1.9.6
*Release Date - 24 August 2026*
- Dev - NEW: The «Disable filter links for crawlers» option is now available in the free version too: filter links are rendered as instead of , so search engine bots and AI crawlers no longer discover and hammer endless filter combinations. It is enabled by default on new installations; existing sites can switch it on in Settings → General → Crawlers and bots
- Dev - NEW: Added the «Block filter URLs in robots.txt» option: the plugin generates Disallow rules for its filter URLs and adds them to the site's robots.txt automatically, so well-behaved crawlers stop requesting filtering result pages they already know. In the free version the rules cover every filter parameter; in the PRO version with pretty permalinks they name only the URLs that are never indexable — several values of one filter, more filters than the Indexing Depth allows, numeric and date ranges — so the pages your SEO Rules index stay crawlable. The generated rules are also shown on the settings page for sites with a physical robots.txt file
- Tweak - Added the «Crawlers and bots» section to Settings → General and a one-time admin notice after the update pointing to the new protections
- Tweak - Added the «What's new» page under the Filters menu: release notes of the installed version with a badge on the menu item after an update, so you can see what changed whenever it suits you […]
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