Better Robots.txt — WordPress SEO Plugin
Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance
by Pagup · WordPress.org page
Better Robots.txt has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 323,723 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on July 4, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Better Robots.txt at a glance
Is Better Robots.txt well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Guided step-by-step wizard
- Preset-based setup: Essential, AI-First, Fortress, Custom
- Search engine visibility controls
- AI and LLM crawler governance
- AI usage signals support
- SEO tool crawler controls
- Bad bot and abusive crawler options
- Archive and Wayback access controls
- Spam, feed, and crawl trap cleanup
- WooCommerce crawl cleanup options
- CSS, JavaScript, and image crawling rules
- Social media preview crawler controls
Better Robots.txt reviews and ratings
102 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
102 reviews
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ROBOTS.TXT Incredible product.
It is undeniably better that today was delivered to the market as an achievement. Thanks to everyone who worked on the creation of this incredibly useful product.
igateways -
BETTER ROBOTS.TXT SETTINGS
BETTER ROBOTS.TXT SETTINGS хороший плагин, мне нравиться.
Iridamir -
Not working
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Aedops-antena24 -
yea
yea
i5nt -
Elementor review
My site has gone to the top of some search engines Excellent plug in, my site has increased to near the top in most of the search engines.
leyman34 -
GREAT ONE
Very helpful
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Details
Replace the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can preview before publishing, with Free, Pro, and Premium ed …
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Better Robots.txt competes in
Tags
- AI Crawlers
- bot blocker
- llms.txt
- robots.txt
- seo
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- Version
- 3.1.2
- Last updated
- Jul 4, 2026
- First published
- May 16, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 5.0
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Better Robots.txt FAQ
What does Better Robots.txt do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Better Robots.txt offers Guided step-by-step wizard, Preset-based setup: Essential, AI-First, Fortress, Custom, Search engine visibility controls, AI and LLM crawler governance and AI usage signals support.
How many active installs does Better Robots.txt have?
WordPress.org reports 5,000+ active installs for Better Robots.txt as of September 7, 2026.
Is Better Robots.txt still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on July 4, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Better Robots.txt free?
Better Robots.txt is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.