WooCommerce crawl hygiene
This pattern focuses on crawl waste reduction for WooCommerce. For broader crawler access and AI governance rules, see WooCommerce crawl control.
WooCommerce stores usually need cleaner crawl governance before they need aggressive restriction. Filters, cart paths, account routes, and utility pages can create a lot of low-value machine traffic.
Recommended posture
Reduce crawl waste first, then decide where stricter bot policies are actually justified.
Why Better Robots.txt helps
The plugin helps because it gives stores a guided way to reason about noisy paths without sacrificing high-value product and category pages.
Where this sits
Complements the WooCommerce crawl control pattern by emphasizing the crawl-hygiene angle.
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.