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Simply install, activate, paste your Base wallet address, and your content is protected immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>3rd Party Service Disclosure<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin interacts with external decentralized infrastructure and protocols to facilitate autonomous payments:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p><strong>A-Pay Protocol Portal &amp; Telemetry (<code>https:\/\/apay-network.vercel.app<\/code>)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: Provides developer protocol documentation, health probes, token contract verification, and EIP-712 scheme metadata.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terms of Service<\/strong>: https:\/\/apay-network.vercel.app<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy Policy<\/strong>: https:\/\/apay-network.vercel.app<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><p><strong>Base Layer 2 Decentralized Network (<code>https:\/\/mainnet.base.org<\/code> \/ <code>https:\/\/sepolia.base.org<\/code>)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: Used for on-chain cryptographic transaction verification and router contract settlement (<code>0x71434344beEF9C44fF3BC95572bEB7bFB8847ec6<\/code>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terms of Service<\/strong>: https:\/\/base.org<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>apay-web3-ai-paywall<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory, or install the plugin directly through the WordPress plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Settings -&gt; A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your Base L2 EVM wallet address to receive payments.<\/li>\n<li>Choose your pricing (default: $0.001 USDC \/ 4.0 $APAY) and save changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20plugin%20block%20my%20regular%20website%20visitors%3F\"><h3>Will this plugin block my regular website visitors?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Regular human visitors browsing with desktop or mobile browsers are completely whitelisted and will never see paywalls, captchas, or payment prompts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20affect%20my%20google%20search%20seo%20ranking%3F\"><h3>Will this affect my Google Search SEO ranking?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Googlebot, Bingbot, DuckDuckBot, and verified search engine crawlers are automatically whitelisted so your SEO rankings and search previews remain unaffected.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20ai%20bots%20are%20challenged%20with%20http%20402%3F\"><h3>Which AI bots are challenged with HTTP 402?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>By default, the plugin identifies: <code>gptbot<\/code>, <code>chatgpt-user<\/code>, <code>claudebot<\/code>, <code>claude-web<\/code>, <code>anthropic-ai<\/code>, <code>perplexitybot<\/code>, <code>bytespider<\/code>, <code>ccbot<\/code>, <code>google-extended<\/code>, <code>cohere-ai<\/code>, <code>diffbot<\/code>, <code>facebookbot<\/code>, <code>omgilibot<\/code>, <code>applebot-extended<\/code>, <code>meta-externalagent<\/code>, <code>amazonbot<\/code>, <code>timpibot<\/code>, and <code>youbot<\/code>. 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