AI Crawlers Visibility, Analytics & Control

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1.3.0

  • Added WooCommerce AI Search Optimization under Discoverability (optional when WooCommerce is active).
  • Enriched product entries in llms.txt with price, stock, ratings, attributes, and variable/sale pricing.
  • Added product Markdown endpoints with commerce YAML frontmatter.
  • Added Product JSON-LD schema (auto-skipped when Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, or SEOPress already output Product schema).
  • Added Product data → AI Visibility tab to exclude products or set an AI short description.
  • Added HTTP Link header to llms.txt (rel=”ai-content-index”).
  • Added product Visibility Score checks for Product schema, SKU, and price.

1.2.1

  • Added site-wide Visibility Score scan from the Visibility page with batch progress and per-URL results.
  • Added 5 built-in crawlers: Cotoyogi, ExaBot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, Omgilibot, and Thinkbot (78 total).
  • Added a new AI agent category for custom crawlers, filters, and bulk robots templates; reclassified Google-Agent, Devin, FirecrawlAgent, and NovaAct.
  • Expanded AI Visibility Score from 26 to 28 checks (semantic HTML5 landmarks and JavaScript-dependent content detection).

1.2.0

  • Added a complete Reports page with report downloads, email delivery settings, schedule status, test email support, and REST API information.
  • Added scheduled daily or weekly HTML email reports with configurable recipients and alert types.
  • Added email alerts for crawler activity, traffic changes, blocked attempts, newly detected crawlers, and robots.txt non-compliance.
  • Added professional grayscale email summaries with key metrics, the top crawler, and most-crawled pages.
  • Added authenticated moai-av/v1 REST endpoints for analytics summaries, recent activity, CSV exports, visibility scans, and blocked attempts.
  • Added compact multi-select crawler, category, HTTP status, and content-type filters to Recent Activity.
  • Added downloadable reports with preset periods and custom From/To date ranges.
  • Improved report settings with immediate schedule-status updates and clearer admin notices.
  • Added a graceful error when the server is missing the PHP DOM/XML extension required by Visibility Score, preventing a fatal error.

1.1.2

  • Added Blocked IP Addresses under AI Crawlers → Control — block specific IPs with PHP 403.
  • Added taxonomy markdown archives for Markdown for Agents (categories, tags, and other public taxonomies).
  • Added 5 built-in crawlers: Timesbot, TavilyBot, Andibot, Brightbot, and NovaAct (73 total).
  • Expanded AI Visibility Score from 19 to 26 checks (llms-full.txt, Markdown delivery, noai/noimageai, Twitter cards, HTML lang, heading hierarchy, image alt text).

1.1.1

  • Added robots.txt compliance monitor — top non-compliant crawlers with one-click PHP block.
  • Added category bulk templates to disallow or allow entire crawler categories at once.
  • Added WordPress admin dashboard widget (miniOrange AI Crawlers) with last-7-days activity summary.

1.1.0

  • Added customizable PHP 403 block message under AI Crawlers → Control → PHP blocking.
  • Blocked AI crawlers receive your saved plain-text response instead of a generic “Access denied” (sanitized, 500-character limit).
  • Added Discoverability page with llms.txt generator, Markdown for Agents, and JSON-LD schema output.
  • llms.txt supports post-type filters, max URLs, llms-full.txt, auto-regenerate on publish, and scheduled cron.
  • llms.txt robots.txt integration — optional LLMs: and LLMs-full: references in robots.txt.
  • llms.txt content controls — exclude by URL pattern, manual include/exclude posts, and post search in admin.
  • Markdown endpoints serve /{slug}.md plus content negotiation for AI agents.
  • JSON-LD includes site identity, AI discovery pointers, and optional Article schema.
  • Visibility Score — improved robots.txt detection (physical and virtual files, no HTTP loopback required).
  • Visibility Score — improved XML sitemap detection for WordPress core, Yoast SEO, and Rank Math.
  • Fixed Visibility recommendation link for robots.txt to open AI Crawlers → Control.

1.0.2

  • Redesigned admin UI with modern sidebar navigation, dark mode, and refreshed dashboard layouts.
  • Added AI Visibility Score tab with single-URL and site-wide scanning.
  • Added 19 readiness checks, recommendations, scan history, diff, and PDF export.
  • Added visibility scan database tables.

1.0.1

  • Added crawler analytics dashboard with date ranges, filters, period comparison, and charts.
  • Added AI crawler monitoring, custom crawlers, robots.txt rules, and PHP blocking (403).
  • Added grouped side navigation for Analytics and AI Crawlers admin pages.
  • Added miniOrange menu and navbar branding.
  • Expanded built-in AI crawler list and crawler info tooltips.

1.0.0

  • Initial release with MVC architecture and free/premium codebase structure.
  • Added admin dashboard foundation.

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Author
miniOrange
Version:
1.3.0
Last Updated
July 24, 2026
Requires
WordPress 5.0
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0.2
Requires PHP
7.4

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