{"id":295640,"date":"2026-04-10T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/supertab-connect\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:45:18","slug":"supertab-connect","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/ky.wordpress.org\/plugins\/supertab-connect\/","author":23473186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.1.1","stable_tag":"1.1.1","tested":"6.9.4","requires":"6.4","requires_php":"8.1","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Supertab Connect","header_author":"Supertab","header_description":"Connect your WordPress site to the Supertab Connect platform.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-04-15 12:45:18","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/supertab.co","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":76,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"getsupertab","date":"2026-04-10 08:59:50"},"1.1.0":{"tag":"1.1.0","author":"getsupertab","date":"2026-04-15 12:41:47"},"1.1.1":{"tag":"1.1.1","author":"getsupertab","date":"2026-04-15 12:45:18"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial release.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0","1.1.0","1.1.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[166108,18193,12928,11482,259893],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[259894],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-295640","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-bot-protection","plugin_tags-content-protection","plugin_tags-crawlers","plugin_tags-licensing","plugin_tags-rsl","plugin_contributors-getsupertab","plugin_committers-getsupertab"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/supertab-connect.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supertab.co\/supertab-connect\">Supertab Connect<\/a> lets you define how AI systems and automated scrapers can access your content. You can define licensing terms, manage partner access, and track usage without building custom infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n<p>Supertab Connect handles the underlying systems, including license servers, token management, and request verification, so you can focus on controlling who accesses your content and how it\u2019s used. It provides two core capabilities:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>RSL License Serving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Automatically serves your site\u2019s RSL license at \/license.xml. The license is fetched from the Supertab Connect API and cached locally for performance, enabling crawlers and AI agents to discover your content\u2019s licensing terms.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Crawler Authentication Protocol (CAP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Verify that connected partners are accessing your content present valid license tokens.<\/p>\n\n<p>This allows you to:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>confirm which customers are accessing your content<\/li>\n<li>monitor usage against declared licensing terms<\/li>\n<li>control access for specific parts of your site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>How It Works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Enter your Website URN from the <a href=\"https:\/\/merchant-connect.supertab.co\/\">Supertab Connect dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Your <code>license.xml<\/code> is immediately served at your site root<\/li>\n<li>Optionally add your Merchant API Key to enable license verification<\/li>\n<li>Configure which parts of your site require verification via the Crawler Authentication Protocol<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Automatically serves your license file at \/license.xml<\/li>\n<li>Caches license XML locally for performance<\/li>\n<li>No infrastructure changes required<\/li>\n<li>Optional verification for connected partners via the Crawler Authentication Protocol<\/li>\n<li>Flexible control over which parts of your site are covered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>External Services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to the <a href=\"https:\/\/api-connect.supertab.co\">Supertab Connect API<\/a> to provide its functionality:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>RSL License Serving<\/strong> \u2014 Your Website URN is sent to retrieve your site's license XML file. This happens on every request to <code>\/license.xml<\/code> (cached locally after first fetch).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crawler Authentication Protocol<\/strong> \u2014 When enabled by the site administrator, page URLs and user agent strings from bot requests are sent to verify license tokens and record usage events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>No personal data from your site visitors is collected or transmitted.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supertab.co\/legal\">Supertab Terms of Use and Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>supertab-connect<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory, or install through the WordPress plugin screen directly.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the \"Plugins\" screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to Settings &gt; Supertab Connect to configure your Website URN.<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Enter your Merchant API Key and enable the Crawler Authentication Protocol.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>You will need a Supertab Connect account. 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