Surbma | Yoast SEO Sitemap to robots.txt

by Surbma

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68 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

Around 2,000 active installs is modest, indicating limited but real-world adoption rather than mass use.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect score here reflects a very recent update on March 27, 2026, showing the author is actively keeping it current.

User Rating

6/15

Only 2 ratings feeding a 100 percent score is too small a sample to be statistically meaningful, so treat it as unproven rather than exemplary.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads means there is no public track record of issues or how the author handles them when problems arise.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested against WordPress 6.9.4 and requiring PHP 7.4 or higher, which signals solid forward compatibility with recent core versions.

Scores higher than 20% of indexed plugins

About

Adds Yoast SEO generated XML Sitemap to the virtual robots.txt file.

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-03-27 1:21pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.1+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

This micro-plugin appends the Yoast SEO XML sitemap URL to your site's virtual robots.txt file automatically. It assumes you already have Yoast SEO installed and configured, since it does not generate a sitemap on its own. The result is that crawlers visiting your robots.txt see the sitemap location right away without any manual editing.

Who It's For

Best suited for site owners who rely on Yoast SEO for their sitemap but want a quick, hands-off way to declare the sitemap in robots.txt without touching the file directly. It fits lean setups where adding another full SEO plugin would be overkill, and where the goal is just a clean crawler directive.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone not using Yoast SEO should skip this plugin entirely, since it depends on Yoast's sitemap output to function. Sites using Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, or a standalone sitemap generator already have their own sitemap-to-robots.txt behaviour built in.

The Bottom Line

It does one narrow job well, and the recency of updates is reassuring, but the tiny install base and near-empty review pool make it hard to recommend with confidence. If you already run Yoast SEO and want a no-fuss robots.txt tweak, it works, but most users will find the same result by enabling Yoast's own robots.txt feature. Quality score of 68.28 reflects a niche tool held back by limited adoption and no visible support history.

Related Plugins

Yoast SEO 98/100

Pick Yoast SEO itself if you do not already have it, since this plugin adds little value once Yoast is installed and configured with its built-in robots.txt integration.

All in One SEO 98/100

Choose AIOSEO if you want sitemap generation and robots.txt control handled within a single full-featured SEO suite rather than a Yoast add-on.

Rank Math SEO 97/100

Rank Math is the stronger pick for users who want AI-assisted SEO guidance, schema, and sitemap controls without depending on Yoast.

SEOPress 93/100

SEOPress is a lighter-weight alternative with its own sitemap and robots.txt handling if you want to leave the Yoast ecosystem.

XML Sitemap Generator for Google 89/100

This standalone generator is the right choice if you need a sitemap solution without tying your site to a full SEO plugin.