Title: Atlas for WP
Author: Atlas
Published: <strong>June 4, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 17, 2026

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# Atlas for WP

 By [Atlas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/atlasforai/)

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## Description

Atlas for WP helps AI read your site with predictable, text-friendly formats.

**Features**

 * `/llms.txt` — a compact index of important URLs on your site
 * `/llms.md` — a longer Markdown export combining multiple pages
 * `/{slug}.md` — Markdown for an individual post or page (pretty permalinks)
 * **Template-Based Content** — Use flexible templates to control how your content
   is formatted and presented across your generated files.
 * **Auto-Updates on Save** — Hooks into WordPress save events. When a page or template
   changes, Atlas for WP refreshes all affected output files automatically.
 * **Cache Timeout Control** — Set your preferred cache duration to balance server
   performance with content freshness. You’re in control.
 * **First 10 Posts Free** — Generate AI-ready Markdown for your first 10 posts 
   at no cost. Perfect for portfolios, small businesses, and blogs just getting 
   started.

**WordPress admin**

 * Settings organized into tabs (overview, your site, connection check)
 * Connection check to verify your server can reach the same URLs visitors use

**Upgrade to Atlas for WP Pro**

 * Install [Atlas for WP Pro](https://atlasforai.com/atlasforwp/) (separate add-
   on) for licensing, advanced settings, custom sections, and extra content types.
 * **Update Site Summary** Edit the human and AI-facing summary that introduces 
   your site in llms.txt. Make your first impression count.
 * **All Content Types** Pages and posts are just the start. Generate AI-ready files
   for WooCommerce products, portfolios, events, or any custom post type.
 * **Content Groupings** Organize and group content into logical sections in your
   output; categories, post types, or custom collections you define.
 * **Publish & Modified Date Control** Choose whether to expose publish dates and
   last-modified timestamps per content type. Full control over what AI sees.
 * **Blog Post Count Settings** Configure exactly how many recent blog posts appear
   in your blog Markdown listing, match your content strategy, not a plugin default.
 * **Custom Markdown Per Page** Hand-craft the exact Markdown output for any individual
   page or custom post type. Override defaults, restructure content, and control
   precisely what AI tools read, page by page.

**Powered by Atlas**

Atlas for WP is part of [Atlas](https://atlasforai.com/): The AI Visibility Platform–
a suite of tools built to track your AI visibility to help your content get found,
read, and cited by AI assistants and search engines.

 * **Get discovered in AI:** make your content readable and citable by AI.
 * **Unlock the full platform:** [Atlas for WP Pro](https://atlasforai.com/atlasforwp/)
   adds custom content types, sections, and cache controls.
 * Check your [AI Visibility for free](https://atlasforai.com/ai-visibility-tracker/)
 * Start a free [AI visibility trial](https://my.atlasforai.com/pricing/)

### Privacy

 * **Diagnostics:** When you run a connection check from the admin, the plugin requests
   your own site’s public URLs and stores a short-lived internal snapshot for display
   on that screen.
 * **Markdown generation:** For some pages, the plugin may request the rendered 
   HTML of a public permalink on the same site to build Markdown.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `wordherd-ai-atlas` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install **Atlas
    for WP** from the Plugins screen in WordPress and choose **Install Now**, then **
    Activate**.
 2. In the admin sidebar, open **Atlas for WP** and review the **Overview** tab.
 3. Visit **Settings  Permalinks** and click **Save Changes** once (no need to change
    anything). This flushes rewrite rules so `/llms.txt`, `/llms.md`, and `*.md` routes
    work reliably.
 4. Open `/llms.txt` on your site in a new tab to confirm the index appears.

**Requirements**

 * WordPress 5.9 or newer
 * PHP 8.0 or newer
 * Pretty permalinks recommended (anything other than “Plain”)

## FAQ

### What is llms.txt and why does it matter?

llms.txt is an emerging standard (similar to robots.txt) that tells AI language 
models about your site’s structure and content. As AI assistants increasingly pull
information from the web to answer questions, having a well-formed llms.txt improves
how your site is understood and cited.

### Does this slow down my WordPress site?

No. Atlas for WP generates files in the background and caches output. Generated 
Markdown and llms.txt files are static, so serving them adds virtually zero load
to your server.

### What counts as one of my 10 free posts?

Each WordPress post (of the default post type) that gets a generated Markdown file
counts as one. Pages are not counted against the limit in the free tier.

### Why do my `/llms.txt` or `*.md` URLs show a 404?

Usually permalinks need to be flushed. Go to **Settings  Permalinks** and click **
Save Changes**. If you use a caching plugin or reverse proxy, purge its cache after
changing Atlas for WP settings. Also, if the site or page is behind some kind of
authentication, it will return a 404 error. The site has to be public in order for
the plugin to read the page content.

