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RealTrace AI<\/strong> provides real-time, privacy-first analytics for WordPress. It tracks incoming visitors through a dual-layer approach (server-side capture and client-side non-blocking REST beacons) to distinguish real humans from AI crawlers, search engine indexers, and automated scraping tools.<\/p>\n\n

Unlike standard visitor counters that treat every automated HTTP hit as a genuine person, RealTrace AI filters and segments incoming traffic into three distinct tiers: Humans<\/strong>, AI & LLM Crawlers<\/strong>, and Search Engine Bots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bots & Crawlers Detected Out-of-the-Box<\/h3>\n\n

RealTrace AI evaluates request patterns, URI endpoints, and User-Agent headers against extensive internal signatures:<\/p>\n\n

1. AI & LLM Crawlers<\/h4>\n\n
    \n
  • OpenAI:<\/strong> GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot<\/li>\n
  • Anthropic:<\/strong> ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, Anthropic-AI<\/li>\n
  • Google AI:<\/strong> Google-Extended, Gemini, Gemini Deep Research<\/li>\n
  • Perplexity:<\/strong> PerplexityBot, Perplexity-AI<\/li>\n
  • Meta:<\/strong> Meta-ExternalAgent, Meta-ExternalFetcher, FacebookExternalHit<\/li>\n
  • xAI:<\/strong> GrokBot, xAI-Crawler<\/li>\n
  • ByteDance:<\/strong> ByteSpider<\/li>\n
  • DeepSeek:<\/strong> DeepSeek Bot, DeepSeek Web Crawler<\/li>\n
  • Apple:<\/strong> Applebot-Extended (Apple Intelligence)<\/li>\n
  • Mistral AI:<\/strong> MistralAI Crawler<\/li>\n
  • Cohere:<\/strong> Cohere-AI<\/li>\n
  • Amazon:<\/strong> AmazonBot<\/li>\n
  • AI Datasets & Aggregators:<\/strong> Common Crawl (CCBot), Diffbot, You.com (YouBot), DuckAssistBot, Allen AI (AI2Bot), Webz.io \/ Omgili, ImageSift, Timpi, Katerat, SentientMachine, Pango<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    2. Search Engine Indexers<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Googlebot, Google Asset Service, Google Inspection Tool<\/li>\n
    • Bingbot, Applebot, Baidu Spider, YandexBot \/ Yandex Engine<\/li>\n
    • DuckDuckBot, Sogou Spider, Exabot, Qwantify, SeznamBot, PetalBot, CocCoc Bot<\/li>\n
    • Moz DotBot, AhrefsBot, SemrushBot, Majestic MJ12bot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      3. Social Previews & Uptime Monitors<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • TwitterBot \/ X, LinkedInBot, WhatsApp Preview, TelegramBot, Slackbot, DiscordBot, Pinterest Bot<\/li>\n
      • UptimeRobot, Pingdom, Site24x7, StatusCake, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Seltz Sitemap Fetcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        4. Developer Tools & Headless Scrapers<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium, Headless Chrome, PhantomJS, Cypress<\/li>\n
        • Python (Requests, urllib, aiohttp), Scrapy Framework<\/li>\n
        • cURL, Wget, HTTPie, Postman Runtime, Insomnia<\/li>\n
        • Node.js (Axios, Fetch, Got), Go HTTP, Java HTTP Client, Apache HttpClient, OkHttp, Guzzle PHP, Perl libwww, WinHTTP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          5. Automated Endpoint Scrapers<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Flags unauthenticated direct automated scrapes targeting sensitive or automated endpoints like \/wp-json\/oembed\/<\/code>, \/.well-known\/<\/code>, \/feed<\/code>, \/rss<\/code>, \/wp-cron.php<\/code>, \/xmlrpc.php<\/code>, and \/wp-comments-post.php<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Included Shortcodes<\/h3>\n\n
              \n
            • [realtrace_smart_counter]<\/code> \u2013 Displays a complete visitor card showing total humans, bots, and the verified Human Score percentage.<\/li>\n
            • [realtrace_traffic_battle]<\/code> \u2013 Displays an interactive split progress bar comparing human visitors against AI scrapers.<\/li>\n
            • [realtrace_human_counter]<\/code> \u2013 Outputs the raw formatted count of verified human visitors.<\/li>\n
            • [realtrace_ai_counter]<\/code> \u2013 Outputs the raw formatted count of detected bots and AI scrapers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
                \n
              1. Upload the realtrace-traffic-counter<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory or install it via the WordPress Plugin search.<\/li>\n
              2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins<\/strong> screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n
              3. Ensure the MaxMind reader library is located in includes\/Geo\/MaxMind\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n
              4. Go to RealTrace AI > Settings<\/strong> and click Download \/ Update Geo Database<\/strong> to stream and verify the offline binary database (.mmdb<\/code>).<\/li>\n
              5. Use the shortcodes in posts, page templates, block editors, or widget areas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
                \n

                Does RealTrace AI send visitor IP addresses to external lookup APIs?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                No. RealTrace AI resolves countries using an offline MaxMind binary database stored locally in your wp-content\/uploads\/realtrace\/<\/code> folder. Visitor IPs are processed entirely on your server.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                What happens if the Geo database is missing or corrupt?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                RealTrace AI includes built-in verification. If the .mmdb<\/code> file is missing or interrupted during transfer, the plugin falls back to its multi-octet subnet router, purges any broken files, and presents a one-click download button in the admin interface.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                Can I add custom bot signatures?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                Yes. In RealTrace AI > Settings<\/strong>, enter custom substrings under Custom Bot Signatures<\/strong> (one signature per line). Any User-Agent matching that text will be classified as an AI bot.<\/p><\/dd>\n

                Does tracking slow down page requests?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

                No. Geolocation queries run against an optimized local binary search tree in microseconds, and a built-in visit debounce window prevents repeat hits from the same IP from inflating database load.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

                1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n
                  \n
                • Feature:<\/strong> Added native offline binary geolocation using MaxMind .mmdb<\/code> reader support.<\/li>\n
                • Feature:<\/strong> Added an asynchronous admin REST API endpoint (realtrace\/v1\/update-geo-db<\/code>) for downloading and verifying the Geo database.<\/li>\n
                • Feature:<\/strong> Added binary integrity validation (\\xab\\xcd\\xefMaxMind.com<\/code>) to detect and purge truncated or incomplete downloads.<\/li>\n
                • Feature:<\/strong> Integrated dashboard warning and error notices when the local database is missing or corrupt.<\/li>\n
                • Design:<\/strong> Complete UI redesign of the Settings screen with a brand-aligned layout, status badges, and single-screen feedback banners.<\/li>\n
                • Improvement:<\/strong> Expanded the offline multi-octet fallback subnet router for Middle East and European IP blocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                  1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
                    \n
                  • Initial public release on WordPress.org.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Tracks visits via dual-layer detection, classifies human vs AI crawlers, and delivers high-precision offline geolocation analytics.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/381689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381689"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/adnanlimdi"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=381689"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=381689"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=381689"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=381689"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlt.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=381689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}