Fernando Fas

<p>Scan your WordPress site for SEO issues and get actionable fixes. Includes sitemap, robots.txt, LLMS.txt, Open Graph, cookie consent, analytics, UTM builder, and QR code generator.</p>
<p>Full SEO audit dashboard with 4-category scoring, plus sitemap, robots.txt, LLMS.txt, Open Graph, cookie consent, analytics, UTM builder, and QR code generator. Free. No limits.<strong>SEO Auditor Tools</strong> is a complete, no-paywall SEO toolkit for WordPress. Run an automated site audit that crawls the pages and returns a fully scored report across four categories – SEO, Accessibility, Performance, and Best Practices – with plain-language issue cards and actionable fixes for every finding.</p>
<p>Everything in this plugin is free. No feature is locked, no upsell gates your results.</p>
<h4>Full Audit Dashboard</h4>
<p>Run a single scan to get a four-category scored report covering your entire site:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>SEO score</strong> – H1 usage, heading hierarchy, missing alt text, empty links, broken assets, meta descriptions, canonical issues, and more.</li>
<li><strong>Accessibility score</strong> – Heading sequence violations, images missing alt attributes, empty interactive elements, and ARIA concerns.</li>
<li><strong>Performance score</strong> – Homepage response time, asset count, blocking scripts, third-party asset count, CSS/JS payload size, large assets, and unminified files.</li>
<li><strong>Best Practices score</strong> – Image dimension attributes, asset error rates, and general hygiene checks.</li>
</ul>
<p>Each issue card includes:<br />
* Severity badge (Critical / Warning)<br />
* Plain-language description of the problem<br />
* Concrete fix recommendation<br />
* Verification step so you know when it’s resolved</p>
<p>The dashboard also shows:<br />
* <strong>PageSpeed Insights integration</strong> – connect your Google API key to pull live Lighthouse scores directly into the dashboard<br />
* <strong>LCP image detection</strong> – identifies the image most likely affecting Largest Contentful Paint<br />
* <strong>Crawl summary</strong> – discovered URLs, crawl depth, seed URLs, and error list<br />
* <strong>Site inventory</strong> – WordPress version, PHP version, active theme, plugin list, available updates<br />
* <strong>Score history</strong> – track how your scores change over time<br />
* <strong>Audit issues export</strong> – download a full CSV of all findings</p>
<h4>All Free Tools Included</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Audit Dashboard</strong> – Crawled pages, 4-category scoring, detailed issue list, score history, and CSV export.</li>
<li><strong>Open Graph & Meta Description</strong> – Set global OG title, description, image, Twitter card, and fallback meta description. Includes a live Meta Tag Analyzer and OG Checker tool.</li>
<li><strong>Per-Page Meta</strong> – Override meta description and keywords on any post or page directly from the block editor sidebar.</li>
<li><strong>Sitemap Generator</strong> – One-click XML sitemap with full page list and auto-regeneration on publish.</li>
<li><strong>Robots.txt Editor</strong> – Edit or regenerate robots.txt with live preview and instant deploy.</li>
<li><strong>LLMS.txt Generator</strong> – Generate an llms.txt file at your site root to guide AI crawlers.</li>
<li><strong>Cookie Consent Banner</strong> – GDPR-friendly accept/reject banner with custom message, colours, positioning, and analytics/marketing consent defaults.</li>
<li><strong>Google Analytics & Tag Manager</strong> – Paste your GA4 or GTM snippet for automatic head injection. Additional tracking scripts (Bing, Yandex, others) also supported.</li>
<li><strong>IndexNow</strong> – Automatically ping Bing, Yandex, and compatible search engines whenever content is published or updated.</li>
<li><strong>UTM Campaign Builder</strong> – Build UTM-tagged marketing URLs and copy them in one click.</li>
<li><strong>QR Code Generator</strong> – Create QR codes for any URL. Download as PNG or copy Base64 inline.</li>
<li><strong>Settings Export</strong> – Export all plugin settings as JSON or CSV to migrate to another site in seconds.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Upgrade to Pro?</h4>
<p><a href="https://seoauditor.one" rel="nofollow ugc">SEO Auditor Tools Pro</a> adds a second layer of advanced site management tools on top of the free audit engine:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Security Monitor</strong> – File integrity checks, login hardening, HTTP security headers, and brute-force protection.</li>
<li><strong>Image Tools</strong> – Bulk add missing width/height dimensions, regenerate thumbnails, and non-destructive image editing.</li>
<li><strong>Cache Tool</strong> – Server-side page caching with rules editor and pre-warming.</li>
<li><strong>Minify Tools</strong> – HTML, CSS, and JavaScript minification with per-file control.</li>
<li><strong>.htaccess Editor</strong> – Safe .htaccess editing with automatic backup and one-click restore.</li>
<li><strong>Redirection Manager</strong> – 301/302 redirect rules with import/export and first-login redirect support.</li>
<li><strong>AI Chatbot</strong> – On-site AI assistant for visitor support.</li>
<li><strong>Product Schema</strong> – WooCommerce structured data for rich results.</li>
<li><strong>PDF Audit Export</strong> – Branded PDF report suitable for clients or stakeholders.</li>
<li><strong>Per-page keywords & robots directives</strong> – noindex, nofollow, and meta keywords per post/page.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Short Description</h3>
<p><strong>SEO Auditor Tools</strong> is a lightweight, all-in-one SEO toolkit for WordPress.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following third-party services:</p>
<h4>QR Server (api.qrserver.com)</h4>
<p>Used by the QR Code Generator tool to create QR code images on demand. When a user generates a QR code, the target URL is sent to the QR Server API and an image is returned.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service URL: https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://goqr.me/api/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://goqr.me/de/rechtliches/datenschutz-goqrme.html</li>
</ul>
<p>Data sent: the URL you enter in the QR code generator. No personal data is transmitted.</p>
<h4>IndexNow (api.indexnow.org)</h4>
<p>Used by the IndexNow feature to notify Bing, Yandex, and other search engines when content is published or updated. This feature is opt-in and disabled by default.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service URL: https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://www.indexnow.org/faq</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement</li>
</ul>
<p>Data sent: the public URL of the updated page and your IndexNow API key. No personal data is transmitted.</p>
<h4>Google PageSpeed Insights (optional)</h4>
<p>Used when a PageSpeed Insights API key is configured. When a scan runs, the plugin sends the homepage URL to the PSI API and retrieves Lighthouse scores. This feature is disabled by default.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service URL: https://www.googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://developers.google.com/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<p>Data sent: your site’s homepage URL. No personal data is transmitted.</p>


SEO Auditor Tools

Scan your WordPress site for SEO issues and get actionable fixes. Includes sitemap, robots.txt, LLMS.txt, Open Graph, cookie consent, analytics, UTM b …

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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