### Do I need a paid license?

No. The free version generates /llms.txt  (including all pages and the 10 most recent
posts),  /llms.md, and individual .md. In the free version, you can exclude individual**
pages** from llms.txt and llms.md (not blog posts). A Pro license unlocks custom
markdown override for content, additional content types, taxonomy exclusions, custom
sections, cache controls, and related options. [Upgrade to Atlas for WP Pro ](https://atlasforai.com/atlasforwp/)

### Does Pro support WooCommerce products?

Yes. The Pro plan supports all registered custom post types, including WooCommerce
products (product), events, portfolios, and any CPT registered by themes or other
plugins.

### How does the auto-update for content work?

Atlas doesn’t write files to your server. It listens for changes (for example when
you save a post, page, or other content). When something relevant changes, the cached
copy is rebuilt automatically. The next request to /llms.txt, /llms.md, or any .
md URL triggers a fresh rebuild. Nothing runs on a schedule and nothing is sent 
to an external service.

### Does the plugin change how my theme looks to human visitors?

No. It adds public text/Markdown endpoints. Your theme and normal front-end pages
are unchanged.

### Does this replace my XML sitemap or robots.txt?

No. Atlas adds separate AI-oriented files. It can append a hint line to `robots.
txt`; it does not remove other plugins’ sitemap features.

### Where can I get help?

Use the WordPress.org support forum for this plugin.

### What data leaves my site?

No data leaves your site for the free version. The diagnostics on the Connection
tab request your own site’s public URLs. The Pro license sends license-related requests
to the Atlas license server.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Atlas for WP” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Atlas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/atlasforai/)
 *   [ WordHerd ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordherd/)

[Translate “Atlas for WP” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wordherd-ai-atlas)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordherd-ai-atlas/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordherd-ai-atlas/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordherd-ai-atlas/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordherd-ai-atlas/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.49

 * Added: Atlas Connection tab — generate or revoke an API key to connect to this
   site.

#### 1.0.48

 * Changed: Pro upsell notice appears only on the Plugins screen and Atlas for WP
   settings (above tabs), not site-wide. Dismiss still hides it on both screens.

#### 1.0.47

 * Fixed: Relative links in generated Markdown (per-page .md and llms.md) are converted
   to absolute URLs. Clear cache on the Your site tab if you still see old output.

#### 1.0.46

 * Changed: llms.txt attribution line now reads Generated by Atlas for WP (was WordHerd
   AI Atlas). Clear cache on the Your site tab if the old line still appears.

#### 1.0.45

 * Added: Exclude from llms.txt and llms.md checkbox in Quick Edit on supported 
   content list screens (pages in free; extra types with Pro).

#### 1.0.44

 * Changed: Post editor meta box title and remaining admin UI labels use Atlas for
   WP and Atlas for WP Pro (was WordHerd AI Atlas / WH AI Atlas).

#### 1.0.43

 * Changed: Tested up to WordPress 7.0.

#### 1.0.42

 * Changed: Plugin name to Atlas for WP (was AI Atlas).
 * Fixed: Your site tab keeps Pro settings inside the save form and places Save 
   changes after Pro fields (requires Atlas for WP Pro update).

#### 1.0.41

 * Changed: Plugin name to AI Atlas (was WordHerd AI Atlas).
 * Changed: Pro upsell notice Dismiss button padding; core X dismiss persists per
   user (same as Dismiss link).

#### 1.0.40

 * Fixed: `/index.md` no longer returns 404 when the homepage shows latest blog 
   posts; serves a site summary with recent post links and a link to `/llms.txt`.
 * Changed: Overview tab explains what Home page (markdown) shows for blog vs static
   front page.

#### 1.0.39

 * Changed: wp-admin sidebar menu icon updated to the trademark compass mark.

#### 1.0.38

 * Changed: post editor meta box title is WordHerd AI Atlas (was WH AI Atlas).

#### 1.0.37

 * Fixed: per-page `.md` blockquote summaries no longer include CSS from `<style
   >` blocks (for example Advanced Gutenberg); style/script/noscript markup is stripped
   before plain-text extraction.

#### 1.0.36

 * Fixed: Overview tab Plan badge shows Pro only when the license is live-activated
   on the License tab, not when a stale Pro cache flag remains after deactivation.

#### 1.0.35

 * Fixed: false llms.txt conflict notice on new installs — re-checks live /llms.
   txt before showing the warning, defers the activation probe to the first admin
   request, and ignores HTML loopback responses that are not a real llms.txt file.

#### 1.0.34

 * Added: custom compass SVG admin menu icon (matches wp-admin menu icon gray).
 * Changed: admin page heading shows WordHerd AI Atlas (sidebar label remains WH
   AI Atlas).

