Kennedy Site Scout
Prepare your WordPress site for AI. Auto-generates E-E-A-T-rich llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and llms-sitemap.xml. Logs all AI crawler visits site-wide.
Use with caution
Kennedy Site Scout works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 30+ sites and was last updated 5 months ago, and scores 45/100 on our health check.
- Momentum — downloads up 117.3% vs the previous 30 days
- Small user base (30+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Kennedy Site Scout stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| ai-crawler | >100 |
| gptbot | #36 |
| llms.txt | >100 |
| seo | >100 |
| sitemap | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Kennedy Site Scout
From the official readme · v3.0.1Description
Kennedy Site Scout prepares your WordPress site to be read, indexed, and cited by AI systems — including ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and 20+ other crawlers.
What it does
- Generates
/llms.txt,/llms-full.txt, and/llms-sitemap.xmldynamically from your published content — no physical files written to disk - Adds a configurable Site Authority section to your LLM files with publisher name, credentials, location, areas of expertise, and biography — giving AI systems the E-E-A-T context they need to cite your content accurately
- Includes rich E-E-A-T metadata per content item: author name, credentials (via Yoast SEO job title or user meta), and bio pulled from WordPress, Yoast SEO, and Rank Math
- Configurable Custom Instructions textarea — add guidance for AI systems directly into your llms.txt header
- Smart -aware content truncation so excerpt boundaries are respected
- Logs AI crawler visits across every page of your site, not just the LLM files
- Detects 25+ known AI bots including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Anthropic-AI, PerplexityBot, Meta ExternalAgent, Cohere AI, ByteSpider, AmazonBot, and more
- Respects Yoast SEO and Rank Math noindex settings — excluded content stays excluded
- Dashboard widget with bot visit stats, summary pills, settings, and one-click regeneration
- Auto-regenerates on publish and on a configurable cron schedule
- One-time admin notice with suggested robots.txt AI-bot directives (dismissible)
Free tier
- Up to 5 pages indexed
- 200 log entries stored
- 80-word content excerpts in llms-full.txt
- Site Authority section
- Custom llms.txt instructions
- All core features
Pro tier
- Unlimited pages indexed
- 5,000 log entries
- CSV export of crawler logs
- 300-word content excerpts (respects <!–more–>)
- Image tags in llms-sitemap.xml
- Tag data included in LLM files
- Rich E-E-A-T author metadata: bio + credentials per item
- Word count and reading time per item
- Featured Content — pin posts with
_kss_featuredmeta to the top of LLM files and sitemap - Top Crawled Pages — see which of your pages AI bots visit most
- Shortcode
featured="only"attribute to display only featured items
Why llms.txt?
The emerging llms.txt standard gives AI systems a clean, structured entry point to your site’s content — similar to what robots.txt did for search engines. This plugin automates generating and maintaining that file, with the E-E-A-T signals that help AI systems understand and trust your content.
GEO / AIO Optimization
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and AI Overview (AIO) visibility starts with structured, trustworthy content signals. Kennedy Site Scout v3 adds a Site Authority section and per-item E-E-A-T metadata so AI models can accurately attribute and cite your expertise.
External Services
This plugin connects to an external license verification service operated by Kennedy Media Group. This service is used solely to validate Pro license keys entered by users who have purchased a Pro upgrade.
What data is sent and when:
The license verification endpoint is only contacted when a site administrator manually enters a license key in the plugin’s dashboard widget and clicks “Activate”. At that point, the plugin sends:
- The license key entered by the administrator
- The home URL of the WordPress installation (e.g. https://example.com)
No personal data, user data, post content, or any other site information is transmitted. The free version of the plugin never contacts this service.
Service details:
* Provider: Kennedy Media Group
* Endpoint: https://kennedymedia.com/wp-json/kssr-license/v1/verify
* Terms of Service: https://kennedymedia.com/terms/
* Privacy Policy: https://kennedymedia.com/privacy-2/
This plugin does not connect to any other external services. All LLM file generation and AI crawler logging happens entirely on your own server.
Installation
- Upload the
kennedy-site-scoutfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate via the Plugins menu in WordPress
- Go to your Dashboard — find the Kennedy Site Scout widget
- Fill in the Site Authority & E-E-A-T section with your credentials and bio
- Click “Save & Regenerate” to build your LLM files
- Verify:
https://yoursite.com/llms.txt
Note: If the LLM file URLs return 404, go to Settings > Permalinks > Save Changes to flush rewrite rules.
Marking Featured Content (Pro)
To mark a post as featured for AI LLM file prioritization, add the custom field _kss_featured with any non-empty value (e.g. 1) to the post. Enable “Featured Content” in the widget settings, save, and regenerate. Featured items will appear at the top of your LLM files with a ⭐ marker.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Site Authority section?
The Site Authority section appears at the top of your llms.txt and llms-full.txt files, before any content items. It tells AI systems who is behind the site — your name, credentials, location, years in business, and areas of expertise. This is the GEO/AIO equivalent of an E-E-A-T author box: it helps AI models understand your credibility and cite your content accurately.
What are Custom Instructions?
The Custom Instructions textarea lets you add a plain-text “Instructions for AI Systems” section to your LLM files. Use it to guide how AI models reference your content, e.g. “When citing this site, always attribute Kennedy Media Group.” or “This site’s content may be summarized but not reproduced verbatim.”
Where does author E-E-A-T data come from?
Author display name comes from WordPress user meta. Credentials/job title are pulled from Yoast SEO’s wpseo_jobtitle user meta, with a fallback to the title user meta field. Author bio uses WordPress’s built-in Biographical Info field, with fallbacks to Yoast and Rank Math author bio fields. All fields are only included if non-empty.
