apasionados

<p>This plugin adds lines to the virtual robots.txt file that WordPress creates automagically if the file is not present physically on the server to block resources related to feeds and comments from being indexed by search engines.</p>
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<p>Please be aware of what this plugin does exactly: If you activate the plugin it will add some lines to the robots.txt file to tell search engine bots to <strong>not to crawl and index</strong> parts of this website.</p>
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<p>This plugin blocks all resources related to feeds and comments from being indexed by search engines.</p>
<p><strong>Please only activate this plugin if you know what you’re doing</strong>.</p>
<h4>What can I do with this plugin?</h4>
<p>This plugin adds the necessary lines to the virtual robots.txt file that WordPress creates automagically to block to block Feeds and Comments resources.</p>
<h4>What ideas is this plugin based on?</h4>
<p>None. We needed a fast solution to add these lines to the robots.txt file and this was the solution we coded.</p>
<h4>What is the robots.txt file?</h4>
<p>The robots.txt file is a plain text file located at the root folder of a domain (or subdomain) which tells web crawlers (like Googlebot) what parts of the website they should access and index.</p>
<p>The first thing a search engine crawler looks at when it is visiting a page is the robots.txt file and it controls how search engine spiders see and interact with the web pages.</p>
<h4>System requirements</h4>
<p>PHP version 7.1 or greater.<br />
We require 7.1 or higher because we believe that everybody should be running a modern PHP version. When releasing this plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/" rel="ugc">WordPress recommends PHP 7.4 or higher</a>.</p>
<h4>How to get this plugin in your Language!</h4>
<p>This first release is avaliable in English and Spanish. In the “languages” folder we have included the necessary files to translate this plugin.</p>
<p>If you would like the plugin in your language and you’re good at translating, please use the <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">native WordPress Translation</a> functionality.</p>
<p>New to Translating a plugin? First read through the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/tools/glotpress-translate-wordpress-org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Translator Handbook</a>, then select your locale at <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Translating WordPress</a> and finally search for this plugin to translate it.</p>
<h4>Further Reading</h4>
<p>You can access the description of the plugin in Spanish at: <a href="https://apasionados.es/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Block Feed and Comments via robots.txt en español</a>.</p>
<h3>Contact</h3>
<p>For further information please send us an <a href="https://apasionados.es/contacto/index.php?desde=wordpress-org-block-feeds-comments-robots-txt" rel="nofollow ugc">email</a>.</p>


Block Feed and Comments via robots.txt

Blocks some Feed and Comment resources in order to avoid spam bots

Denis Bisteinov

<p>Have you encountered an obstacle while creating and editing robots.txt file on your website?</p>
<p>Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt is an easy-to-use plugin that helps you generate and configure a correct robots.txt file, which is essential for search engine optimization (SEO). This file defines crawling rules for search engine bots such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, and others.</p>
<p>The plugin works perfectly both if the file robots.txt has never been created or if it already exists. Once installed the plugin makes an optimized robots.txt file that includes special rules common for WordPress websites. After that you can proceed further customization specific for your own website if needed.</p>
<p>If the plugin detects one or several Sitemap XML files it will include them into robots.txt file.</p>
<p>No FTP access, manual coding or file editing is required that makes managing settings easy and convenient!</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
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<li>Automatic generation of optimized robots.txt with WordPress-specific rules</li>
<li>Special rules for Google and Yandex search engines</li>
<li>Custom rules support for any search engine bot</li>
<li>Automatic sitemap detection and inclusion</li>
<li>WooCommerce compatibility with specific rules</li>
<li>Multisite support</li>
<li>Easy-to-use admin interface</li>
<li>Modern PHP architecture with namespaces for conflict-free operation</li>
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Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt

An easy-to-use plugin that generates and configures a proper robots.txt file, essential for effective search engine optimization (SEO).

Block Feed and Comments via robots.txt vs Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt