AI Beacon
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WordPress plugin · version 2.3.0

Found by Google. And by AI.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude answer questions about businesses like yours every day. AI Beacon makes sure they find the right information — and shows you which bots and AI assistants actually visit your site.

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38 bots recognised 16 AI crawlers 45+ organisation types EN · NL · DE · FR · ES
01 · Understand

AI knows who you are

Structured data, llms.txt and a Markdown version of your pages tell search engines and AI assistants exactly what you do, where you are and when you’re open.

02 · Decide

You choose who gets in

Visible in AI search, but not used for AI training? Set it per crawler with presets and Content Signals.

03 · Prove

You see what happens

Which bots came by, were they genuine, did they respect your robots.txt — and how many visitors arrived via ChatGPT or Perplexity?

All in one plugin

From findability to proof, without five separate plugins.

A wizard takes you through the settings in a few steps. After that AI Beacon works in the background — and keeps itself up to date.

Findability

  • Structured data (schema.org) for 45+ organisation types
  • Multiple locations, opening hours and special hours including public holidays
  • Services, team, online profiles, company and VAT numbers
  • Works with Yoast SEO and Rank Math; schema per page

AI & crawlers

  • robots.txt rules for 16 AI crawlers with presets
  • Content Signals: search, ai-input, ai-train
  • llms.txt and llms-full.txt per language, dynamic or as a physical file
  • Markdown version of every page for AI agents

Statistics

  • Visits from 38 bots: AI search, AI training, search engines, SEO tools
  • Authenticity check against official IP lists
  • Visitors from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Claude
  • Dashboard, widget, CSV export and email report

Site & management

  • AI-readiness score with concrete improvements
  • Shortcodes for contact, address, opening hours and ‘open now’
  • Basic hardening of your WordPress site
  • WP-CLI, central JSON profile and REST status endpoint
AI & crawlers

Found in AI answers. Not harvested for training.

Pick a preset or decide per crawler what’s allowed. AI Beacon writes the robots.txt rules and Content Signals for you, and publishes an llms.txt that tells AI assistants exactly what your business does. You see the result as a live preview in the wizard.

GPTBot OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT-User ClaudeBot Claude-SearchBot PerplexityBot Google-Extended Applebot Meta-ExternalAgent Amazonbot CCBot xAI-SearchBot MistralAI-User DuckAssistBot
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yoursite.com/robots.txt
# AI Beacon · preset: visible in AI search
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
yoursite.com/llms.txt
# Your Company
> What you do, for whom, and where.

## Services
- [Service A](https://yoursite.com/service-a.md)
- [Contact & opening hours](https://yoursite.com/contact.md)

Example preview

Statistics

Finally see what AI does with your site.

Regular analytics don’t see bots, and don’t know a visitor came from a ChatGPT answer. AI Beacon does — without cookies or IP addresses, and it works with page caching.

38

bots recognised

AI search, AI on behalf of users, AI training, search engines and SEO tools — each in its own category.

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official IP sources

Authenticity check against the lists of OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Google, Bing, Apple and Common Crawl. Fake bots stand out immediately.

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cookies needed

Visitors from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Claude, measured without cookies and without storing IP addresses.

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rule breakers

Flags bots that ignore your robots.txt. Behind Cloudflare or a proxy the real IP is detected automatically.

Dashboard + dashboard widget CSV export Weekly or monthly email report Log import for sites with page caching
How it works

Install, run the wizard, done.

No technical knowledge needed. Existing Yoast SEO or Rank Math settings keep working as before.

STEP 1

Choose your language

English, Dutch, German, French or Spanish. Defaults to your WordPress or browser language.

STEP 2

Enter your business

Organisation type, locations, opening hours, services, team and profiles.

STEP 3

Set up AI & crawlers

Pick a preset and instantly preview your robots.txt and llms.txt.

STEP 4

Check your score

Switch on statistics, and the AI-readiness score tells you what’s still missing.

Free vs Pro

Start free. Upgrade when you want to see more.

The free version gets your site ready for AI. Pro gives you the full picture: genuine bots, AI visitors, reports and management across multiple sites.

