Jeff Starr

Does one thing: Disables the robots meta tag added by WordPress.
👉 Uses only 1KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective.
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>
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

Disables the robots meta tag added by WordPress.

davide.airaghi

This plugin allows any user having at least one of the following capabilities to edit robots.txt: 
– edit_files (standard WP capability) 
– manage_options (standard WP capability) 
– unfiltered_upload (standard WP capability) 
– upload_files (standard WP capability) 
– wpseo_manage_options (Yoast SEO capability) 
– aioseo_general_settings (All In One SEO capability) 
– aioseo_tools_settings (All In One SEO capability) 
– aioseo_feature_manager_settings (All In One SEO capability) 
– aioseo_local_seo_settings (All In One SEO capability)
The “Robots.txt” option is added under “Settings” menu.

Disable WP Robots vs Robots.txt Quick Editor