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WordPress crawl governance

Control how search engines and AI systems access your WordPress site.

Build robots.txt, separate crawler families, publish optional llms.txt and AI usage signals, then review everything before it goes live. No raw-file editing required.

  • WordPress-native
  • Guided presets
  • Preview before publish
Better Robots.txt rocket launching from a WordPress screen
/robots.txt preview Ready
# Search discovery
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
# Model training
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Search crawlersAllowed
Training crawlersControlled
llms.txtOptional
20+AI crawler identities covered
14guided configuration steps
4operating presets
8audit languages, no sign-up

One guided workflow

From crawl posture to a policy you can actually review.

Better Robots.txt turns crawler governance into a clear operational sequence instead of a fragile text-editing exercise.

01

Choose a posture

Start with Essential, AI-First, Fortress, or Custom instead of assembling rules from memory.

02

Separate crawler purposes

Keep search, training, answer engines, user-triggered agents, archives, SEO tools, and bad bots distinct.

03

Publish machine guidance

Add optional llms.txt and AI usage signals without confusing guidance with technical enforcement.

04

Review before saving

Preview the generated policy, understand the winning rules, and keep every decision reversible.

See the product, not a promise

A WordPress workflow designed around decisions, not syntax.

The interface moves from preset selection to crawler-level controls and a final publishable preview. The plugin remains one layer in a broader SEO and AI visibility strategy.

Better Robots.txt interface showing guided presets and a final robots.txt reviewWatch the guided workflow

Audit before you configure

Find the crawl-governance gaps first.

Scan robots.txt, llms.txt, AI crawler coverage, machine-readable signals, WordPress hygiene, and public resource access in about 30 seconds.

30rules
6scoring blocks
0sign-up fields

Four operating models

Start from intent. Refine only what the site requires.

The presets are starting positions, not opaque promises. Every choice remains reviewable and adjustable.

Premium

Fortress

Protection-oriented defaults for scraping, archive, training, and higher-risk contexts.

Explore the preset
Expert

Custom

Module-by-module control for teams that already know the exact policy they need.

Explore the preset

Use the site as a decision system

The right route for the question you are asking.

The detailed documentation remains available without forcing every visitor through a wall of interchangeable cards.

Machine-readable by design

Guidance with explicit boundaries.

Better Robots.txt distinguishes crawl directives, post-crawl usage preferences, interpretive guidance, and infrastructure enforcement. It does not claim that publishing a file guarantees crawler obedience, ranking, retrieval, or citation.

Start with evidence

Audit the site. Choose a posture. Review before publishing.