AI Licensing for WordPress
Declare how AI systems may crawl, index, and reuse your site’s content.
Publishes consistent AI policy via robots.txt, llms.txt, HTTP headers, and machine-readable outputs.


What it does
- Publishes AI crawler rules via
robots.txtandllms.txt. - Outputs machine-readable policy (JSON) for tooling and audits.
- Supports global policy plus per-URL overrides.
- Keeps site behavior consistent across posts, pages, and templates.
- Pro adds server sync, license management, and verified snapshots.
Lite vs Pro
| Feature | Lite | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| robots.txt rules | ✅ | ✅ |
| llms.txt rules | ✅ | ✅ |
| HTTP header directives | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI-License-Sitemap | ✅ | ✅ |
| Global policy | ✅ | ✅ |
| URL overrides | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI license dashboard (site side) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Server sync (opt in) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Scope rules | – | ✅ |
| Central site verification | – | ✅ |
| Detailed analytics | – | ✅ |
| Multi-site management | – | ✅ |
How it works
- Choose a global AI policy for your site.
- Add URL overrides when different pages need different permissions.
- Publish outputs automatically via
robots.txt,llms.txt, and policy endpoints.
Pricing
Free
$0.00/annum
✅ robots.txt rules
✅ llms.txt rules
✅ HTTP header directives
✅ AI-License-Sitemap
✅ Global policy
Pro
$29.00/annum
✅ Everything included in Free
✅ Scoped Rules
✅ Central license verification
✅ Signed snapshots / evidence
✅ Detailed Analytics
✅ Multi-site management
License Suite for AI Use
A set of standardized licenses designed specifically for AI-era use cases, forming a clear control ladder:
- NoAI (no AI access of any kind, including crawling, training, embeddings, or product use),
- NoTrain (discovery and citation allowed, training prohibited),
- UseOnly (human-in-the-loop assistance allowed, expressive output prohibited),
- NonCommercial (AI use allowed only for non-commercial purposes),
- Public (broad reuse, including commercial use and training),
- Custom (fine-grained, policy-driven controls across search, training, RAG, product use, and outputs).
| License | AI Training | AI Search | Product / RAG Use | Derivative AI Output | Typical Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elthian-NoAI | ❌ Prohibited | ❌ Prohibited | ❌ Prohibited | ❌ Prohibited | Sensitive, proprietary, paid, or personal content |
| Elthian-NoTrain | ❌ Prohibited | ✅ Allowed (referential only) | ❌ Prohibited | ❌ Prohibited | Publishers who want discovery without ingestion |
| Elthian-UseOnly | ❌ Prohibited | ❌ Prohibited | ✅ Allowed (internal, human-in-the-loop) | ❌ Prohibited | Enterprise internal copilots, assistants, workflows |
| Elthian-NonCommercial | ⚠️ Restricted | ⚠️ Restricted | ⚠️ Restricted | ⚠️ Restricted | Academic, research, non-profit use |
| Elthian-Public | ✅ Allowed | ✅ Allowed | ✅ Allowed | ✅ Allowed | Open knowledge, public datasets |
| Elthian-Custom | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Enterprises, agencies, mixed-policy sites |
These licenses are designed to be readable by humans, machine-readable for platforms, and defensible in practice.
Documentation
- Find out how to get started
- Review the full license suite and explanations
- Dive deeper into Policy JSON structure and URL overrides
- Add URL overrides if your site needs mixed rules
- Consider Pro for verification, multi-site support, or audit needs