Title: A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall Author: apay98 Published: September 30, 2026 Last modified: September 30, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/apay-web3-ai-paywall/assets/icon.svg?rev=3720775) # A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall By [apay98](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apay98/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/apay-web3-ai-paywall.0.1.8.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apay-web3-ai-paywall/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apay-web3-ai-paywall/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apay-web3-ai-paywall/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apay-web3-ai-paywall/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/apay-web3-ai-paywall/) ## Description **A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall** is an HTTP 402 Web3 micropayment gatekeeper for WordPress& WooCommerce that allows website owners to monetize autonomous AI crawlers, scrapers, and LLM bots (OpenAI GPTBot, Anthropic ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, ByteSpider, and Meta-ExternalAgent) on Base Layer 2. ### 🌟 Key Features * **100% Free for Real Humans**: Human visitors on desktop and mobile web browsers( Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge) browse your site completely free without any paywalls, popups, or captchas. * **SEO Protected**: Googlebot, Bingbot, DuckDuckBot, and other search engines are automatically whitelisted so your search rankings and indexing remain completely intact. * **HTTP 402 Web3 Challenge Gate**: Autonomous AI crawlers are presented with a cryptographic HTTP 402 Payment Required challenge specifying Base Layer 2 settlement details under EIP-712 standards. * **Voucher & Nonce Verification**: Validates incoming Authorization headers, strictly checks payment amounts against required pricing, verifies EVM address formats, and enforces single-use session nonces to prevent replay attacks. * **Dual Settlement Rails**: Accept USDC (Circle native) or $APAY protocol tokens on Base Mainnet (Chain ID 8453) or Base Sepolia Testnet (Chain ID 84532). * **Instant WordPress Setup**: Zero complex coding required. Simply install, activate, paste your Base wallet address, and your content is protected immediately. ### 3rd Party Service Disclosure This plugin interacts with external decentralized infrastructure and protocols to facilitate autonomous payments: 1. **A-Pay Protocol Portal & Telemetry (`https://apay-network.vercel.app`)**: 2. * **Purpose**: Provides developer protocol documentation, health probes, token contract verification, and EIP-712 scheme metadata. * **Terms of Service**: https://apay-network.vercel.app * **Privacy Policy**: https://apay-network.vercel.app 3. **Base Layer 2 Decentralized Network (`https://mainnet.base.org` / `https://sepolia. base.org`)**: 4. * **Purpose**: Used for on-chain cryptographic transaction verification and router contract settlement (`0x71434344beEF9C44fF3BC95572bEB7bFB8847ec6`). * **Terms of Service**: https://base.org ## Installation 1. Upload the `apay-web3-ai-paywall` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the plugin directly through the WordPress plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** screen in WordPress. 3. Navigate to **Settings -> A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall**. 4. Enter your Base L2 EVM wallet address to receive payments. 5. Choose your pricing (default: $0.001 USDC / 4.0 $APAY) and save changes. ## FAQ ### Will this plugin block my regular website visitors? No. Regular human visitors browsing with desktop or mobile browsers are completely whitelisted and will never see paywalls, captchas, or payment prompts. ### Will this affect my Google Search SEO ranking? No. Googlebot, Bingbot, DuckDuckBot, and verified search engine crawlers are automatically whitelisted so your SEO rankings and search previews remain unaffected. ### Which AI bots are challenged with HTTP 402? By default, the plugin identifies: `gptbot`, `chatgpt-user`, `claudebot`, `claude- web`, `anthropic-ai`, `perplexitybot`, `bytespider`, `ccbot`, `google-extended`,` cohere-ai`, `diffbot`, `facebookbot`, `omgilibot`, `applebot-extended`, `meta-externalagent`,` amazonbot`, `timpibot`, and `youbot`. You can also add custom bot user-agents in Settings. ### Do I need a credit card or bank account? No. Micropayments settle directly to your non-custodial EVM wallet address on Base L2. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ apay98 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apay98/) [Translate “A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/apay-web3-ai-paywall) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apay-web3-ai-paywall/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/apay-web3-ai-paywall/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/apay-web3-ai-paywall/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/apay-web3-ai-paywall/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1.8 * Renamed plugin display name and slug to A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall. * Strictly sanitize and unslash all HTTP request headers and authorization inputs. * Added server-side nonce issuing and single-use validation to prevent voucher replay. * Added minimum payment amount validation against required pricing. * Removed duplicate Tested up to header from main PHP file. * Limited tags to 5 directory-compliant tags and short description to 135 characters. ## Meta * Version **0.1.8** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.2** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [gptbot](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gptbot/)[micropayments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/micropayments/) [monetization](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/monetization/)[web3](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/web3/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apay-web3-ai-paywall/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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