Description
AI answer engines increasingly summarize content and quietly drop affiliate links — costing publishers commissions. Northstar generates per-page schema.org JSON-LD and llms.txt guidance that tells AI engines to preserve your affiliate links and attribute the click to you.
This plugin connects your WordPress site to your Northstar account. Generate your scripts at Northstar (single page or bulk from your sitemap), paste your API key here, and the plugin:
- Syncs every generated script from your Northstar account (hourly, plus on-demand),
- Auto-injects each page’s JSON-LD into the correct page’s
<head>— no copy-paste, - Serves a merged
/llms.txtassembled from every protected page.
A 50- or 500-page site is protected in a few clicks instead of hundreds of manual pastes.
What you need
- A Northstar account at https://thedataduel.com with generated scripts.
- An API key (Dashboard Plugin / API key Generate a key).
Screenshots
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Installation
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/or install it from the Plugins screen. - Activate Northstar Affiliate Protect.
- Go to Settings Northstar Protect.
- Paste your API key, save, then click Sync now.
- Done — your generated scripts now auto-inject into the matching pages.
FAQ
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Where do I get the API key?
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In your Northstar dashboard: Plugin / API key Generate a key. It’s shown once — copy it into the plugin.
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How does it match scripts to pages?
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Each generated script is keyed by its source URL. The plugin matches the URL of the page being rendered to the cached script and injects it. Matching is scheme- and trailing-slash tolerant.
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Does it slow down my site?
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No. Scripts are cached locally in your database; injection is a single indexed lookup per page. The only remote call is the periodic background sync.
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Is my API key safe?
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The key is stored in your WordPress options and sent only to your configured Northstar API base over HTTPS. You can revoke it any time from your Northstar dashboard.
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What happens if I delete the plugin?
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Uninstalling removes the local cache table and all plugin options.
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Contributors & Developers
“DataDuel Affiliate Link Protect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release: API-key sync from the Northstar export endpoint, automatic per-page JSON-LD injection, merged /llms.txt endpoint, hourly + on-demand sync.