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PufferSights monitors 100+ known AI crawler and AI agent user agents, hashes IP addresses, groups traffic by bot, provider, crawl purpose, content type, and response status, tracks human referrals from AI surfaces, and can publish a dynamic llms.txt content map for public site content.
The dashboard summarizes:
<ul>
<li>HTTP traffic by bot.</li>
<li>Crawl purpose.</li>
<li>Content type.</li>
<li>Response status.</li>
<li>AI referrals and crawl-to-refer ratio.</li>
<li>Top crawled content.</li>
<li>Tracked agent count.</li>
<li>Dynamic llms.txt content map.</li>
<li>robots.txt audit and policy snippets.</li>
</ul>
The crawler registry is based on current public operator documentation and industry references for OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, Meta, ByteDance, Microsoft, Amazon, and related AI crawler operators.
The plugin does not contact any external service. All analytics data is stored in your own WordPress database.
robots.txt publishing is off by default. The plugin can generate and optionally publish policies for:
<ul>
<li>Monitor only.</li>
<li>Block training crawlers.</li>
<li>Allow AI search/user-action bots while blocking training crawlers.</li>
<li>Block all known AI bots.</li>
</ul>
llms.txt publishing is on by default and can be disabled in the PufferSights settings. The generated <code>/llms.txt</code> file lists selected published public pages and posts in Markdown so AI assistants can find the site’s main public content more easily.
<h3>Important Notes</h3>
User-agent detection is not bot verification. User agents can be spoofed. Raw IP addresses are not stored; the plugin stores a salted hash for rough uniqueness.
robots.txt is voluntary. Use a WAF, CDN, or server-level controls when technical enforcement is required.
Google-Extended and Applebot-Extended are robots.txt control tokens rather than normal request user agents, so they appear in robots.txt audits and policy snippets but usually do not appear in request logs.
llms.txt is a content map, not an access-control policy. It does not replace robots.txt and does not force AI systems to use or cite your content.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
PufferSights stores local analytics for public, logged-out requests only. It does not track wp-admin pages, logged-in users, AJAX requests, or WP-Cron requests.
The plugin stores:
<ul>
<li>Request time and date.</li>
<li>Event type, such as AI crawler request or AI referral.</li>
<li>HTTP method.</li>
<li>Request path without query string.</li>
<li>HTTP response status.</li>
<li>MIME/content group.</li>
<li>Matched crawler or AI referral provider.</li>
<li>User-agent string and user-agent hash.</li>
<li>Salted one-way hash of the request IP address.</li>
<li>Referrer origin only, such as <code>https://chatgpt.com</code>, without referrer path or query string.</li>
</ul>
The plugin does not store raw IP addresses, cookies, browser local storage, or complete referrer URLs. It does not send analytics, telemetry, crawler records, or site data to third-party services.
If llms.txt publishing is enabled, the plugin serves a Markdown overview of selected published public posts and pages at <code>/llms.txt</code>. Drafts, private posts, and password-protected posts are not included.
Administrators can disable tracking, clear captured events, and configure retention from the PufferSights admin page. The default retention period is 90 days. On uninstall, the plugin removes its custom analytics table, saved options, and scheduled cleanup hook.
The plugin also adds suggested disclosure text to WordPress’ Privacy Policy Guide.

PufferSights – AI Crawler Insights

Monitor 100+ known AI crawler and AI agent user agents with local analytics, AI referrals, llms.txt, and opt-in robots.txt policy tools.

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<a href="https://www.supertab.co/supertab-connect" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Connect</a> lets you define how AI systems and automated scrapers can access your content. You can define licensing terms, manage partner access, and track usage without building custom infrastructure.
Supertab Connect handles the underlying systems, including license servers, token management, and request verification, so you can focus on controlling who accesses your content and how it’s used. It provides two core capabilities:
RSL License Serving
Automatically serves your site’s RSL license at /license.xml. The license is fetched from the Supertab Connect API and cached locally for performance, enabling crawlers and AI agents to discover your content’s licensing terms.
Crawler Authentication Protocol (CAP)
Verify that connected partners are accessing your content present valid license tokens.
This allows you to:
<ul>
<li>confirm which customers are accessing your content</li>
<li>monitor usage against declared licensing terms</li>
<li>control access for specific parts of your site</li>
</ul>
How It Works
<ol>
<li>Enter your Website URN from the <a href="https://merchant-connect.supertab.co/" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Connect dashboard</a></li>
<li>Your <code>license.xml</code> is immediately served at your site root</li>
<li>Optionally add your Merchant API Key to enable license verification</li>
<li>Configure which parts of your site require verification via the Crawler Authentication Protocol</li>
</ol>
Features
<ul>
<li>Automatically serves your license file at /license.xml</li>
<li>Caches license XML locally for performance</li>
<li>No infrastructure changes required</li>
<li>Optional verification for connected partners via the Crawler Authentication Protocol</li>
<li>Flexible control over which parts of your site are covered</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the <a href="https://api-connect.supertab.co" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Connect API</a> to provide its functionality:
<ul>
<li>RSL License Serving — Your Website URN is sent to retrieve your site’s license XML file. This happens on every request to <code>/license.xml</code> (cached locally after first fetch).</li>
<li>Crawler Authentication Protocol — When enabled by the site administrator, page URLs and user agent strings from bot requests are sent to verify license tokens and record usage events.</li>
</ul>
No personal data from your site visitors is collected or transmitted.
<a href="https://www.supertab.co/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Terms of Use and Privacy Policy</a>

Supertab Connect

Connect your WordPress site to the Supertab Connect platform for RSL license serving and enabling crawler authentication protocol.

PufferSights – AI Crawler Insights vs Supertab Connect