# This file is automatically added by Rank Math SEO plugin to help a website index better
# More info: https://rankmath.com/?utm_source=Plugin&utm_medium=Robots&utm_campaign=WP
# robots.txt for sellavehicle.co.uk
# Sell A Vehicle - Vehicle Buying Service

# Allow all web crawlers to access the site
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block Cloudflare email protection endpoint (prevents false 404 errors)
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/

# Block WordPress admin and system files
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

# Allow admin-ajax for AJAX functionality
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Block common WordPress files
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-register.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /wp-config.php
Disallow: /wp-cron.php
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /license.txt

# Block WordPress JSON API (optional - remove if you use it)
Disallow: /wp-json/

# Block search and filter parameters (prevents duplicate content)
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*?p=
Disallow: /*?author=
Disallow: /*?replytocom=

# Block feeds (duplicate content)
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /*/feed/
Disallow: /comments/feed/
Disallow: /*/comments/

# Block trackback
Disallow: /*/trackback/

# Block thank you/confirmation pages (if applicable - adjust as needed)
# Disallow: /thank-you/
# Disallow: /quote-submitted/

# Crawl delay (optional - uncomment if needed)
# Crawl-delay: 10
# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://sellavehicle.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml