Fernando Tellado

Ayuda WordPress

<p>NoIndexer gives you full control over which content gets a <code>noindex</code> robots directive, telling search engines not to include it in their results. No bloated SEO plugin needed — just clean, focused noindex management.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bulk noindex by content type</strong> — Set entire post types (pages, posts, products, etc.) as noindex with a single checkbox.</li>
<li><strong>Bulk noindex by taxonomy</strong> — Set entire taxonomy archives (categories, tags, product attributes, etc.) as noindex with a single checkbox. Works with all public taxonomies, including WooCommerce product categories, tags, and attributes (requires “Enable Archives?” in WooCommerce attribute settings).</li>
<li><strong>Smart exclusions</strong> — When a content type or taxonomy is set to noindex, exclude specific posts or terms that should remain indexed.</li>
<li><strong>Individual noindex</strong> — Set noindex on specific posts or taxonomy terms without affecting the entire content type or taxonomy.</li>
<li><strong>Instant search</strong> — Find content and terms quickly with a live search field in the settings page. Click to add, click to remove.</li>
<li><strong>Editor integration</strong> — Noindex checkbox available in both the Classic Editor and Block Editor sidebar.</li>
<li><strong>Quick Edit</strong> — Toggle noindex directly from the post list table without opening the editor.</li>
<li><strong>Bulk actions</strong> — Set or remove noindex on multiple posts at once from the post list.</li>
<li><strong>Index? column</strong> — See at a glance which posts are noindexed in your content lists.</li>
<li><strong>Search results noindex</strong> — Prevent internal search result pages from being indexed.</li>
<li><strong>404 pages noindex</strong> — Keep 404 error pages out of search indexes.</li>
<li><strong>Date archives noindex</strong> — Noindex daily, monthly, and yearly archive pages.</li>
<li><strong>Paginated archives noindex</strong> — Noindex /page/2/, /page/3/ and beyond for all archives.</li>
<li><strong>Attachment pages noindex</strong> — Noindex media attachment pages created by WordPress.</li>
<li><strong>Author archives noindex</strong> — Noindex author archive pages.</li>
<li><strong>Native sitemap integration</strong> — Automatically excludes noindexed content from the native WordPress sitemap. Posts, post types, taxonomy terms, and taxonomy archives marked as noindex are removed from the sitemap without needing any additional plugin.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight</strong> — No unnecessary features, no frontend scripts, no database tables. Just a meta tag when needed.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How it works:</strong></p>
<p>NoIndexer adds a <code><meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow"></code> tag to the <code><head></code> of posts and taxonomy archives set as noindex. This tells search engines not to index the page while still following its links.</p>
<p><strong>Priority logic for posts:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Individual noindex always applies.</li>
<li>Post type bulk noindex applies unless the post is specifically excluded.</li>
<li>Exclusions override the bulk setting for specific posts.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Priority logic for taxonomy archives:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Individual term noindex always applies.</li>
<li>Taxonomy bulk noindex applies unless the term is specifically excluded.</li>
<li>Exclusions override the bulk setting for specific terms.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Do you really need a full SEO plugin?</strong></p>
<p>Most WordPress sites don’t need a 100-feature SEO plugin just to manage noindex rules or customize a sitemap. WordPress already generates a native sitemap and a robots.txt file — the two core pieces search engines need to crawl your site properly.</p>
<p>NoIndexer handles the noindex side: decide which content should stay out of search results. It also automatically excludes noindexed content from the native WordPress sitemap, so search engines won’t find it there either. If you need additional sitemap customization beyond noindex — like excluding specific content that is indexed but shouldn’t appear in the sitemap — <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/native-sitemap-customizer/" rel="ugc">Native Sitemap Customizer</a> is the perfect companion. Together with the robots.txt that WordPress generates automatically, you have everything essential for technical SEO — no bloat, no unused features, no performance overhead.</p>
<p><strong>Third-party integration:</strong></p>
<p>Developers can check noindex status using:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>Noindexer_Frontend::is_noindex( $post_id )</code> — returns <code>true</code> if a post should not be indexed.</li>
<li><code>Noindexer_Frontend::is_term_noindex( $term_id, $taxonomy )</code> — returns <code>true</code> if a taxonomy term archive should not be indexed.</li>
</ul>
<p>Both methods resolve the full priority logic (individual meta, bulk rules, and exclusions).</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Need help or have suggestions?</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://servicios.ayudawp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noindexer/" rel="ugc">WordPress support forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/AyudaWordPressES" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube channel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ayudawp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation and tutorials</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Love the plugin? Please leave us a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noindexer/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">5-star review</a> and help spread the word!</p>
<h3>About AyudaWP.com</h3>
<p>We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, AI and performance optimization plugins. We create tools that solve real problems for WordPress site owners while maintaining the highest coding standards and accessibility requirements.</p>


NoIndexer

Lightweight SEO noindex manager for WordPress. Control which content search engines should not index.

Freemius

Sajjad Ali

Pagup

<p>Better Robots.txt replaces the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can configure and preview before publishing.</p>
<p>Instead of a blank textarea, you get a guided wizard with presets, plain-language explanations, and a final Review & Save step so you can inspect the generated robots.txt before it goes live.</p>
<p>Built for beginners and advanced users alike, Better Robots.txt helps you control how search engines, AI crawlers, SEO tools, archive bots, bad bots, social preview bots, and other automated agents interact with your site.</p>
<p>Trusted by thousands of WordPress sites, Better Robots.txt is designed for the AI era without resorting to hype, vague promises, or hidden rules.</p>
<p>Better Robots.txt is available in Free, Pro, and Premium editions. The free plugin covers the guided workflow and essential crawl control features, while Pro and Premium unlock additional governance, protection, and AI-ready modules. Some screenshots on the plugin page show features from all three editions.</p>
<h3>A quick overview</h3>
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<h3>Why Better Robots.txt is different</h3>
<p>Most robots.txt plugins fall into one of three categories:</p>
<ul>
<li>Simple text editor</li>
<li>Virtual robots.txt manager</li>
<li>Single-purpose AI or policy add-on</li>
</ul>
<p>Better Robots.txt goes further.</p>
<p>It gives you a complete, guided crawl control workflow so you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose a preset that matches your goals</li>
<li>Control major crawler categories without writing everything by hand</li>
<li>Keep core WordPress protection rules visible and editable</li>
<li>Clean up low-value crawl paths that waste crawl budget</li>
<li>Generate a cleaner robots.txt output</li>
<li>Preview the final result before saving</li>
</ul>
<h3>What you can control</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt helps you manage:</p>
<ul>
<li>Search engine visibility</li>
<li>AI and LLM crawler behavior</li>
<li>AI usage signals such as search, ai-input, and ai-train preferences</li>
<li>SEO tool crawlers</li>
<li>Bad bots and abusive crawlers</li>
<li>Archive and Wayback access</li>
<li>Feed crawlers and crawl traps</li>
<li>WooCommerce crawl cleanup</li>
<li>CSS, JavaScript, and image crawling rules</li>
<li>Social media preview crawlers</li>
<li>ads.txt and app-ads.txt allowance</li>
<li>llms.txt generation</li>
<li>Advanced directives such as crawl-delay and custom rules</li>
<li>Final review before publishing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Editions</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt is available in three editions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Free – Includes the guided setup, the Essential preset, core crawl control features, and the final Review & Save workflow.</li>
<li>Pro – Adds more advanced governance and protection modules, including additional AI, crawler, and cleanup controls.</li>
<li>Premium – Unlocks the most restrictive and advanced protection options, including the Fortress preset and additional high-control modules.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some options shown in the interface are marked Free, Pro, or Premium so users can immediately understand which modules belong to each edition.</p>
<h3>Presets</h3>
<p>Setup starts with four modes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essential – A clean, practical configuration for most websites that want a better robots.txt without complexity.</li>
<li>AI-First – For publishers and content sites that want AI-ready governance without shutting down discovery.</li>
<li>Fortress – For websites that want stronger protection against scraping, archive capture, and unnecessary crawl activity.</li>
<li>Custom – For users who prefer to configure each module manually.</li>
</ul>
<p>For many sites, one preset plus a quick review is enough.</p>
<h3>Built for beginners and experts</h3>
<p>Beginners get:</p>
<ul>
<li>A guided setup instead of a raw robots.txt box</li>
<li>Preset-based configuration</li>
<li>Plain-language explanations for important choices</li>
<li>A safer workflow with a final preview step</li>
</ul>
<p>Advanced users get:</p>
<ul>
<li>Editable core WordPress protection rules</li>
<li>Fine-grained crawler controls by category</li>
<li>WooCommerce-oriented cleanup options</li>
<li>Consolidated output options</li>
<li>Advanced directives and custom rules</li>
<li>A final output they can inspect before publishing</li>
</ul>
<h3>AI-ready, without hype</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt includes features for modern AI-related crawl governance, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>AI crawler handling</li>
<li>Optional llms.txt support</li>
