# robots.txt for WordPress - SEO & Security Optimized
# Updated: 2025

User-agent: *
# Core WordPress
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Prevent indexing of system files & duplicates
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php


# Block low-value pages
Disallow: /?s=            # WordPress search results
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /*?*            # Stops parameter-based duplicate pages

# Optional (depends on your SEO strategy)
Disallow: /author/        # Block author archives (duplicate content risk)
Disallow: /tag/           # Block tag archives (thin content risk)

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://flylinks.pro/sitemap_index.xml