Protection-first crawl governance
Some sites do not want openness to be the default. They want a more cautious, protection-first posture because archive risk, scraping risk, or exposure risk matters more than broad machine visibility.
Recommended posture
Start tighter, then selectively reopen only what is justified.
Why Better Robots.txt helps
The plugin helps because a stricter starting point still needs to remain reviewable and explainable. Restriction without clarity becomes technical debt.
Closest existing preset
This pattern is usually closest to Fortress, but the point of the pattern is the decision logic, not only the preset label.
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.