Title: htaccess/Google Bots
Last modified: March 3, 2021

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# htaccess/Google Bots

 *  [barb55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barb55/)
 * (@barb55)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-google-bots/)
 * In my main htaccess, I have this
 * `Options -Indexes`
 * and in /wp-content I have another htaccess with this
 *     ```
       <FilesMatch \.php$>
       Require all denied
       </FilesMatch>
       ```
   
 * Will any of these prevent/disable Google in any way to access image on my site?
   I need Google to be able to access them for Google Merchant Center/Google Shopping
   Ads as well as Google Images, and since I am getting errors with my product images
   in the Merchant Center, I am wondering if the above mentioned nippets could be
   the cause.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-google-bots/)
 * Status: not resolved

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