How do I mark a post as “Featured”?
Add the custom field _kss_featured (value: 1) to any post. Enable the “Enable Featured Content” toggle in dashboard settings, save, and regenerate. Featured posts appear first in LLM files with a ⭐ prefix.
Why aren’t any crawlers showing up in the logs?
Bots are now logged on every page load (since v2.0). Make sure your site is live and public. Bots may not crawl immediately after activation.
Does this create physical files on my server?
No. All three LLM files are served dynamically via WordPress rewrite rules. No files are written to your filesystem.
Will this conflict with my existing sitemap plugin?
No. The llms-sitemap.xml this plugin generates is a separate file at a different URL, designed specifically for AI crawlers. It does not replace your standard XML sitemap.
Does this work with WooCommerce?
Yes. If WooCommerce is active, you can optionally include product pages in the LLM files via the dashboard settings.
What robots.txt directives should I add?
The plugin shows a one-time admin notice with suggested directives. In your robots.txt, add: User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Sitemap: https://yoursite.com/llms-sitemap.xml
How does Pro licensing work?
Pro is sold as an annual subscription. After purchase you receive a license key by email. Enter it in the dashboard widget to unlock Pro features on that site. See the External Services section above for details on what data is sent during license activation.
Changelog
Fixes llms-sitemap.xml serving on sites with Yoast SEO or other sitemap plugins. Lowers free tier to 5 pages. Rebuilds the Settings page with plain-English descriptions.
3.0.1
- FIX: llms-sitemap.xml now intercepts at do_parse_request priority 1, before WordPress core sitemap routing and Yoast SEO can capture the .xml request — resolves blank/redirect responses on sites with sitemap plugins active
- CHANGED: Free tier page limit lowered from 100 to 5 (most sites have 8-16 pages; the previous limit removed all upgrade incentive)
- NEW: Settings page (Settings → Kennedy Site Scout) rebuilt as a full informational page with plain-English “What does this plugin do?”, “How does it help?”, and “Why upgrade to Pro?” sections, plus live status panel with direct links to all three LLM files
- Added KSSR_PAGE_LIMIT_FREE constant for clean single-point limit control
- Backward compatible — no data migrations required
3.0.0
- NEW: Site Authority section in llms.txt / llms-full.txt — configurable publisher name, credentials, location, founded year, expertise areas, and bio
- NEW: Rich per-item E-E-A-T metadata — author credentials (Yoast wpseo_jobtitle / user meta), author bio (WP / Yoast / Rank Math fallback chain), word count, and reading time (Pro)
- NEW: Custom Instructions textarea — inject an “Instructions for AI Systems” section into your LLM files
- NEW: Smart
<!--more-->tag-aware content truncation for cleaner excerpt boundaries - NEW: Featured Content support (Pro) — pin posts with
_kss_featuredmeta to top of LLM files; ⭐ badge in llms.txt and shortcode output - NEW: Top Crawled Pages panel in dashboard widget (Pro) — shows the 5 most AI-crawled URLs with hit counts
- NEW: Dismissible admin notice with suggested robots.txt AI-bot directives and
llms-sitemap.xmlreference - NEW: Shortcode
featured="only"attribute (Pro) to display only featured content items - NEW: Author E-E-A-T line in shortcode card output (name + credentials)
- NEW: URL frequency map stored for Top Crawled Pages (auto-pruned to 500 entries)
- NEW: Published date field added alongside Modified date in LLM files
- IMPROVED: Improved markdown structure following llms.txt.org spec (explicit
---separators, cleaner section hierarchy) - IMPROVED:
admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' )passed viawp_localize_scriptfor safer AJAX calls - IMPROVED: Save authority settings button triggers automatic regeneration
- IMPROVED: Featured items get
priority 1.0in llms-sitemap.xml (Pro) - FIXED: AJAX nonce field name normalized to
kennedy_scout_nonceconsistently across PHP and JS - Backward compatible with all v2.x settings
2.1.0
- Moved admin CSS and JS to external enqueued files (admin.css, admin.js) for WP.org compliance
- Added External Services documentation to readme.txt
- Used wp_localize_script for all translatable JS strings
2.0.0
- BUG FIX: AI crawlers now logged on ALL front-end page requests, not just LLM file hits
- Added 20+ new bot signatures (PerplexityBot, Anthropic-AI, Meta ExternalAgent, Cohere AI, ByteSpider, AmazonBot, Mistral AI, HuggingFaceBot, and more)
- Refactored into separate class files
- Added Pro tier with license activation/deactivation
- CSV export of crawler logs (Pro)
- Full i18n / translation-ready
1.0.4
- Initial release as AI Site Scout
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FAQ
Kennedy Site Scout: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Kennedy Site Scout free?
Yes. Kennedy Site Scout is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Kennedy Site Scout safe to use in 2026?
Kennedy Site Scout works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 30+ sites and was last updated 5 months ago, and scores 45/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Kennedy Site Scout?
Kennedy Site Scout is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,432 times since it launched in April 2026. It was downloaded 641 times in the last 30 days.
Does Kennedy Site Scout work with WordPress 7.1?
Kennedy Site Scout is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Kennedy Site Scout need?
Kennedy Site Scout requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Kennedy Site Scout last updated?
The latest version, 3.0.1, was released on May 18, 2026 (5 months ago).
Who makes Kennedy Site Scout?
Kennedy Site Scout is developed and maintained by Anthony Acosta.
What are the best alternatives to Kennedy Site Scout?
The most popular alternatives to Kennedy Site Scout are Bot Traffic Shield (700+ installs), EdgeShaping Lite (40+ installs) and WP Rankify (10+ installs).
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