Title: Visibility Kit SEO Author: Ryan Howard Published: ఏప్రిల్ 15, 2026 Last modified: మే 9, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/visibility-kit-seo/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3507240) ![](https://ps.w.org/visibility-kit-seo/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3507240) # Visibility Kit SEO By [Ryan Howard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryhowa/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/visibility-kit-seo.2.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-kit-seo/#description) * [Reviews](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-kit-seo/#reviews) * [Installation](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-kit-seo/#installation) * [Development](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-kit-seo/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/visibility-kit-seo/) ## Description Visibility Kit shows you how AI is interacting with your website. Connect your site with one email, and you get: * **AI referral traffic tracking**: see when visitors arrive from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity * **Server-side AI bot detection**: catch AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot, and more) that never show up in client-side analytics * **In-admin dashboard**: a clean widget inside WordPress showing this week’s AI referral sessions broken down by platform * **No external analytics accounts needed**: data lives at visibilitykit.ai, tied to the email you connect with #### How it works 1. Install and activate the plugin 2. Enter your email address on the **Visibility Kit** admin page and click “Start tracking” 3. A lightweight tracking script loads on your public pages (from `cdn.visibilitykit. ai`), and server-side bot detection starts immediately 4. Your dashboard in wp-admin shows summary counts; full details are available at [visibilitykit.ai](https://visibilitykit.ai) #### What gets tracked **Client-side (referral traffic)** The `vk.js` script detects when a visitor arrived from an AI platform and reports the session anonymously. No personal data is collected. **Server-side (AI crawlers)** The plugin checks the User-Agent string on each request and identifies known AI bots across four categories: * **Search bots**: OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, GoogleOther, Applebot, Amazonbot, YouBot, PetalBot * **User-action bots**: ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User, MistralAI-User, Meta-ExternalFetcher, TikTokSpider * **Training bots**: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, Google-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, CCBot * **Other**: additional platforms as they emerge Detections are rate-limited per bot+page to one remote report per hour to avoid unnecessary requests. #### Privacy * No cookies are set by the plugin * The tracking script (`vk.js`) does not identify individual users * Server-side bot detection only looks at the User-Agent header; no IP addresses or personal data are logged * You can disconnect at any time to remove the script and stop tracking ### External services This plugin connects to two Visibility Kit services to track AI visibility on your site. Both are operated by Visibility Kit. **Visibility Kit API** (`api.visibilitykit.ai`) * **What it does:** Registers your site when you connect by email, returns an embed token, receives server-side bot detection reports, and provides summary data for the in-admin dashboard. * **What data is sent:** The email address you enter on connect, your site’s domain name, plugin version, and (for bot detections) bot name, bot type, and page path visited. * **When it is sent:** - On connect / disconnect / domain takeover (admin-initiated) - When an AI bot is detected crawling your site (rate-limited to once per bot +page per hour) - When the admin dashboard loads (hourly cached summary fetch) * **Service provider:** Visibility Kit * [Visibility Kit Privacy Policy](https://visibilitykit.ai/privacy) * [Visibility Kit Terms of Service](https://visibilitykit.ai/terms) **Visibility Kit CDN** (`cdn.visibilitykit.ai`) * **What it does:** Serves the `vk.js` tracking script that loads on your public pages to detect AI referral traffic. * **What data is sent:** When the script is loaded, standard HTTP request data ( IP, User-Agent, Referer) is visible to the CDN, same as any other third-party script. * **When it is sent:** On every public page view after you connect. * **Service provider:** Visibility Kit * [Visibility Kit Privacy Policy](https://visibilitykit.ai/privacy) * [Visibility Kit Terms of Service](https://visibilitykit.ai/terms) ## Installation 1. Upload the `visibility-kit-seo` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu 3. Go to **Visibility Kit** in the admin sidebar 4. Enter your email and click “Start tracking” ## FAQ ### Do I need a Visibility Kit account first? No. Entering your email on the admin page creates your account automatically. ### What happens when I disconnect? The tracking script is removed from your site, server-side bot detection stops, and local summary data is cleared. Your historical dashboard data remains at visibilitykit. ai in case you reconnect later. ### Does this work with caching plugins? Yes for referral tracking. The client-side script loads on every page regardless of caching. Server-side bot detection may miss some hits on sites with full-page caching at the CDN layer (WP Engine, Cloudflare, etc.) because WordPress isn’t invoked for cached responses. The admin page shows a note about this. ### Is this a replacement for Google Analytics? No. Visibility Kit only tracks traffic from AI platforms. It complements your existing analytics, it does not replace them. ### Will this slow down my site? The tracking script is loaded async in the footer and is small (~2 KB). Server-side bot detection is a single User-Agent string match on `init`, with negligible overhead. ### Can I take over a domain that’s already connected under a different email? Yes. If someone at your organization already connected the site with a different email, entering a new email will prompt you to claim the domain with a one-click takeover. ### What about GDPR / privacy regulations? The plugin does not track personally identifiable information. The tracking script records referral source (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) and the page visited, tied to an anonymous session. Server-side bot detection only inspects the User-Agent header of incoming requests, which is not personal data. ### Where was the SEO / sitemap / schema stuff from 1.x? Version 2.0.0 pivoted this plugin to focus exclusively on AI visibility tracking. The previous SEO meta box, XML sitemap, JSON-LD schema, and FAQ accordion features were removed. If you need those features, use a dedicated SEO plugin like Rank Math or Yoast SEO. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Visibility Kit SEO” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ryan Howard ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryhowa/) [Translate “Visibility Kit SEO” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/visibility-kit-seo) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visibility-kit-seo/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/visibility-kit-seo/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/visibility-kit-seo/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/visibility-kit-seo/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1.0 * Server-side bot classification: the bot taxonomy is now sourced from the Visibility Kit API and cached for 24 hours via a transient. New bots and reclassifications take effect without a plugin update. * Telemetry payloads now include the raw User-Agent string. The server is the source of truth for bot name and bot type. * Bundled fallback list still ships so detection keeps working when the API is unreachable. #### 2.0.0 * Plugin repurposed as a dedicated AI visibility tracking plugin. * Added: Connect by email to Visibility Kit and begin tracking in seconds. * Added: In-admin “AI Search Traffic” dashboard showing ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity referral sessions. * Added: Server-side AI bot detection across 20+ known crawlers (search / user- action / training taxonomies). * Added: `vk.js` tracking script loader for client-side referral detection. * Added: Domain takeover flow when reconnecting under a different email. * Added: Admin-wide announcement banner with per-user dismiss. * Removed: SEO meta box, title templating, canonical / OG / robots postmeta (use Rank Math or Yoast instead). * Removed: XML sitemap generator (WordPress core sitemaps cover this since 5.5). * Removed: JSON-LD structured data (Organization, LocalBusiness, Article, Person, FAQPage). * Removed: `[viskit_faq]` FAQ accordion shortcode. #### 1.1.0 * Initial release with SEO meta box, XML sitemap, JSON-LD structured data, and FAQ accordion shortcode. ## Meta * Version **2.1.0** * Last updated **1 వారం ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-kit-seo/) * Tags * [AI](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[analytics](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/analytics/) [ChatGPT](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chatgpt/)[seo](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) [tracking](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tracking/) * [Advanced View](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-kit-seo/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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