Description
In 2026, signaling your “Intent and Consent” to AI models is the new Technical SEO. Elthian AI Licensing Lite provides a professional framework for site owners to publish machine-readable AI usage policies.
Whether your goal is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)—earning citations in LLM responses—or protecting your IP from unauthorized training, Elthian ensures your site speaks the language of modern AI agents.
Advanced License Tiers Included:
- Elthian-NoAI: Hard prohibition on all AI system use and automated access.
- Elthian-NoTrain: The GEO standard. Permits discovery/citation via AI Search but prohibits training and RAG.
- Elthian-UseOnly: For Agentic AI. Permits request-bound, ephemeral processing (deleted after use) but prohibits persistent storage.
- Elthian-NonCommercial: Enables academic and research use while blocking commercial exploitation.
- Elthian-Public: Open access for training and commercial use with attribution.
Learn more about the Elthian AI Licensing standards here.
Technical Features:
- Standardized llms.txt: Automatically serve the dynamically generated
/llms.txtfile preferred by AI crawlers. - AI-Specific Sitemap: Dedicated
/ai-license-sitemap.xmlto help agents discover your citation-ready content. - Global & Per-Post Controls: Set a site-wide policy or override permissions for specific premium content.
- Robots.txt Integration: Appends standard directives (noai, noimageai) based on your selected license.
- Well-known JSON Endpoint: Implements the
.well-known/ai-policy.jsontechnical standard. - License Badge: Professional human-visible notice to inform visitors of your AI usage rights.
A separate Pro plugin is available with additional policy and analytics features:
Learn more about Elthian AI Licensing Pro.
External services
This plugin can optionally connect to the Elthian API (api.elthian.com) to register or sync your site’s AI policy declaration.
The external service is disabled by default. No policy data is sent to Elthian unless a site administrator enables Registry Sync or manually initiates a sync.
What the service is used for:
- To sync the site’s machine-readable AI policy declaration with Elthian’s external registry.
- To make the site’s declared AI usage policy discoverable outside the local WordPress installation.
What data is sent and when:
* Data is sent only when Registry Sync is enabled by an administrator, or when an administrator manually initiates a sync.
* The data sent may include the site ID, site URL, selected policy, policy scopes, URL overrides, timestamp, policy hash or policy identifier, plugin version, WordPress version, PHP version, timezone, and published content count.
* Post content, page content, comments, user accounts, and customer data are not sent as part of the policy sync.
Service provider:
- Elthian
Terms of service:
- https://elthianlabs.com/legal/terms/
Privacy policy:
- https://elthianlabs.com/legal/privacy/
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the
elthian-ai-licensing-litefolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Settings -> Elthian AI Licensing to select your site-wide policy.
FAQ
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Does this legally block AI companies?
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The plugin publishes your “Intent and Consent” in the standard formats that AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google etc) are designed to read. It does not automatically enforce compliance, rather, it provides a machine-readable legal foundation that sets out your usage rights for AI.
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What is the difference between NoTrain and UseOnly?
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NoTrain is for publishers who want to be found in AI search results (like Perplexity) but don’t want their data used to train the underlying model. UseOnly is for internal or assistant-based tools that need to “read” the data to help a human navigate but must delete it immediately after the session.
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Where are my policy files?
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- LLM Instructions:
yoursite.com/llms.txt - JSON Policy:
yoursite.com/.well-known/ai-policy.json - AI Sitemap:
yoursite.com/ai-license-sitemap.xml
- LLM Instructions:
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Important Note on Compatibility:
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This Lite version is strictly designed for standard single-site WordPress installations.
Support for WordPress Multisite (Network) is currently not included but is planned for a future release.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release. Full suite of Elthian AI Licenses (v1.0) with llms.txt and JSON support.