# Better Robots.txt review (2026): is the free plan enough? > WordPress plugin that builds robots.txt and llms.txt rules Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Better Robots.txt is a WordPress plugin that replaces hand-editing of robots.txt with a guided setup. It sets rules separately for search engines, AI crawlers, SEO tools and bad bots, and can publish an optional llms.txt file. A review step shows the generated file before it goes live. - **Category:** SEO Plugins & Apps - **Made by:** Pagup - **Website:** https://better-robots.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if your site is not on WordPress, since it only runs there. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Better Robots.txt has a free plan, and paid plans start at $89 per year for 1 site. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free edition on WordPress.org with the setup wizard, Essential preset, search engine controls and basic bad bot blocking. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered on Pro and Premium; length not stated. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Setup wizard, review-and-save step, Essential preset, search engine controls and basic bad bot blocking. | | Pro | $89 per year for 1 site | Adds the AI-First and Custom presets, per-crawler AI rules, llms.txt and SEO tool controls. $139 for 3 sites, $179 for 5. | | Premium | $149 per year for 1 site | Adds the Fortress preset, archive and anti-scraping controls and wider bad bot coverage. $219 for 3 sites, $289 for 5. | Better Robots.txt's own pricing page could not be read; these figures come from https://checkout.freemius.com/plugin/2345/plan/3584/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Better Robots.txt before buying. ## Key features - **Guided setup wizard:** A step-by-step wizard with plain-language explanations replaces editing the robots.txt file by hand. - **Four presets:** Essential, AI-First, Fortress and Custom give a starting policy, and each rule can still be changed afterward. - **Separate crawler families:** Search engines, AI and LLM crawlers, SEO tools, archive bots and bad bots are configured apart from each other. - **llms.txt and AI usage signals:** Pro and Premium can publish an optional llms.txt file and AI usage preferences alongside robots.txt. - **Review before saving:** A final step previews the generated robots.txt so the rules can be checked before they are published. - **Free crawl audit:** A web-based checker scans robots.txt, llms.txt and AI crawler coverage without a sign-up. ## Good for - WordPress site owners who want to manage AI crawlers without editing files - Agencies managing robots.txt policy across client sites - Publishers who want training bots blocked but search bots allowed ## Worth knowing - Runs only inside WordPress; the plugin has no standalone app. - AI-specific crawler rules, llms.txt and the AI-First preset need a paid edition, from $89 per year for 1 site. - Licenses are per site, and paid-only features and updates stop when a license expires. - The pricing page shows no amounts; the prices here come from the Freemius checkout it links to. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Better Robots.txt is a WordPress plugin that writes your robots.txt through a setup wizard with presets and crawler controls. The free edition covers the basics, and the AI crawler rules and llms.txt need Pro at $89 a year for one site. - **Value for money: B.** $89 a year for one site, about $7.42 a month, inside the cheapest quarter of this category's WordPress plugins ($7.99). - **Free plan and trial: B.** A free edition on WordPress.org with the wizard, Essential preset and search engine controls, which one site can live on. - **Features: C.** Wizard, four presets, crawler controls, llms.txt and a free audit. AI rules and llms.txt are paid features. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is a WordPress plugin with a wizard, and you review your settings before saving. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** WordPress and WooCommerce only. There is no standalone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Better Robots.txt's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO plugins and apps - Better Robots.txt's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 81 other SEO plugins and apps we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 48 of 81) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $7.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $9.99 for the category: 14 of the 61 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 15 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-plugins ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Better Robots.txt does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company. It costs $89 a year. - You could not: The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, WooCommerce **Tags:** AI search visibility, Site audit ## Alternatives - [Yoast SEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/yoast-seo): WordPress SEO plugin with content analysis, schema and sitemaps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/better-robots-txt-vs-yoast-seo) - [All in One SEO (AIOSEO)](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aioseo): WordPress SEO plugin with schema, redirects, link suggestions and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aioseo-vs-better-robots-txt) - [SEOPress](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seopress): WordPress SEO plugin with a free edition and site licences from $49. 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