--- title: "citelayer® — Agent Readiness for WordPress — citelayer®" url: "https://citelayer.ai/" date: 2026-02-07 --- # citelayer® — Agent Readiness for WordPress WordPress Plugin · Free 1.13.5 Make Your WordPress Ready for Agents ========================================== Help agents read your content, inspect the responses they receive, and see local AI activity. **Structured data, Markdown, diagnosis and MCP abilities** — inside WordPress. [ Start for Free ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/citelayer/) [ See How It Works ](#how-it-works) Free and open source Local analytics in Free No account needed for Free [How the local readiness checks work](/docs/ai-readiness-scanner/). The adjacent card is an illustration. Endpoint diagnosis Check the public response Readiness illustration Illustration — checks Endpoint health Inspect Schema output Verify Content structure Review llms.txt Schema WebMCP UCP Markdown Illustrative layout No measured citation score Structured site identity Organization or Person What is citelayer®? WordPress content agents can request ------------------------------------ Agents can request content, parse facts and call tools. Those requests are worth checking on your actual site. citelayer® Free adds machine-readable content and local diagnostics without a service account. It helps you check what your site serves, which matching bot requests reach it, and which recognized AI sources send human visits. 7 read Free abilities · WP 6.9+ 2 opt-in write abilities Local crawler and referral data Endpoint diagnosis Check who serves llms.txt and whether the public response matches the generator. Schema and site identity Organization or Person, WebSite, Article and supported product data. Local bot and referral analytics Inspect crawler matches and human AI arrival signals separately. Abilities and shop discovery Free abilities need WP 6.9+ and an adapter; commerce APIs come with store add-ons. How It Works Three steps to a useful baseline -------------------------------- Install the plugin, inspect a real response, and use the collected activity to choose the next check. Step 01 · Install ### Install Free Install from WordPress.org, activate the plugin and review the existing SEO integration. No service account is required. Step 02 · Structure ### Inspect the output Run the scanner, inspect schema and request one important page as Markdown. Diagnose the actual response. Step 03 · Monitor ### Read local activity Check crawler logs, referrals and pages without logged bot visits. Account for cache and collection limits. Features See the output. Understand the activity. ---------------------------------------- Practical tools for content, diagnosis and observation. Paid store add-ons extend commerce interaction for your platform. ### Schema and site identity Configure a truthful Organization or Person identity and supported content markup. Review how it integrates with the SEO provider already active on your site. Free GPTBotChatGPT · ClaudePerplexity · Gemini ### AI bot and referral analytics See matching AI-related crawler requests and recognized human referrals in separate local views. Filter paths, review trends and export crawler records. Free — ### Readiness checks The dashboard checks site configuration and selected content signals. The editor gives a separate page checklist. Each number is a local heuristic, not a citation rate. Free ### Endpoint diagnosis Find static files, provider ownership, unexpected redirects and response-format problems on supported text routes. Check what the public URL actually serves. Free ### MCP abilities Seven read abilities expose existing citelayer data. Two writes are opt-in. Requires WordPress 6.9+, administrator permission and a separate MCP Adapter. Free · WP 6.9+ ### Commerce APIs WooCommerce Pro adds documented REST catalog, cart and checkout handoff flows, signed draft carts and order reads. EDD Pro has its own digital-product catalog and handoff. Store add-ons Layer 1 — Readable content Markdown · schema · optional llms.txt Layer 2 — Diagnosis Endpoint checks · local crawler and referral signals Layer 3 — Permitted actions MCP abilities · platform-specific commerce APIs The Method Read, check and interact ------------------------ Agent readiness starts with useful public content and accurate responses. The plugin can help verify those surfaces; AI systems still decide what they retrieve and cite. 1 Content: return useful facts Serve accurate schema and supported Markdown formats. llms.txt is an optional index; it is not a proven citation lever. 2 Diagnosis: compare the response A cache, static file, SEO provider or server rule can change what an agent receives. Inspect the public endpoint rather than relying on saved settings. 3 Actions: expose a clear contract Allow authenticated abilities deliberately. Store APIs have their own scopes and hand off payment for buyer review; context JSON is discovery, not an MCP server. Use Cases Practical use cases ------------------- Check an important article in HTML and Markdown, confirm its site identity, then inspect local crawler and referral activity. [Start with one page →](/docs/quick-start/) Use the WooCommerce REST contract for catalog queries, signed draft carts and a buyer-reviewed payment handoff. [Explore commerce capabilities →](/docs/ucp-discovery/) Choose structured data for the actual digital product, expose EDD downloads and validate price-option cart payloads. [Compare the EDD add-on →](/docs/premium-addons/) Pricing Choose the tools for your site ------------------------------ Start with the free readiness and analytics tools. Add the commerce capabilities your store needs. WordPress Free Agent readiness, diagnosis and local activity €0 / forever No account required - check\_circleSchema and site identity integration - check\_circleMarkdown and optional llms.txt - check\_circleSite scan and endpoint diagnosis - check\_circleLocal bot logs and AI referrals - check\_circleProduct XML feed for WooCommerce and EDD - check\_circleSeven read and two opt-in write abilities · WP 6.9+ - check\_circleSEO provider compatibility - check\_circleNo service account required [ download Download for Free → ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/citelayer/) WooCommerce Add-on WooCommerce citelayer® for WooCommerce Catalog data and controlled REST commerce From From €79 / year Starter: 1 site · 1 year · Excludes applicable tax - check\_circleCatalog REST browsing and search - check\_circleProduct/Offer enrichment and exposure policy - check\_circleStateless cart validation and calculation - check\_circleSigned draft carts and checkout lifecycle - check\_circleBuyer-reviewed WooCommerce payment handoff - check\_circleSigned read-only order status [ star Get WooCommerce Addon → ](/downloads/citelayer-pro-for-woocommerce-ai-commerce-visibility/) citelayer® for Easy Digital Downloads Structured downloads and EDD payment handoff From From €79 / year Starter: 1 site · 1 year · Excludes applicable tax - check\_circleDownload catalog browsing and search - check\_circleSchema types for software, books and digital goods - check\_circleVariable-price cart validation and calculation - check\_circlePending-order EDD checkout handoff - check\_circleDownload index and shop context - check\_circleRequires active Free and EDD [ Get EDD Addon → ](/downloads/citelayer-pro-for-easy-digital-downloads-ai-visibility/) FAQ Frequently asked questions -------------------------- What does Agent Readiness mean? It means checking whether your site returns readable content, structured facts and clearly permitted tools. The plugin gives you local diagnostics and formats agents can request. Actual retrieval and citations are external decisions. Will citelayer® get my site cited? No plugin can guarantee citations or rankings. citelayer® helps with the technical surfaces you control and reports observed local activity. llms.txt is optional and does not count toward the dashboard readiness score. How do caching and performance fit in? Generated output and dashboard data are cached, but performance depends on the site. A full-page cache or CDN can answer before WordPress logs a bot request. Verify response formats and collection gaps before changing cache rules. Does it work with my SEO plugin? The free plugin recognizes Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO, The SEO Framework and Slim SEO. Feature-specific ownership and enhancement/replacement modes matter. Inspect the output on your actual setup. What can I measure with the free plugin? You can inspect matching crawler requests, recognized human AI referrals, pages without logged bot visits and local readiness checks. These are distinct signals; the plugin does not probe every AI answer or provide a citation market-share dashboard. Do I need to write code? Core configuration is available in WordPress. For MCP clients, configure the separate adapter and authenticated connection. Store API integrations require a client that follows their published contracts. [Read the installation guide](/docs/installation/).