Best meta robots plugins for WordPress
The most popular meta robots plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MetaRobots by SEO-Sign leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Simple SEO Noindex Toggle (60+) and Category Indexer for WooCommerce (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “meta robots” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 meta robots plugins
- 1.
MetaRobots by SEO-SignThe most installed meta robots plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 2.
Simple SEO Noindex Toggle60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
Category Indexer for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “meta robots”
MetaRobots by SEO-Sign
Up in the last 7 days:51#16,530by Artem Pilipets11 years ago
The easiest way to manage meta robots tag.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple SEO Noindex Toggle
Up in the last 7 days:114#19,392by Saidul Islam Bokul4 days ago
Exclude any post, page, or archive from search engines with one toggle — plus a built-in verifier that proves the tag is really live.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Indexer for WooCommerce
#31,651by Tihi6 months ago
Control meta robots, canonicals, link juice & crawling budget on WooCommerce shop/category pages. Auto 404 redirect handling for better SEO.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day