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  "slug": "how-do-i-check-whether-perplexity-can-read-my-wordpress-site",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/how-do-i-check-whether-perplexity-can-read-my-wordpress-site",
  "question": "How do I check whether Perplexity can read my WordPress site?",
  "description": "Learn how to verify Perplexity crawler access on your WordPress site using server logs, robots.txt, and structured data to improve AI visibility and indexing.",
  "summary": "Verify Perplexity's access to your WordPress site by auditing server logs for specific user agents and implementing machine-readable files. Use Trakkr to monitor ongoing AI citations and ensure your content remains visible to answer engines.",
  "answer": "To check if Perplexity can read your WordPress site, you must inspect your server access logs for the specific Perplexity user agent. Ensure your robots.txt file does not explicitly disallow this crawler, as AI platforms rely on these directives to index content. Beyond basic access, you should implement an llms.txt file to provide a structured, machine-readable overview of your site architecture. Once technical access is confirmed, use Trakkr to monitor how Perplexity cites your content in its answers, allowing you to track your brand's visibility and presence across major AI platforms over time.",
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    "monitoring ai citations",
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  "entities": [
    "Perplexity",
    "WordPress",
    "Trakkr",
    "robots.txt",
    "llms.txt"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-01-11",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-15",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-15",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "Citation Intelligence",
    "Perplexity",
    "WordPress",
    "Trakkr",
    "how do i check whether perplexity can read my wordpress site",
    "perplexity wordpress crawler access"
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  "author": {
    "id": "trakkr-research",
    "name": "Trakkr Research",
    "role": "Research team",
    "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/authors/trakkr-research/"
  },
  "collections": [
    {
      "slug": "collections/citations",
      "title": "Citation Intelligence"
    },
    {
      "slug": "collections/technical",
      "title": "Technical Optimization"
    },
    {
      "slug": "platforms/perplexity",
      "title": "Perplexity Pages"
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    {
      "slug": "citation-audits",
      "title": "How to audit citations, sources, and answer grounding",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/citation-audits/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "technical-ai-visibility",
      "title": "Technical AI visibility setup for crawlers, schema, and discovery",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/technical-ai-visibility/"
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      "label": "Google robots.txt introduction",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro",
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      "label": "Google structured data introduction",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data",
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      "label": "llms.txt specification",
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      "label": "Trakkr docs",
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