EdgeShaping Lite

EdgeShaping Lite is a WordPress implementation of the EdgeShaping AI bot observation framework developed by mare interno. This plugin answers one question:

Which AI bots are reading which pages of your site, and when?

What it does

• Detects AI bot visits using a dictionary of known AI crawlers
• Records bot name, visited URL, and timestamp
• Dashboard with bot visit frequency ranking and most AI-visited pages
• Full access log with date filter and CSV export
• AHQG Matrix — visualizes AI bot visits vs. human search clicks (requires Google Search Console integration)

What it does NOT do

• It does not block AI bots
• It does not modify your content
• It does not send data externally — all data stays in your WordPress database

Note on CDN environments This plugin observes AI bot traffic at the PHP layer. In environments with a CDN (e.g. Cloudflare, CloudFront), cached requests may not reach PHP and will not be recorded. For full CDN-layer observation, see mare interno. EdgeShaping Framework EdgeShaping is a framework for observing AI bot behavior to understand how AI systems read and interpret your content. For more information, visit mareinterno.com.

1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/edgeshaping-lite/ or install via the WordPress plugin screen
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Navigate to EdgeShaping Lite in the admin menu to view your dashboard

Data collection begins immediately after activation.

1.3.5

• Fixed: uninstalling this plugin while the paid edition is active no longer deletes shared observation data

1.3.4

• Bug fixes (i18n: missing translators comments, escaping, placeholder ordering)

1.3.3

• Bug fixes (internationalization: hardcoded strings wrapped in translation functions)

1.3.2

• Bug fixes (upsell links for paid edition, plugin URL correction)

1.3.1

• Bug fixes (plugin installation path correction, broken documentation link fix)

1.3.0

• Added Inferred Path detection (AI-visited URLs not in sitemap)
• Added Dark Pages detection (sitemap URLs with no AI or human traffic)
• Added sitemap fetching via robots.txt directive
• Added /category/, /tag/, /author/ to default exclude paths

1.2.0

• Added AHQG Matrix with Google Search Console integration
• Added date filter (7 days, 30 days, this month, last month, custom)
• Added CSV export
• Added settings screen for GSC OAuth connection
• Added automatic data cleanup (retention period and row limit)
• Updated bot dictionary to 2026.05 version
• Added path exclusion filter (robots.txt, sitemap, wp-, feed)

1.1.0

• Added data retention settings (120 days default)
• Added rolling row limit (10,000 rows default)
• Added date filter to dashboard and log

1.0.0

• Initial release