#### 1.0.33

 * Fixed: llms.txt conflict notice no longer appears when WordHerd AI Atlas is serving
   the file (recognizes the current attribution line).

#### 1.0.32

 * Changed: product display names use WordHerd AI Atlas / WordHerd AI Atlas Pro;
   admin menu label WH AI Atlas (below Settings); cross-references between free 
   and Pro plugins updated.

#### 1.0.31

 * Changed: taxonomy exclusions and Pro admin styles live in AI Atlas Pro only; 
   free tier clamps cache and Pro options when unlicensed.
 * Changed: Pro upsell notice uses CSS classes; Dismiss button has an accessibility
   label.

#### 1.0.30

 * Fixed: WordPress Plugin Check compliance (readme title matches plugin header;
   admin notice and router input sanitization; uninstall user-meta cleanup via core
   API; removed redundant load_plugin_textdomain call under WordPress 4.6+).

#### 1.0.29

 * Fixed: llms.txt summaries from HTML content keep spaces between sections (card
   grids and headings no longer cram words together).

#### 1.0.28

 * Fixed: llms.txt and Markdown titles/summaries show `&`, ellipses, and other characters
   instead of HTML entity codes (`&amp;`, `&#038;`, `&hellip;`, etc.).

#### 1.0.27

 * Changed: Pro upsell Dismiss hides the notice on the current admin screen (AJAX)
   instead of redirecting to AI Atlas settings.

#### 1.0.26

 * Changed: Yoast llms.txt conflict notice now says Yoast SEO is generating the /
   llms.txt file.

#### 1.0.25

 * Added: detect when another plugin or static file serves /llms.txt (Yoast SEO 
   and other sources); admin warning with steps to fix.
 * Changed: llms.txt attribution line identifies the file as a site index for AI
   assistants.

#### 1.0.24

 * Performance: public AI URLs send Cache-Control headers aligned with the plugin
   cache TTL (browsers/CDNs may cache until that interval).
 * Security: template HTML fallback only fetches permalinks on the same host as 
   the site; League Markdown fallback sanitizes link URLs; `the_content` runs with
   correct post context.
 * Accessibility: connection check shows OK/Failed labels, not color alone.
 * Pro: license summary cached for 60 seconds (refresh still updates on demand).

#### 1.0.23

 * Security: admin form handlers require the AI Atlas settings screen; failed nonces
   return HTTP 403. Markdown links and images sanitize URLs (http, https, mailto).
 * Performance: admin classes load only in wp-admin; cache clears only for relevant
   post types; connection check runs only after you click Run check now.
 * Accessibility: settings tabs include ARIA wiring and keyboard focus between tabs;
   Pro picker rows support arrow-key reorder.
 * Privacy: export/erase hooks for per-user upsell dismiss meta; uninstall removes
   dismiss user meta.
 * Registered `_wh_aiatlas_exclude` post meta with auth callbacks.

#### 1.0.22

 * Admin: removed Pro-only picker/sortable JavaScript from the free package (handled
   by AI Atlas Pro when licensed).
 * FAQ: clarified that excluding content from llms.txt / llms.md applies to **pages**
   in the free version only.

#### 1.0.21

 * **Breaking:** Renamed all plugin identifiers to the `wh_aiatlas` prefix (functions,
   hooks, options, classes, admin slug `wh_aiatlas`, asset handles). Existing settings
   and post meta are not migrated; re-save settings after updating. Deactivate the
   legacy `ai-atlas` plugin if present to avoid PHP conflicts.
 * Text domain strings now use `wordherd-ai-atlas`; `load_plugin_textdomain()` added.
 * Added `ABSPATH` guards on generator and cache classes; meta save skips post revisions.

#### 1.0.20

 * Freemium split: licensing and Pro features moved to the separate **AI Atlas Pro**
   add-on. Free plugin adds extension hooks and a dismissible Pro upsell notice;
   core llms.txt, llms.md, and Markdown URLs remain fully available without Pro.

#### 1.0.19

 * Renamed plugin to include WordHerd brand name.

#### 1.0.18

 * Admin: other plugins’ global admin notices now appear below the AI Atlas page
   title instead of inside the Your site tab above “Clear cached responses”.

#### 1.0.17

 * Plugins screen: Settings link on the AI Atlas row (next to Deactivate), opening
   the plugin admin page.

#### 1.0.16

 * Admin (Advanced Settings): Exclude by category or tag is at the bottom of the
   tab inside a collapsible accordion (closed by default).

#### 1.0.15

 * Licensing: when the site URL changes (clone, HTTPS switch, domain move), reset
   WC-AM instance ids and local “activated” state so the store can sync after Deactivate
   then Activate on the License tab. Successful activation saves `{data_key}_instance_site_identity`.

