Jeff Starr

Does one thing: disables WP robots meta tag.
Activate this plugin to disable the robots meta tag (added in WP version 5.7).
Features
<ul>
<li>Lightweight – only one line of code.</li>
<li>Simple to use – activate and done.</li>
<li>No settings to worry about.</li>
<li>Easy peasy.</li>
</ul>
Why is this useful?
Because most existing WordPress sites (i.e., a LOT of sites) already have robots meta tags taken care of, either via plugin or theme enhancements. So when upgrading to WordPress 5.7, there may be conflicting or redundant meta tags, which may not be optimal for SEO. This simple plugin disables the new WP robots meta tag completely, so it will not interfere with existing meta robots configurations. Or maybe you are setting up a new site and don’t want WordPress to add any meta tags to your pages. Whatever the reason, this plugin will do the job with a click.
More infos
For more information about the new WP Robots functionality:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/02/19/robots-api-and-max-image-preview-directive-in-wordpress-5-7/" rel="nofollow ugc">New Robots API</a></li>
<li><a href="https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-disable-wp-robots/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugin: Disable WP Robots</a></li>
</ul>
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
Disable WP Robots is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.

Disable WP Robots

Activate this plugin to disable the robots meta tag that was added in WP v5.7.

Denis Bisteinov

Have you encountered an obstacle while creating and editing robots.txt file on your website?
Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt is an easy-to-use plugin that helps you generate and configure a correct robots.txt file, which is essential for search engine optimization (SEO). This file defines crawling rules for search engine bots such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, and others.
The plugin works perfectly both if the file robots.txt has never been created or if it already exists. Once installed the plugin makes an optimized robots.txt file that includes special rules common for WordPress websites. After that you can proceed further customization specific for your own website if needed.
If the plugin detects one or several Sitemap XML files it will include them into robots.txt file.
No FTP access, manual coding or file editing is required that makes managing settings easy and convenient!
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic generation of optimized robots.txt with WordPress-specific rules</li>
<li>Special rules for Google and Yandex search engines</li>
<li>Custom rules support for any search engine bot</li>
<li>Automatic sitemap detection and inclusion</li>
<li>WooCommerce compatibility with specific rules</li>
<li>Multisite support</li>
<li>Easy-to-use admin interface</li>
<li>Modern PHP architecture with namespaces for conflict-free operation</li>
</ul>

Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt

An easy-to-use plugin that generates and configures a proper robots.txt file, essential for effective search engine optimization (SEO).

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