=== AI Bot Monitor ===
Contributors: straightdigital
Tags: ai, bots, analytics, seo, search, tracking, monitoring
Requires at least: 5.8
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.3
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Logs and analyses visits from AI, Search & Social bots (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Googlebot, Bingbot, Paddle/Bytespider, etc.).
Includes daily rotation, admin dashboard with AI-Layer overview (incl. Chrome/141), and one-click ZIP export.
Works as a normal plugin or as a MU-plugin.

== Description ==

**AI Bot Monitor** tracks and logs visits from major AI crawlers, search bots, and social preview bots — such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Googlebot, Bingbot, Paddle/Bytespider, and Meta/Facebook.

It offers a clean admin dashboard showing today’s activity, an **AI-Layer overview** highlighting key retrieval signatures (including **Chrome/141** used by modern AI assistants), automatic log rotation, and a one-click ZIP export.

**Features:**
* Detects AI, Search, and Social bots (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Googlebot, Bingbot, Paddle, etc.)
* **AI-Layer overview** (incl. Chrome/141, GPTBot, CCBot, PerplexityBot)
* Daily auto-rotation (keeps last 30 days)
* Admin dashboard with recent activity table
* ZIP export of all logs
* Single + Multisite compatible
* Works as standard plugin or MU-plugin
* Path-safe (`plugin_dir_path()` / uploads dir) and sanitized inputs

== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin to `/wp-content/plugins/ai-bot-monitor/`, or  
   drop `ai-bot-monitor.php` into `/wp-content/mu-plugins/` to auto-load it.

2. Activate the plugin via **Plugins** (if not using MU mode).

3. Go to **Dashboard → AI Bot Monitor** to view logs and export ZIPs.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where are logs stored? =
In your WordPress uploads directory: `/uploads/ai-bot-monitor/`, one CSV per day (`log-YYYY-MM-DD.csv`).

= How does the AI-Layer overview work? =
It scans today’s user agents for well-known retrieval/crawler signatures (e.g. Chrome/141, GPTBot, CCBot, PerplexityBot) and counts hits.

= Can I exclude my own IPs? =
Yes. Add to your theme or a small plugin:
`add_filter('ai_bot_monitor_ip_whitelist', fn($w)=>array_merge($w, ['123.123.123.123']));`

= Does it impact performance? =
Minimal. The plugin writes lightweight, line-based logs and skips admin, AJAX, and cron requests.

== Screenshots ==

1. AI-Layer overview (incl. Chrome/141)  
2. Recent bot activity table  
3. ZIP export button

== Changelog ==

= 1.3 =
* Added AI-Layer overview (incl. Chrome/141 signatures)
* Refined bot detection
* Minor hardening and input sanitization
* Public branding: Author **Seb2000 / Straight Up Digital**

= 1.2 =
* Initial public release with logging, daily rotation, dashboard and ZIP export

== Upgrade Notice ==
1.3 adds the AI-Layer overview and improved detection.

== Author ==
Developed by **Seb2000 / Straight Up Digital** (https://straight-up-digital.com/)