Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance
by Pagup · SEO
Replace the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can preview before publishing, with Free, Pro, and Premium ed …
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “5K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1382 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 179 days in band
- 2026-01-02 7K+ → 6K+ down after 224 days in band
- 2025-05-23 8K+ → 7K+ down after 235 days in band
- 2024-09-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 6 days in band
- 2024-09-24 8K+ → 9K+ up after 13 days in band
- 2024-09-11 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-10 8K+ → 9K+ up after 7 days in band
- 2024-09-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 15 days in band
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