Virtual Robots.txt
Healthy: Virtual Robots.txt is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| Marios Alexandrou | 16 Feb 2016 to 20 Aug 2026, 40 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 3 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 0
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- not stated supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 20 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
Average rating 5.0 in Q1 2026.
| 5 star | 8 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 1 |
- It wasn’t what I expected. · 1 star · 18 Mar 2018
- Doesn’t seem to work · 2 stars · 29 Dec 2016
Momentum
40,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 232 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 717 |
| 18 May 2026 | 533 |
| 25 May 2026 | 372 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 399 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 476 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 458 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 403 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 408 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 390 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 319 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 390 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 368 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 419 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 430 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 398 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 377 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 397 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 378 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 457 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 452 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 390 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1,372 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 592 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 625 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 557 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 118 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 3% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 1.10 |
|---|---|
| Author | Marios Alexandrou |
| Added | 13 Jun 2009 |
| Last updated | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 40,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Category | Site Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management |
| Tags | robots, robots.txt |
Other plugins by this author: Real-Time Find and Replace, Ultimate Category Excluder, RSS Includes Pages, Add Any Extension to Pages, Republish Old Posts, Enhanced Plugin Admin
Questions
Is Virtual Robots.txt still maintained?
Virtual Robots.txt was last updated on 20 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Virtual Robots.txt safe?
Virtual Robots.txt has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Virtual Robots.txt?
The wordpress.org author is Marios Alexandrou. Recent committers: Marios Alexandrou, petercoughlin, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Virtual Robots.txt?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google, XML Sitemap Generator for Google, The SEO Framework - Fast, Automated, Effortless., CrawlWP SEO - Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance.