Title: Missing robots.txt
Last modified: May 11, 2023

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# Missing robots.txt

 *  Resolved [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-robots-txt/)
 * What could be the reason for a missing robots.txt?
 * Usually Yoast generates it automatically, but it’s missing in the linked site.
 * I do have file editing disabled, but I have that on all my sites and on the other
   sites the robots.txt file is there.
 * Thanks
   JP
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmissing-robots-txt%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-robots-txt/#post-16729546)
 * Addressed in this conversation – [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-yoast-block-in-robots-txt/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-yoast-block-in-robots-txt/)
 *  Thread Starter [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-robots-txt/#post-16729818)
 * Thanks, but it’s not addresses there, this is a different issue on a different
   site.
 * On this site, WP doesn’t create the file dynamically. It’s not there if I visit
   the url.
    1. Disabled file editing can’t be the cause. It’s disabled on all my sites and 
       only this site has a missing robots file.
    2. How can it be a server level permission if it’s a dynamic file? The file doesn’t
       exist on the server on any of my sites if I look with FTP, but it;s there if
       I enter the url to the file. Except on this site.
 * Thanks
   JP

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 * Last reply from: [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-robots-txt/#post-16729818)
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