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  • Tom3_15
    Tom3_15 last edited by Sep 25, 2018, 2:42 PM

    Hello,

    I would like my website to remain crawlable to bots, but to block my wp content and media. Does the following robots.txt work? I worry that the * user agent may conflict with the others.

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /wp-admin/
    Disallow: /wp-includes/
    Disallow: /wp-content/

    User-agent: GoogleBot
    Allow: /

    User-agent: GoogleBot-Mobile
    Allow: /

    User-agent: GoogleBot-Image
    Allow: /

    User-agent: Bingbot
    Allow: /

    User-agent: Slurp
    Allow: /

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    • Tom3_15
      Tom3_15 @GastonRiera last edited by Oct 17, 2018, 5:19 PM Oct 17, 2018, 5:19 PM

      Thank you for the help, Gaston!

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      • GastonRiera
        Gaston Riera @Tom3_15 last edited by Oct 17, 2018, 2:34 PM Oct 17, 2018, 2:34 PM

        Yeap, with that you are allowing every file ending with that extension

        Tom3_15 1 Reply Last reply Oct 17, 2018, 5:19 PM Reply Quote 0
        • Tom3_15
          Tom3_15 @Tom3_15 last edited by Oct 17, 2018, 12:00 PM Oct 17, 2018, 12:00 PM

          Can I do so with:

          Allow: *.jpg

          Allow: *.png

          GastonRiera 1 Reply Last reply Oct 17, 2018, 2:34 PM Reply Quote 0
          • Tom3_15
            Tom3_15 @GastonRiera last edited by Oct 16, 2018, 10:00 AM Oct 16, 2018, 9:59 AM

            Thanks, Gaston. I should have been more clear about what I am looking to do. I currently am having an indexation issue. Somehow, pages are being automatically generated by WordPress.

            These pages are often .txt files of information or code from plugins, all beginning with /wp-content/uploads/ in their URL. I have been manually removing them from the index and would like to now have them be uncrawlable.

            Best

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            • GastonRiera
              Gaston Riera @Tom3_15 last edited by Oct 15, 2018, 4:46 PM Oct 15, 2018, 4:46 PM

              Oh god, my mistake!
              Im deeply sorry, yes, this configuration will block images! that follow that folder structure!

              I'll correct myself.
              Thanks for pointing it out!

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              • Tom3_15
                Tom3_15 @GastonRiera last edited by Oct 15, 2018, 4:42 PM Oct 15, 2018, 4:42 PM

                Gaston,

                Thanks for the fast reply! My images folder does follow that format, which is what makes me worrisome as we are blocking the wp-conent folder.

                Thanks!

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                • GastonRiera
                  Gaston Riera @Tom3_15 last edited by Oct 15, 2018, 4:47 PM Oct 15, 2018, 4:31 PM

                  Hi Tom,

                  Yes, this config will allow images to be crawled,

                  No, this config will block images to be crawled,as long as your wordpress has the defalt folder for images: /wp-content/uploads/year/month/image-name.png

                  How to know, super easy, where your images are stored? Go to the web where you can find an image... Then right clic and then copy link address. With that link you will find that folder structure.

                  Hope it helps.
                  Best luck.
                  GR

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                  • Tom3_15
                    Tom3_15 @GastonRiera last edited by Oct 15, 2018, 2:58 PM Oct 15, 2018, 2:47 PM

                    Hi Gaston,

                    I just wanted to follow up with you with one last question if possible. Would this allow my images and PDF's to be crawled & indexed still?

                    Thanks!

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                    • Tom3_15
                      Tom3_15 @GastonRiera last edited by Sep 27, 2018, 11:52 AM Sep 27, 2018, 11:52 AM

                      Awesome. Thanks, Gaston!

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                      • GastonRiera
                        Gaston Riera @Tom3_15 last edited by Sep 27, 2018, 11:52 AM Sep 26, 2018, 2:57 PM

                        Yes it does.

                        As I said earlier. Copy and paste that code into the robot.txt tester in any of your search console and try with some name.css or testing.js just for testing.
                        Check the image i've attached.

                        Hope it helps.
                        Best luck
                        GR

                        btsycPz

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                        • Tom3_15
                          Tom3_15 @GastonRiera last edited by Sep 26, 2018, 10:30 AM Sep 26, 2018, 10:30 AM

                          Thank you for the response. I'm still a little uncertain, does the version you wrote allow the bots to crawl the css and js as well?

                          Best

                          GastonRiera 1 Reply Last reply Sep 26, 2018, 2:57 PM Reply Quote 0
                          • GastonRiera
                            Gaston Riera last edited by Sep 25, 2018, 4:58 PM Sep 25, 2018, 4:58 PM

                            Hi Tom!

                            That Robots.txt config is pretty redundant.
                            To acheive what you what, thy this:

                            User-agent: * 
                            Disallow: /wp-admin/ 
                            Disallow: /wp-includes/
                            Disallow: /wp-content/
                            Allow: *.js
                            Allow: *.css

                            Just 3 things to note here:
                            1- That User-agent:* and those disallows blocks for every bot to crawl whats in those folders.
                            2- When blocking /wp-content/ you are also blocking the /themes/ folder and inside are the .js and .css files. Blocking those files cause to googlebot not being able to render correctly that page and see it different from what a normal user would see.
                            3- Those Allow:/ dont prevent the disallow.

                            To try that configuration, you can use the robots.txt tester in search console, just inder the Crawl menu.

                            Remember that by default google considers that you are not blocking nothing. 
                            More info here: The web robots.tat page

                            Hope it helps.
                            Best luck.
                            GR

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