Agency multi-site governance
This is a configuration pattern — the technical template. For the decision playbook with priorities, risks, and rollout steps, see Agency multisite rollout.
Agencies rarely need one perfect file. They need a repeatable decision model that can be adapted across multiple sites without turning every client rollout into a fresh improvisation.
Recommended posture
Standardize categories, review steps, and documentation expectations before you standardize directives.
Why Better Robots.txt helps
The plugin helps because it can anchor that repeatable workflow in WordPress instead of relying on ad hoc file edits and memory.
Main risk
The main risk is configuration drift across sites with no shared review logic.
What Better Robots.txt is not
Better Robots.txt is not a WAF, not a signed-agent verification system, not a legal enforcement layer, and not a guarantee that every crawler will comply. It publishes a clearer WordPress policy surface and a safer workflow for the parts you can actually govern.