#### 1.0.14

 * Licensing: before calling WooCommerce API Manager `activate`, reuse the instance
   ID from the default slug client option (`wc_am_client_ai_atlas_instance`) when
   it differs from the current product’s `*_instance` so status probes and activation
   share one site identity (helps the store record activations). Activation requests
   now always send explicit `product_id` and `product_parent_id` (when set). Filters:`
   wh_aiatlas_license_sync_legacy_slug_instance`, `wh_aiatlas_license_legacy_instance_option_keys`.

#### 1.0.13

 * Admin (License tab): do not render the bordered error box in the summary when
   there is no error text (avoids an empty description block).

#### 1.0.12

 * Admin (License tab): under Status, show the API summary message (for example “
   License is active.”). Plan row now appears for every active or activation-limited
   state, with Pro vs Free labels instead of a raw slug.

#### 1.0.11

 * Admin (Overview): removed the License row and Activate shortcut; use the License
   tab to manage activation.

#### 1.0.10

 * Licensing: activation summary uses purchased minus remaining first (avoids sticking
   on 0 used when `total_activations` is still 0); for active keys that still look“
   fully unused,” assume one seat in use and align remaining with the limit. My 
   Account still reflects the store API—fix inconsistent counts there on the server
   if needed.

#### 1.0.9

 * Licensing: after product ID auto-detect, carry the existing WC-AM `*_instance`
   ID to the new `data_key` (same pattern as WordWall when the dynamic key changes)
   so status probes and `activate()` use one site identity and the store records
   the activation.
 * Licensing: deactivation sends explicit `product_id` / `product_parent_id` with
   the API key; activation success treats boolean-like `activated`/`success` values
   from JSON like WordWall.

#### 1.0.8

 * Licensing: activation count in the admin summary uses purchased minus remaining(
   matches WooCommerce API Manager semantics) when both values exist.
 * Admin (License): when a license is active or activation limit is reached, the
   key field is read-only, disabled, and shown as a bullet mask; Activate is disabled.

#### 1.0.7

 * Licensing: treat Pro and “Active” only when a license key is stored and the live
   API reports activation; avoid stale local flags. License tab no longer shows “
   Pro on this site” / Yes–No. “Last status check” appears only after a successful
   check with an active or exhausted license; cron no longer records a check time
   when no key is saved.

#### 1.0.6

 * Licensing: ship default `AIA_LICENSE_PRODUCT_PARENT_ID` (639) and `AIA_LICENSE_PRODUCT_IDS`
   variation list (2443, 2444, 2421, 2447, 2423, 2449) for activation auto-detect;
   override in wp-config.php if your catalog differs.

#### 1.0.5

 * Licensing: default license API / storefront host is now https://atlasforai.com/(
   wp-config and saved developer URL still override).
 * Licensing: optional multi–product ID list (wp-config `AIA_LICENSE_PRODUCT_IDS`
   or License tab “Product IDs”) triggers activation-time status probes so the correct
   variation is written to Product ID before activate (skipped when `AIA_LICENSE_PRODUCT_ID`
   is set in wp-config).

#### 1.0.4

 * Licensing: integrate the official WooCommerce API Manager PHP client for activation/
   deactivation/status; remove the legacy custom API client and duplicate activation
   paths.

#### 1.0.3

 * Per-page Markdown summaries: strip registered shortcodes before building the 
   optional blockquote excerpt so leading shortcodes no longer appear as literal
   text in `/{slug}.md`.

#### 1.0.2

 * Expanded `readme.txt` with installation steps, FAQ, privacy summary, and screenshot
   placeholders.
 * Added expanded **Privacy** section in this readme, `uninstall.php`, and directory`
   index.php` stubs for packaging hygiene.
 * Added translation loading (`languages/`; English strings unchanged).

#### 1.0.1

 * Public endpoints for AI-friendly content: site index at `/llms.txt`, full export
   at `/llms.md`, and clean Markdown per post or page at `/{slug}.md`.
 * Admin settings organized into tabs (overview, your site, connection check, license,
   advanced) with clearer copy and short success notices after saving.
 * Connection check tab runs diagnostics when you need them.
 * Smarter Markdown generation when page body content is thin, including better 
   handling of blocks and rendered page content.
 * Routing and caching improvements so generated files stay consistent and refresh
   when settings change.

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial implementation.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.49**
 *  Last updated: **3 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations: **40+**
 *  WordPress Version: ** 5.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to: **7.0.7**
 *  PHP Version: ** 8.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordherd-ai-atlas/)
 * Tags:
 * [aeo](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/aeo/)[AI](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)
   [llms.txt](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llms-txt/)[markdown](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/markdown/)
   [seo](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wordherd-ai-atlas/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Atlas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/atlasforai/)
 *   [ WordHerd ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordherd/)

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