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chrisguitarguy/wp-robots-txt
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Manage your robots.txt file from the WordPress admin

1.2(11y ago)103766[1 issues](https://github.com/chrisguitarguy/WP-Robots-Txt/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since May 3Pushed 11y ago4 watchersCompare

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WP Robots Txt
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[](#wp-robots-txt)

This is a *single serving* plugin that adds a field on the Reading Settings WordPress admin page which allows you to edit your `robots.txt` file contents.

[![WP Robots Txt](https://github.com/chrisguitarguy/WP-Robots-Txt/raw/master/screenshot-1.png)](https://github.com/chrisguitarguy/WP-Robots-Txt/raw/master/screenshot-1.png)

Limitations
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[](#limitations)

If you have a `robots.txt` file on your server, this plugins won't work. WordPress, in the server configuration it suggests by default, never overrides URLs that exist on your server. In other words, if `robots.txt` is on your server, WP will never even load -- Apache (or nginx or IIS) will serve that file directly.

Also, this plugin does not help you write valid a `robots.txt` file, nor will it alert you when you've written one that is invalid. That part is up to you.

FAQ
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[](#faq)

**I totally screwed up my `robots.txt` file. How can I restore the default version?**

Delete all the content from the *Robots.txt Content* field and save the privacy options.

**Could I accidently block all search bots with this?**

Yes. Be careful! That said, `robots.txt` files are suggestions. They don't really *block* bots as much as they *suggest* that bots don't crawl portions of a site. That's why the options on the Privacy Settings page say "Ask search engines not to index this site."

**Where can I learn more about `robots.txt` files?**

[Here](https://developers.google.com/webmasters/control-crawl-index/docs/robots_txt).

Changelog
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[](#changelog)

**1.0**

- Initial version

**1.1**

- Cleaned up code
- Moved to the settings field to the reading area

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4033d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d396af79150164dd4d28f3e816b377e2f3c04df431d8338477517efa0013664c?d=identicon)[chrisguitarguy](/maintainers/chrisguitarguy)

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Top Contributors

[![chrisguitarguy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1010392?v=4)](https://github.com/chrisguitarguy "chrisguitarguy (13 commits)")

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