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Best robots plugins for WordPress

The most popular robots plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. XML Sitemap & Google News leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of WP Robots Txt (40K+) and Virtual Robots.txt (40K+). All 65 plugins tagged “robots” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 robots plugins

  1. 1.
    XML Sitemap & Google News

    The most installed robots plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 85 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  2. 2.
    WP Robots Txt

    40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Virtual Robots.txt

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Head Meta Data

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Robots.txt Editor

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  6. 6.
    Companion Sitemap Generator

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 55 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    HTTP 410 (Gone) responses

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 21 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  8. 8.
    noindex SEO

    3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.

  9. 9.
    Noindex Pages

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  10. 10.
    mypace Custom Meta Robots

    2K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

All 65 plugins tagged “robots”