by Marios Alexandrou 4.3 (10 reviews)

Virtual Robots.txt

Name: Virtual Robots.txt
Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)
Author: Marios Alexandrou

Virtual Robots.txt automatically creates a robots.txt file for your site. Your robots.txt file can be easily edited from the plugin settings page.

Virtual Robots.txt ranks #854 among WordPress.org plugins with 40,000+ active installations, is #49 of 3,742 in the SEO & Marketing category, a 4.3/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Aug 20, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.10 Current Version v1.10

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 20 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#49 of 3,742 in SEO & Marketing Top 5% by installs Downloads -17% this week Actively maintained

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Rank

#854

-1 this week

Active Installs

40K+

-13%

KW Avg Position

0.5 better

Downloads

452.9K

+57 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 50K

Total Progress 55%

40K+ 50K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Mar 29, 2021

Virtual Robots.txt [pc-robotstxt] < 1.10

CVE-2021-28121 · Fixed in v1.10

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.10
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Marios Alexandrou

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want a robots.txt file without manually creating or editing one via FTP. It automatically generates and lets users edit robots.txt from the plugin settings page, while allowing good bots access to needed parts of the site and blocking others.

Automatic robots.txt creation
Edit robots.txt from settings page
Allows access for good bots
Blocks other site parts
Detects existing XML sitemap
Adds sitemap reference automatically

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Virtual Robots.txt

If a physical robots.txt file exists on your site, WordPress won't process any request for one, so there will be no conflict.

Out of the box, no. Because WordPress is in a sub-folder, it won't "know" when someone is requesting the robots.txt file which must be at the root of the site.

No it doesn't.

By default, the virtual robots.txt is set to block WordPress files and folders that don't need to be accessed by search engines. Of course, if you disagree with the defaults, you can easily change them.