AI Crawler and SEO Manager by akbansa

The AI Crawler and SEO Manager by akbansa plugin generates an llms.txt file for crawler discovery and logs visits by AI-based crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and others. It also provides an analytics page in the WordPress admin dashboard to view crawler activity by path, URL, and timestamp.

Key Features:

• Generates llms.txt file for crawler discovery.
• Removes llms.txt on plugin uninstall
• Schedules automatic generation of llms.txt daily at midnight (frequency configurable: daily, twice daily, hourly)
• Uses atomic file writes for llms.txt and sitemap.xml for safety
• Integrates with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or All in One SEO for metadata (falls back to DB if not present)
• Admin panel to select/exclude categories and content types for llms.txt
• Logs every AI crawler request from the frontend (user agent, crawl info, page URL, IP, referrer)
• Filters crawlers using config.json and stores all details in a dedicated DB table
• Analytics dashboard in admin to view recent crawler activity
• Robust AJAX security and error handling
• Detects and logs visits from AI crawlers based on their User-Agent.
• Stores crawler logs in a database for analysis.
• Supports popular AI-based crawlers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, GPTBot, etc.).
• Option to customize the list of crawlers via a config.json file.

Short Description

Advanced AI-powered SEO and analytics for WordPress. Generates llms.txt for AI crawler discovery, logs AI bot visits, and provides comprehensive analytics dashboard.

Usage

• After activation, the plugin will automatically start generating the llms.txt file and log visits from AI-based crawlers.
• The crawler logs are stored in the database for analysis.
• You can view analytics by navigating to LLMS Crawlers in the WordPress admin menu.

Admin Analytics

The admin panel will display a list of the most recent crawler visits, showing the following information:
– Path
– URL
– Crawler Name
– Timestamp

Support

If you encounter any issues, please feel free to reach out via the plugin support page or create an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

New Features

1. Admin Settings Filter: You can now filter active pages, products, categories, and posts for generating the llms.txt.
2. Sitemap Handling: If a sitemap.xml exists, it will be used to get the list of pages. If not, the database will be used as a fallback.
3. SEO Plugin Integration: The plugin integrates with Yoast SEO, All in One SEO, and Rank Math to fetch metadata for the llms.txt file.
4. Frequency Setting: You can choose the frequency for regenerating the llms.txt file (daily, weekly, monthly, hourly).
5. Traffic Capture and AI Agent Logging: A front-end script captures traffic, sends it to the backend, and logs AI agents based on a config.json file.
6. Sitemap Update: The sitemap.xml is automatically updated with the absolute path to the llms.txt and the updated timestamp.

1. Upload the akbansa-ai-seo-manager plugin folder to your WordPress installation’s wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Ensure the config.json file is in the plugin directory. You can update this file to include or exclude specific AI crawlers as needed.

1.3

• Added support for detecting and logging visits from a wider range of AI-based crawlers (e.g., GPTBot, ClaudeBot).
• Introduced config.json file for easy crawler list updates.
• Improved logging of crawler visits to a dedicated database table.
• Added admin analytics page for viewing crawler logs.

1.2

• Initial release.