WP Robots Txt
Healthy: WP 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.
| pattihis | 20 Oct 2022 to 24 Aug 2026, 13 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 2 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 3
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.0 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 2 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 24 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
| Q1 2024 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 5.0 |
Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2024 and Q3 2025.
| 5 star | 20 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 1 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
40,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 728 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 1,299 |
| 18 May 2026 | 1,072 |
| 25 May 2026 | 905 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 993 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 978 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1,022 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 871 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 854 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1,120 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 1,263 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1,464 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 786 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 1,277 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 924 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 1,118 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 13,444 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 3,766 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 2,939 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 3,770 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 2,505 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 2,326 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 2,103 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 1,883 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 2,444 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2,253 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 242 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 15% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 1.3.6 |
|---|---|
| Author | George Pattichis |
| Added | 5 Mar 2012 |
| Last updated | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 40,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 |
| Category | Site Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management |
| Tags | seo, robots, robots.txt |
Other plugins by this author: Link Juice Keeper, Clone Posts, Simple CPT, Simple Photo Feed, Add Custom Fields to Media, Simple Custom Login Page, Simple Image Meta Generator
Questions
Is WP Robots Txt still maintained?
WP Robots Txt was last updated on 24 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is WP Robots Txt safe?
WP 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 WP Robots Txt?
The wordpress.org author is George Pattichis. Recent committers: pattihis, chrisguitarguy, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of WP 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.