# robots.txt for https://www.preparationrecipe.com
# Last reviewed: 21 Jun 2025

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# 1.  Default rules for every crawler (incl. Google, Bing & DuckDuckBot)
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User-agent: *
# --- Block admin, system, and e-commerce funnels -------------
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /thank-you/
# --- Block thin/duplicate content ----------------------------
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search
# --- Allow resources needed for rendering --------------------
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /wp-content/themes/
#  Optionally drop the next line to hide your plugin list
# Allow: /wp-content/plugins/ 
Allow: /images/
Allow: /css/
Allow: /js/

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# 2.  Block specific aggressive or competitive crawlers
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User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

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# 3.  Sitemap
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Sitemap: https://www.preparationrecipe.com/sitemap_index.xml