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WP PlugIndex currently records Valvai – AI Traffic Control Center version 0.4.13 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.
Overview
About this plugin
Valvai turns your WordPress into an AI traffic control center.
Block or allow GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot & co.
Live dashboard with filters (All / AI / Allowed / Blocked)
Per‑bot tabs to choose JSON vs HTML feed, content types, pricing
Visit Settings ▸ Valvai. You will see tabs: Dashboard, Permissions, and an AI‑specific tab for each allowed crawler.
Permissions tab:
Toggle Allow/Block for detected bots (e.g., GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot).
Or edit the manual lists “Blocked” and “Allowed” using comma‑separated names.
AI‑specific tabs (appear after a bot is allowed):
Data format: pick JSON or HTML.
Content sources: check which post types and taxonomies are exposed.
Pricing: choose currency and price per 1,000 words (FREE disables pricing).
Usage / How it works
Logging: Every request from a suspected crawler is logged to the wp_valvai_crawl_log table. View the last 200 entries on the Dashboard and filter by All / AI / Allowed / Blocked.
Blocking: Disallowed bots receive an HTTP 403 immediately.
robots.txt: Your robots.txt is automatically augmented. Disallowed tokens get Disallow: /. Allowed tokens get an Allow rule pointing to a feed endpoint.
Testing the plugin
After activation, open Settings ▸ Valvai ▸ Dashboard. It will show “No logs yet” on a fresh site.
In a new browser tab, visit any public URL on your site with a test crawler User‑Agent, for example:
Use curl -A "GPTBot" https://your-site.example/
Or in the browser with a UA switcher extension.
Refresh the Dashboard: you should now see an entry with token GPTBot.
Go to the Permissions tab and switch GPTBot to Allow or Block.
Visit /robots.txt to verify entries update accordingly.
If allowed, open the AI‑specific tab for that bot to set JSON/HTML and sources.
Notes for developers
All public PHP identifiers use the unique valvaitcc_ prefix to avoid conflicts.
Legacy options ( valvai_* ) are automatically migrated to valvaitcc_* on activation; legacy reads are still honored for backward compatibility.
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
robots txt
ai
crawler
robots.txt
traffic
valve
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity1 Sept 20251y ago
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