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See which AI bots read your site, track AI referrals, block unwanted bots and get AI-ready with llms.txt — fast, private, no API key. 100% free.

Status: live on WordPress.org.


Plugin name	CrawlWatch — AI Bot Insights
Current version	the `Stable tag` in `readme.txt` — no version number is repeated here, so none can go stale
Distribution	WordPress.org · Packagist · GitHub Releases
Prefix	`crawlwatch_` functions · `CrawlWatch_` classes · `CRAWLWATCH_` constants
License	GPLv2 or later — required by WordPress.org, and not optional: WordPress itself is GPL

What this repository is

A complete, working WordPress plugin — an AI crawler detector (40+ bots), referral and UTM attribution, dashboard with score and trend chart, AI Readiness page, llms.txt generator, robots.txt AI allow/block manager, and Settings with retention, privacy notice and danger zone. See readme.txt for the full feature description and changelog, or the landing page for how to use it.

Guides: write llms.txt by hand · AI bot traffic in WordPress.

The plugin is on the WordPress.org plugin directory, so it installs and updates from inside WordPress like any other plugin.

Installation

In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New, search for CrawlWatch, and click Install Now — or download the ZIP from the WordPress.org listing.
Activate it through the Plugins screen.
Follow the 3-step setup wizard, then open the new CrawlWatch menu in the WordPress admin sidebar.

Developers can install it with composer require devmonowar/crawlwatch-ai-bot-insights, or take a tagged ZIP from GitHub Releases.

Requirements

WordPress 6.2+
PHP 7.4+

Development

composer install
composer test   # dependency-free unit tests — no WordPress or database needed
composer stan   # PHPStan level 5
composer lint   # PHPCS (WordPress Coding Standards)

License

GPLv2 or later — see readme.txt.

devmonowar / crawlwatch-ai-bot-insights

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