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Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance

v3.1.5

Replace the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can preview before publishing, with Free, Pro, and Premium ed …

by Pagup

AI Crawlersbot blockerllms.txtrobots.txtseo
Rank
#3,054 24h -1 · 7d -6
Est. installs
5,764 High confidence
Total downloads
334K all time
Rating
4.5 ★ 102 reviews
Official installs
5,000+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 7.1.3 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

5 days ago

Last release

Version
3.1.5
Requires WP
5.0
Requires PHP
7.4
On WP.org since
2018

About Better Robots.txt

Better Robots.txt is a WordPress plugin by Pagup, first published on WordPress.org in 2018. It has 5,000+ active installations and 334,425 downloads in total, and ranks #3,054 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 6 places. Users rate it 4.5 out of 5 across 102 reviews. Version 3.1.5 was released 5 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.4 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under AI Crawlers, bot blocker, llms.txt, robots.txt and seo. Plugins with a similar focus include Robots.txt Editor, Magic robots.txt and WP Robots Txt.

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