Title: Disable WP Robots
Author: Jeff Starr
Published: <strong>1 maart 2021</strong>
Last modified: 17 april 2026

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# Disable WP Robots

 Door [Jeff Starr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/specialk/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-wp-robots.2.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/#description)
 * [Beoordelingen](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/#reviews)
 *  [Installatie](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/#installation)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/#developers)

 [Ondersteuning](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/)

## Beschrijving

**Does one thing:** Disables the robots meta tag added by WordPress.

👉 Uses only 1KB of code, so super lightweight, fast, and effective.

**Features**

 * Lightweight – only one line of code
 * Simple to use – activate and done
 * No settings to worry about
 * Easy peasy.

**More infos**

For more information about the new WP Robots functionality:

 * [New Robots API](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/02/19/robots-api-and-max-image-preview-directive-in-wordpress-5-7/)
 * [WordPress Plugin: Disable WP Robots](https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-disable-wp-robots/)

**Privacy**

This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies,
and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not
affect user privacy in any way.

Disable WP Robots is developed and maintained by [Jeff Starr](https://x.com/perishable),
15-year [WordPress developer](https://plugin-planet.com/) and [book author](https://books.perishablepress.com/).

## Installatie

**Installing the plugin**

Activate like any other plugin and done. There are no settings, works automatically.

More info on [installing WP plugins](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-plugins/#installing-plugins-1).

**Uninstalling**

To uninstall/remove the plugin, visit the Plugins screen, deactivate and delete 
the plugin. This plugin makes no changes to the WP database.

## FAQ

### Why is this useful?

Many sites add meta tags via SEO plugins, theme enhancements, custom code, or whatever.
So when WordPress adds another set of meta tags, there may be conflicting or redundant
tags, which is not optimal for SEO.

This simple plugin disables the WP robots meta tag completely, so they will not 
interfere with existing meta robots configurations.

### Is there an “Undo” to reverse the disable?

Yes just deactivate the plugin. When the plugin is not active, WordPress will return
to default behavior and include the meta robots tag in your pages.

### Got a question?

Send any questions or feedback via my [contact form](https://plugin-planet.com/support/#contact)

## Beoordelingen

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66e77d32974695a6d19a72dc92a84fb8a8e74264f4324e1deacc74084c4b54d9?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Excellent plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-9143/)󠁿

 [nmrockswp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nmrockswp/) 12 mei 2024

Does exactly what it’s supposed to do. Simple and effective. Thank you very much!

 [ Lees 1 beoordeling ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/)

## Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars

“Disable WP Robots” is open source software. De volgende personen hebben bijgedragen
aan deze plugin.

Bijdragers

 *   [ Jeff Starr ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/specialk/)

“Disable WP Robots” is vertaald in 1 taal. Dank voor [de vertalers](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-wp-robots/contributors)
voor hun bijdragen.

[Vertaal “Disable WP Robots” naar jouw taal.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-wp-robots)

### Interesse in de ontwikkeling?

[Bekijk de code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-wp-robots/),
haal de [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-wp-robots/) op,
of abonneer je op het [ontwikkellog](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-wp-robots/)
via [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-wp-robots/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

If you like Disable WP Robots, please take a moment to [give a 5-star rating](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/?rate=5#new-post).
It helps to keep development and support going strong. Thank you!

**2.3 (2026/04/17)**

 * Improves readme.txt documentation
 * Tests on PHP 8.4 and 8.5
 * Tests on WordPress 7.0

Full changelog @ [https://plugin-planet.com/wp/changelog/disable-wp-robots.txt](https://plugin-planet.com/wp/changelog/disable-wp-robots.txt)

## Meta

 *  Versie **2.3**
 *  Laatst bijgewerkt: **2 maanden geleden**
 *  Actieve installaties: **200+**
 *  WordPress versie ** 5.7 of nieuwer **
 *  Getest t/m **7.0**
 *  PHP versie ** 5.6.20 of nieuwer **
 *  Talen
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/) en [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/).
 *  [Vertaal in jouw taal](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-wp-robots)
 * Tags
 * [disable](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)[meta](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)
   [robots](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/robots/)
 *  [Geavanceerde weergave](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-wp-robots/advanced/)

## Beoordelingen

 5 van 5 sterren.

 *  [  1 5 ster beoordeling     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4 sterren beoordeling     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3 sterren beoordeling     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2 sterren beoordeling     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1 sterren beoordeling     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/#new-post)

[Bekijk alle beoordelingen](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/reviews/)

## Bijdragers

 *   [ Jeff Starr ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/specialk/)

## Ondersteuning

Iets te melden? Hulp nodig?

 [Het supportforum bekijken](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-wp-robots/)

## Doneren

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 [ Doneer aan deze plugin ](https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html)