without your explicit consent, the plugin operates entirely locally on your WordPress site.
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please visit:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://llmscentral.com/wordpress-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/llms-central-ai-bot-tracker/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://llmscentral.com/dashboard" rel="nofollow ugc">LLMS Central Dashboard</a> (requires free account)</li>
<li><a href="https://llmscentral.com/getting-started" rel="nofollow ugc">Getting Started Guide</a></li>
</ul>
Before requesting support, please: 
1. Check the FAQ section above in this readme 
2. Ensure you’re using the latest version 
3. Review the plugin settings in WordPress admin 
4. Check the WordPress debug log for errors 
5. Visit the WordPress.org support forum for community help
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed by the LLMS Central team. Visit <a href="https://llmscentral.com" rel="nofollow ugc">llmscentral.com</a> to learn more about AI training policies and llms.txt files.

LLMS Central – AI Bot Tracker

Track AI bots (GPT, Claude, Gemini) visiting your site and manage your llms.txt file. See which AI systems are crawling your content.

Jeff Starr

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⚡ Banhammer: Protect your site against enemy hordes!
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Banhammer gives you full control over who and what may access your site. Visit the Armory to monitor traffic and review suspicious visitors. If you find some user or bot that is causing problems, you can ban them with a click. Or, if you just want to keep an eye on someone, you can flag them with a warning. Any banned users will be denied access to your site, until you restore access via the Tower. Check out the video and screenshots to get a better idea of how it works.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0t4qBH0TuW0?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>
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👉 Important: Not yet compatible with WP Multisite!
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Core Features
<ul>
<li>Ban or Warn any WP user or IP address</li>
<li>Restore access to any banned targets</li>
<li>Monitor site traffic in the Armory</li>
<li>Monitor logged users in the Admin Area</li>
<li>Monitor all visitors on the front-end</li>
<li>Manage banned targets in the Tower</li>
<li>Complete Ajax-powered navigation</li>
<li>Useful tools like jump, sort, search</li>
<li>Complete documentation via Help tab</li>
<li>Automatically clear logged data</li>
<li>Sound effects for Ban, Warn, et al</li>
<li>NEW: manually block any IP address</li>
</ul>
Options Galore
<ul>
<li>Optionally ignore logged-in users</li>
<li>Optionally protect Login Page and Admin Area</li>
<li>Customize the banned response and status code</li>
<li>Display banned message or redirect the request</li>
<li>Choose the interval to clear logged data</li>
<li>One-click restore plugin default options</li>
<li>All collected data may be deleted easily</li>
</ul>
More Features
<ul>
<li>Easy to use</li>
<li>Clean code</li>
<li>Fast and secure</li>
<li>Built with WP API</li>
<li>Lightweight and flexible</li>
<li>Regularly updated and “future proof”</li>
<li>Works great with any WordPress theme</li>
<li>Comprehensive search of all logged data</li>
<li>Works great with other WordPress plugins</li>
<li>Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>Focused on usability, performance, and security</li>
</ul>
Banhammer is perfect for site owners, admins, and developers who want to keep an eye on traffic and block any unwanted visitors. It is a simple, flexible, and powerful security solution. Perfect for the best WordPress sites.
Exclusive Features in Pro Version
<ul>
<li>Ban based on URI request, referrer, or user agent</li>
<li>Whitelist any IP address or user agent</li>
<li>View cookies, POST data, and FILES data</li>
<li>Email Alerts for banned & warned requests</li>
<li>Display custom message to each banned target</li>
<li>Add private notes to warned/banned targets</li>
<li>Customize target strings for user agents, IPs, etc.</li>
<li>Disable logging of banned, warned, and whitelisted targets</li>
<li>Smart bot detection</li>
<li>Paged results in Tower</li>
<li>User avatars in Tower</li>
</ul>
For complete documentation, visit the Help tab on any Banhammer screen.
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⚡ <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro now available »</a>
</blockquote>
Privacy
User Data: Banhammer collects user data to “do its thing”. The collected data is temporary and automatically deleted every day, or at whatever time interval is specified in the plugin settings. The only time that any data is “remembered” is when you ban something. For each person/thing that you ban, the plugin stores either the IP address OR the username (never both). At any time, all saved data may be deleted permanently via the plugin settings and Armory Tools.
Cookies: Banhammer does not set any cookies for regular visitors, but does set a few simple cookies for admin-level users. These simple cookies enable dope effects and interactivity in the Armory and Tower UI. But no cookies are set or used for any other visitor/user or purpose.
Services: Banhammer uses a free lookup service for GeoIP information. This happens only for admin-level users when they are viewing data in the Armory or Tower. No other third-party services are used by this plugin.
Banhammer is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://digwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digging into WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://htaccessbook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">.htaccess made easy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro</a> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blackhole Pro</a> – Automatically block bad bots</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro</a> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro</a> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/rest-pro-tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">REST Pro Tools</a> – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Ajax Chat Pro</a> – Unlimited chat rooms</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">USP Pro</a> – Unlimited front-end forms</li>
</ul>
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots

Because the info on this plugin says nothing about it, I feel obligated to do so: 
It does NOT work on MultiSite, unfortunately :-( 

It looked very promising, the author announcing it on his own website with the words "waaay too much fun". And I can imagine it is indeed, but not if you are running a multisite installation and find out your site has had no protection whatsoever, since installing this plugin. 

So, in this case: no, it's not waaaay too much fun, unfortunately...

Does not work on MultiSite!

Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.

LLMS Central – AI Bot Tracker vs Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots