CeeWP

CeeWP Robots.txt Manager is a lightweight and user-friendly plugin that allows you to easily manage your WordPress site’s virtual robots.txt file. Add custom rules without creating physical files, with full control over search engine access to your content.
Why Choose Robots.txt Manager?
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<li>No File Management: Works with WordPress’s built-in virtual robots.txt system</li>
<li>Two Operating Modes: Choose between appending to or replacing default rules</li>
<li>User-Friendly Interface: Clean admin panel with helpful examples</li>
<li>WordPress Standards: Follows all WordPress coding and security standards</li>
<li>Automatic Cleanup: Removes all data when uninstalled</li>
</ul>
Key Features:
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<li>Simple interface to add custom robots.txt rules</li>
<li>Replace Mode: Option to completely replace WordPress default robots.txt with custom rules</li>
<li>Append Mode: Add custom rules to existing WordPress robots.txt (default behavior)</li>
<li>Dynamic Textarea: Automatically adjusts height based on content</li>
<li>Live Preview: Direct link to view your robots.txt file</li>
<li>Smart Warnings: Alerts when search engines are discouraged</li>
<li>Privacy Respect: Honors WordPress privacy settings</li>
<li>Examples Included: Ready-to-use code snippets for common scenarios</li>
<li>Professional UI: Modern interface with WordPress dashicons</li>
</ul>
Perfect for:
<ul>
<li>SEO Professionals: Fine-tune search engine crawling behavior</li>
<li>Website Owners: Block access to private directories and files</li>
<li>Developers: Prevent indexing of development or staging content</li>
<li>E-commerce Sites: Control bot access to sensitive areas</li>
<li>Content Creators: Manage sitemap declarations and crawl rates</li>
</ul>
How It Works:
The plugin adds a new menu item under Settings > Robots.txt Manager where you can easily add your custom rules. Choose between two modes:
<ul>
<li>Append Mode (Default): Your custom rules are added to WordPress’s default robots.txt</li>
<li>Replace Mode: Your custom rules completely replace WordPress’s default robots.txt</li>
</ul>
The interface includes helpful examples, real-time textarea sizing, and a direct link to view your live robots.txt file.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. All settings are stored locally in your WordPress database and are only used to generate your robots.txt file.
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed with ❤️ by CeeWP – https://ceewp.com/
Special thanks to the WordPress community for continuous inspiration and feedback.

CeeWP Robots.txt Manager

Easily manage your WordPress site's virtual robots.txt file with custom rules. No physical file needed!

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<a href="https://www.supertab.co/supertab-connect" rel="nofollow ugc">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.
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’s used. It provides two core capabilities:
RSL License Serving
Automatically serves your site’s 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’s licensing terms.
Crawler Authentication Protocol (CAP)
Verify that connected partners are accessing your content present valid license tokens.
This allows you to:
<ul>
<li>confirm which customers are accessing your content</li>
<li>monitor usage against declared licensing terms</li>
<li>control access for specific parts of your site</li>
</ul>
How It Works
<ol>
<li>Enter your Website URN from the <a href="https://merchant-connect.supertab.co/" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Connect dashboard</a></li>
<li>Your <code>license.xml</code> is immediately served at your site root</li>
<li>Optionally add your Merchant API Key to enable license verification</li>
<li>Configure which parts of your site require verification via the Crawler Authentication Protocol</li>
</ol>
Features
<ul>
<li>Automatically serves your license file at /license.xml</li>
<li>Caches license XML locally for performance</li>
<li>No infrastructure changes required</li>
<li>Optional verification for connected partners via the Crawler Authentication Protocol</li>
<li>Flexible control over which parts of your site are covered</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the <a href="https://api-connect.supertab.co" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Connect API</a> to provide its functionality:
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<li>RSL License Serving — 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>
<li>Crawler Authentication Protocol — 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>
</ul>
No personal data from your site visitors is collected or transmitted.
<a href="https://www.supertab.co/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">Supertab Terms of Use and Privacy Policy</a>

Supertab Connect

Connect your WordPress site to the Supertab Connect platform for RSL license serving and enabling crawler authentication protocol.

CeeWP Robots.txt Manager vs Supertab Connect