Title: Robots.txt
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Robots.txt

 *  [roira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roira/)
 * (@roira)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/)
 * Hey all,
 * WordPress is creating a virtual robots.txt with the command /Disallow.
    How can
   i edit this file? is there a plugin? or should i upload to my FTP?

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 *  [support.io](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjoubert/)
 * (@johnjoubert)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/#post-6595468)
 * Hi there, why do you want to edit the robots.txt file?
 * If is is showing the following, then you should leave it as is:
 *     ```
       User-agent: *
       Disallow: /wp-admin/
       ```
   
 * Otherwise, if its disallowing the entire site, then go to Settings > Reading 
   > Search Engine Visibility and makes sure that the checkbox for “Discourage search
   engines from indexing this site” is not ticked.
 *  Thread Starter [roira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roira/)
 * (@roira)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/#post-6595469)
 * it is showing
 * User-agent: *
    Disallow: /
 * I want to edit it…
 * My site is still under construction …
    how can i edit the file? via plugin or
   ftp ?
 *  [support.io](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjoubert/)
 * (@johnjoubert)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/#post-6595470)
 * You won’t be able to edit the file via FTP as it doesn’t exist.
 * You can either:
 * 1) Create a file called robots.txt via FTP and then add anything you want to 
   it
 * 2) Install Yoast SEO and then edit the robots.txt file from there
 * Either option should work fine for you, but Yoast might be better if your code
   knowledge is limited.
 *  Thread Starter [roira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roira/)
 * (@roira)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/#post-6595471)
 * Hey thx i edited it via Yoast i didn’t even imagine that this option exists!
 *  [support.io](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjoubert/)
 * (@johnjoubert)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/#post-6595472)
 * Great, glad you got it right! Good luck 🙂

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [support.io](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjoubert/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/robotstxt-43/#post-6595472)
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