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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 4.1.42 #6 in crawlers

MetaRobots by SEO-Sign

Manage prohibitions meta robots and robots.txt file from the control panel using the commands in the format of robots.txt

Active installs100+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d96▲ +28% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score32/100At risk
All-time downloads5.2KSince Apr 2015
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0.1PHP any
Downloads · 7d19▼ -20.8% week over week
Our verdict

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MetaRobots by SEO-Sign shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (100+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 11 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.1 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

246Jul 11Aug 24Oct 8
Yesterday1
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day11May 5, 2026
Last 12 months697

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where MetaRobots by SEO-Sign stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
crawlers >100 1,347 Best crawlers plugins →
editor >100 10,000 Best editor plugins →
google >100 10,000 Best google plugins →
meta robots >100 484 Best meta robots plugins →
robots.txt >100 890 Best robots.txt plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About MetaRobots by SEO-Sign

From the official readme · v1.0.0

Description

Manage prohibitions meta robots and robots.txt file from the control panel using the commands in the format of robots.txt

PHP script parses commands from the metarobots.txt file and creates relevant tags.

Currently script supports following commands:

  • Disallow:
    name=”robots” content=”noindex, nofollow”
    Blocks content from crawling for the search engine.

  • Index:
    name=”robots” content=”index, nofollow”
    Allows crawling, forbids follow the links.

  • Follow:
    name=”robots” content=”noindex, follow”
    Forbids crawling, allows forbids follow the links.

  • Noarchiv:
    name=”robots” content=”noarchive”
    Do not show a link to the cached copy.

  • Nosnippet:
    name=”robots” content=”nosnippet”
    Do not create a snippet.

  • Noodp:
    name=”robots” content=”noodp”
    Do not use the description from DMOZ for snippet.

  • Notranslate:
    name=”robots” content=”notranslate”
    Do not offer page translation.

  • Noimageindex:
    name=”robots” content=”noimageindex”
    Do not crawl the image on the page.

Screenshots

Meta Robots settings page
Meta Robots settings page

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FAQ

MetaRobots by SEO-Sign: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 9, 2026

Is MetaRobots by SEO-Sign free?

Yes. MetaRobots by SEO-Sign is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is MetaRobots by SEO-Sign safe to use in 2026?

MetaRobots by SEO-Sign shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.

How many websites use MetaRobots by SEO-Sign?

MetaRobots by SEO-Sign is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,223 times since it launched in April 2015. It was downloaded 96 times in the last 30 days.

Does MetaRobots by SEO-Sign work with WordPress 7.1?

MetaRobots by SEO-Sign is officially tested up to WordPress 4.1.42, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was MetaRobots by SEO-Sign last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on April 7, 2015 (12 years ago).

Who makes MetaRobots by SEO-Sign?

MetaRobots by SEO-Sign is developed and maintained by Artem Pilipets.

What are the best alternatives to MetaRobots by SEO-Sign?

The most popular alternatives to MetaRobots by SEO-Sign are Block AI Crawlers (1K+ installs), Robots.txt rewrite (1K+ installs) and AI Content Signals (800+ installs).

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