{"id":339639,"date":"2026-08-23T01:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/acs-ai-visibility\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T01:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:11:51","slug":"acs-ai-citation-readiness","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/pcd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/acs-ai-citation-readiness\/","author":18367462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.1.1","stable_tag":"1.1.1","tested":"7.0.4","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"ACS AI Citation Readiness","header_author":"ACS Developer (Locany)","header_description":"Get your site cited by AI search. 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Multiple shortcodes on the same page are merged into one FAQPage schema.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI citation monitoring<\/strong>: Measures visits from about 20 known AI crawlers and human referrals from AI services on the server side, and shows totals for today, the last 7 days, the last 30 days, and all time. No IP addresses or personal data are stored (daily counts only, kept for 92 days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>All features are free and fully functional. This plugin sends no data to external services.<\/p>\n\n<p>A separate paid add-on, ACS AI Citation Readiness Pro (distributed from our site), adds scan history, weekly automated scans with email notification, bulk content checks, per-crawler and per-page monitoring breakdowns, and AI citation alerts.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload and activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Open \"AI Citation Readiness\" in the admin menu and run \"Site Diagnosis\" to see where you stand.<\/li>\n<li>Enable llms.txt serving from the llms.txt tab.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"what%20does%20the%20diagnosis%20score%20measure%3F\"><h3>What does the diagnosis score measure?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Twelve checks: llms.txt, AI crawler access in robots.txt, sitemap, and HTTPS (AI access foundation); JSON-LD structured data, FAQ\/HowTo schema, title\/meta description, heading structure, and OGP (structure and citability); author\/publisher info, date information, outbound source links, and RSS (trust signals).<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20a%20higher%20score%20guarantee%20citation%20by%20ai%3F\"><h3>Does a higher score guarantee citation by AI?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. This plugin prepares the technical conditions that make citation more likely. Content quality and original first-hand information ultimately determine whether AI cites your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20send%20any%20data%20to%20external%20services%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin send any data to external services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Diagnosis and monitoring run entirely on your own server. Nothing is sent to external services.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20monitoring%20store%20visitor%20personal%20data%3F\"><h3>Does monitoring store visitor personal data?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It stores only daily counts per crawler name, per referrer service, and per path. No IP addresses or personal data are stored, and data older than 92 days is discarded.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.1.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Renamed the FAQ shortcode from [acs_faq] to [acsaiv_faq] so that all public identifiers use the plugin's unique \"acsaiv\" prefix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Renamed the plugin to ACS AI Citation Readiness.<\/li>\n<li>Moved the citation monitor admin styles into an enqueued stylesheet.<\/li>\n<li>Hardened the FAQ JSON-LD output (slashes are now escaped to prevent script-tag break-out).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Switched UI strings and readme to English source text (Japanese translation is provided via translate.wordpress.org).<\/li>\n<li>Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Restructured as the free core plugin for WordPress.org distribution. All features in this plugin are free.<\/li>\n<li>Moved paid features (scan history, weekly scans, bulk checks, monitoring breakdowns, citation alerts) and license handling to the separate ACS AI Citation Readiness Pro add-on.<\/li>\n<li>Added extension hooks: acsaiv_admin_tabs \/ acsaiv_render_tab \/ acsaiv_scan_completed \/ acsaiv_citation_signal \/ acsaiv_monitor_details.<\/li>\n<li>Cleaned up legacy uninstall options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>0.3.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added AI citation monitoring: server-side measurement of AI crawler visits and referrals from AI services (daily counts only, 92-day retention, no IP or personal data).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>0.2.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Improved uninstall cleanup of stored options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>0.1.1<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Removed the public web checker form from the distributed plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>0.1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release (MVP): LLMO diagnosis \/ llms.txt serving \/ FAQ schema shortcode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Get your site cited by AI search. 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