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Copyright AI Content Licensing

Name: Copyright AI Content Licensing – Block AI Crawlers + Get Paid
Author: Tyler Martin

AI content licensing for WordPress. Block AI crawlers or license your content and get paid. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more.

Copyright AI Content Licensing ranks #24,280 among WordPress.org plugins with 30+ active installations, is #319 of 1,014 in the Advertising category, and was last updated Jan 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9.5 (Current: 7.0.2)

v1.7.0 Current Version v1.7.0

Updated 6 months ago Last Update on 16 Jan, 2026

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
content-licensing	22	—	Tag	1 day ago
robots.txt	96	—	Tag	1 day ago
ai-license	104	—	Tag	1 day ago

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7.0
Last Updated: Jan 16, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 6.9.5
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Tyler Martin

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Copyright AI Content Licensing – Block AI Crawlers + Get Paid

Honestly? It's a mix of technical barriers and legal standing. robots.txt blocking (available now): Generates rules that block 100+ known AI crawlers. This is a voluntary standard - while OpenAI and Anthropic claim to respect it, industry data shows 12.9% of bots ignore robots.txt (up from 3.3% a year ago). Perplexity was caught bypassing blocks entirely. BUT even as a voluntary measure, it raises the legal and technical barrier and establishes clear notice of your access terms. Machine-readable licensing (available now): Adds <meta name="ai-license"> tags and /ai-license.txt file using License Grammar v1.5. AI companies that want to operate legally can check your terms and pay your rates. If they don't, you have clear legal standing to enforce your rights - you explicitly stated your terms in a machine-readable format they can't claim to have missed. HTTP 402 protocol (coming soon): When an AI bot hits your site, we'll serve a 402 "Payment Required" response with your licensing terms. Like robots.txt, this is voluntary - but it's newer, more standardized, and creates even clearer legal standing. The key is we do BOTH technical blocking AND legal licensing. Most services only do one.

No - the plugin preserves Google, Bing, and other search engines. It only blocks AI training crawlers. But let's be real: traditional SEO is dying anyway. In 2025, 60% of Google searches end without any click to external sites. When users do click, only 360 clicks per 1,000 searches go to the open web. Google now keeps 90% of its ad revenue internally (first time in a decade), with only 10% going to network publishers. AI is replacing search - ChatGPT and Gemini answer questions using your content without sending traffic. This plugin helps you adapt: either block AI from using your content, or license it and get paid. Because traffic isn't coming back.

If you're licensing (not just blocking): Click "Create account & connect" in plugin settings Check your email for the magic link Click the link - you're logged into dashboard.copyright.sh and sent back to WordPress In the dashboard, add your payout method (PayPal, Venmo, Stripe) Earnings accumulate under your domain even before you connect, so you won't lose revenue if you set up the plugin first and connect later.

Private: AI uses your content to answer one person's question (like ChatGPT responding to a user) Public: AI uses your content for commercial purposes or many users (like generating blog posts) You can charge different rates for each. Most people charge more for public use.

Yep. Set a global default in Settings, then override it on specific posts using the "AI License Override" meta box in the post editor. Good for premium content.

The truth: it's mixed, and improving. OpenAI and Anthropic officially respect robots.txt, but investigations by TollBit and Cloudflare have found evidence of bypassing on news sites. Perplexity was definitively caught using undisclosed IPs and spoofed user agents to bypass blocks. Meta's facebookexternalhit doesn't respect robots.txt at all (their position: it's not a "crawler"). BUT the trend is toward compliance because: Legal risk: The EU AI Act now mandates opt-out respect and licensing documentation. Nine major publishers have signed licensing deals (News Corp $250M+, Reddit $60M/year). The legal precedent is clear. Market incentives: AI companies that want premium content are now paying for it. They're realizing licensed data is legally safer and often higher quality than scraped data. Technical barriers: While no blocking is perfect, robots.txt + HTTP 402 + machine-readable licenses create multiple layers that make unauthorized scraping legally riskier and technically harder. Our approach: give you the tools to block, license, and build legal standing. Perfect enforcement doesn't exist yet, but we're building toward it.

Yes. Set policy to "Deny" and enable the robots.txt blocker. You don't have to license anything - blocking is a completely valid choice.

No. The plugin adds one meta tag to your HTML head. Performance impact is basically zero. Works fine with all major caching plugins (WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, etc).

The plugin's robots.txt feature is optional. If you manage robots.txt another way, just leave that feature disabled.

The plugin uses License Grammar v1.5, which is becoming the industry standard: OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), xAI (Grok), Meta (Llama), Microsoft (Copilot), Perplexity, DeepSeek, Alibaba (Qwen), and 100+ other AI systems. New AI companies are adopting the same standard, so your protection scales automatically.