<li>AI usage signals for compliant systems</li>
<li>Optional machine-readable governance signals for advanced use cases</li>
</ul>
<p>These features help you express how you want automated systems to use your content.</p>
<p>However, Better Robots.txt does not claim to control AI by force. Like robots.txt itself, these signals are most useful with compliant systems and good-faith crawlers.</p>
<h3>What Better Robots.txt is</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt is:</p>
<ul>
<li>A robots.txt governance plugin for WordPress</li>
<li>A guided configuration workflow instead of a raw text editor</li>
<li>A crawl control layer to reduce wasteful crawling</li>
<li>A practical bridge between SEO, crawl hygiene, and AI-era policy signaling</li>
<li>A way to keep your crawl policy clearer for humans and machines</li>
</ul>
<p>Technical reference for advanced users: Better Robots.txt also maintains a public <a href="https://github.com/GautierDorval/better-robots-txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc">GitHub repository</a> with product definition, governance notes, and machine-readable artefacts.</p>
<h3>What Better Robots.txt is not</h3>
<p>Better Robots.txt is not:</p>
<ul>
<li>A firewall or Web Application Firewall (WAF)</li>
<li>An anti-scraping enforcement engine</li>
<li>A legal compliance engine</li>
<li>A guarantee that every bot will obey your rules</li>
<li>A replacement for server-level security or access control</li>
</ul>
<p>It helps you publish a clearer crawl policy.</p>
<p>It does not replace infrastructure-level protection.</p>
<h3>Typical use cases</h3>
<p>Use Better Robots.txt if you want to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clean up a weak or noisy default robots.txt</li>
<li>Reduce crawl waste on WordPress or WooCommerce</li>
<li>Keep major search engines allowed while restricting other bots</li>
<li>Control whether archive bots can snapshot your site</li>
<li>Publish AI usage preferences more clearly</li>
<li>Keep social preview bots allowed while limiting scrapers</li>
<li>Review the final file before making it live</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Guided step-by-step wizard</li>
<li>Preset-based setup: Essential, AI-First, Fortress, Custom</li>
<li>Search engine visibility controls</li>
<li>AI and LLM crawler governance</li>
<li>AI usage signals support</li>
<li>SEO tool crawler controls</li>
<li>Bad bot and abusive crawler options</li>
<li>Archive and Wayback access controls</li>
<li>Spam, feed, and crawl trap cleanup</li>
<li>WooCommerce crawl cleanup options</li>
<li>CSS, JavaScript, and image crawling rules</li>
<li>Social media preview crawler controls</li>
<li>ads.txt and app-ads.txt allowance</li>
<li>Optional llms.txt generation</li>
<li>Consolidated output option</li>
<li>Core WordPress protection rules remain visible and editable</li>
<li>Final Review & Save preview screen</li>
</ul>
<h4>About the publisher</h4>
<p>Better Robots.txt is developed and maintained by <a href="https://pagup.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pagup</a>, a digital readability firm based in Quebec, Canada. Pagup helps organizations become correctly understood by search engines, generative AI systems, and autonomous agents.</p>
<p>The robots.txt file is the first surface that AI crawlers read when they discover a site. A well-structured robots.txt that references governance files such as llms.txt, ai-manifest.json, and interpretation policies helps AI systems understand your site faster and more accurately.</p>
<p>Better Robots.txt is one component of a broader digital readability practice that includes <a href="https://pagup.com/en/services/semantic-content-architecture/" rel="nofollow ugc">semantic content architecture</a>, <a href="https://pagup.com/en/services/ai-governance-and-machine-readability/" rel="nofollow ugc">AI governance and machine readability</a>, and <a href="https://pagup.com/en/glossary/interpretive-seo/" rel="nofollow ugc">interpretive SEO</a>.</p>
<h4>Part of the Pagup ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pagup.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">pagup.com</a> — Digital readability firm. Diagnostic, semantic architecture, AI governance.</li>
<li><a href="https://gautierdorval.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">gautierdorval.com</a> — Doctrine, canonical definitions, interpretive governance research.</li>
<li><a href="https://interpretive-governance.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">interpretive-governance.org</a> — Formal versioned standard for interpretive governance.</li>
<li><a href="https://better-robots.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">better-robots.com</a> — Documentation and resources for Better Robots.txt.</li>
</ul>


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