Feature
Free€0
Pro€69 per year · 2 domains
Licence
Production domains12
Staging, backup + 1 extra subdomain per domain—✓
Local and development environments (localhost, .local, .test)✓✓
Findability
Organisation types (schema.org)1045+
Address, contact, opening hours, company and VAT numbers✓✓
Works with Yoast SEO and Rank Math✓✓
Locations15
Special opening hours + public holidays—✓
Services, team and online profiles—✓
Schema per page (Service, ProfilePage, ContactPage, AboutPage)—✓
Multilingual sites via WPML or Polylang—✓
AI & crawlers
robots.txt rules for 16 AI crawlers3 presetsPer crawler
Content Signals (search / ai-input / ai-train)DefaultCustom
llms.txt with live preview in the wizard1 languagePer language
llms-full.txt per language, as a physical file with auto-update—✓
Markdown version of every page for AI agents—✓
Statistics
Bot visits (38 bots)TotalsPer bot & page
History7 days12 months
Proxy/CDN detection (Cloudflare)✓✓
Authenticity check against official IP lists—✓
Flag bots that ignore robots.txt—✓
AI visitors from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, ClaudeTotal only✓
Email reportMonthly summaryWeekly / monthly
CSV export—✓
Log import for sites with page caching—✓
Site & management
AI-readiness scoreScore + 3 tipsFull checklist
ShortcodesContact & addressAll 4
Dashboard widget—✓
Basic hardening✓✓
Interface in EN, NL, DE, FR and ES✓✓
WP-CLI (wp beacon …)—✓
Central JSON profile and sync across sites—✓
Secured REST status endpoint for monitoring—✓
Updates via the WordPress plugin screen✓✓
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Free
€0forever

Get your site ready for AI and see what’s happening.

  • Structured data for 1 location and 10 organisation types
  • 3 robots.txt presets and llms.txt in 1 language
  • Bot totals for the last 7 days
  • AI-readiness score with the first 3 tips
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Pro
€69per year, excl. VAT

The full picture for your own site — staging and backup included.

  • 2 domains, incl. staging, backup and 1 extra subdomain
  • Authenticity check, stats per bot and page, 12 months of history
  • AI visitors per source and page
  • Configure every crawler, llms.txt per language, Markdown for AI agents
  • Email report, CSV, log import, WP-CLI and REST status
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Agency
On requestfor 10, 25 or more domains

For web agencies and site managers running AI Beacon on many client sites.

  • Everything in Pro, for as many domains as you need, with unlimited locations
  • Central JSON profile and sync across all your sites
  • Monitoring via the REST status endpoint and WP-CLI
  • Priority support and help with rollout
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For agencies & site managers

One profile. Dozens of sites.

Managing multiple WordPress sites? Export a central JSON profile, sync settings and monitor every site via a secured REST endpoint. Everything also works through WP-CLI, so it fits right into your own scripts.

$ wp beacon export > beacon.json
$ wp beacon central https://central.example --mode=settings --sync
$ wp beacon check --format=json
$ wp beacon stats --days=7
$ wp beacon import-log access.log

GET /wp-json/ai-beacon/v1/status
Works with
Yoast SEORank MathWPMLPolylangCloudflareWP-CLI

WordPress 4.6 or higher · tested up to 6.8 · PHP 7.2 or higher

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does AI Beacon work alongside Yoast SEO or Rank Math?

Yes. AI Beacon works with Yoast SEO (old and new) and Rank Math and complements their schema instead of duplicating it.

What is llms.txt, and do I need it?

llms.txt is a short, structured summary of your site made specifically for AI assistants. AI Beacon creates it automatically, per language, and keeps it up to date.

Does this block AI?

Only if you want it to. You choose per crawler: for example, visible in AI search services like ChatGPT Search and Perplexity, but not used for AI training. Presets do that in one click.

Do the statistics use cookies?

No. AI visitors are measured without cookies and without storing IP addresses, and it also works if you use page caching.

My site runs behind Cloudflare. Does that work?

Yes. AI Beacon detects the real visitor IP behind Cloudflare, a proxy or a load balancer, so bots aren’t wrongly flagged as fake. The site check also warns about Cloudflare caching and Cloudflare’s managed robots.txt.

How do I upgrade from Free to Pro?

You activate Pro with a licence key. Your settings and statistics stay right where they are.

Which languages is the plugin available in?

The interface is available in English, Dutch, German, French and Spanish. You choose the language in the first step of the wizard.

What counts as a domain?

A Pro licence covers 2 production domains, for example yourcompany.com and yourcompany.de. Per domain, staging., backup. and one extra subdomain of your choice don’t count, and neither do local and development environments. Need more domains? Choose an agency licence.

AI Beacon

Put your business on the AI map.

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