uploaded files indexed by search engines – /uploads/vfb/ folder public | WordPress.org

Resolved lukascech
(@lukascech)

5 years, 1 month ago

Hi guys,

we’re using the PRO version, but couldn’t find a setting for that, so trying here – many uploads under /wp-content/uploads/vfb/ seem to be indexed by Google, how can we prevent that?

I set up a noindex rule in robots.txt for /wp-content/uploads/vfb/, but that just stops Google, but not direct access – it’s an issue for many of your users:
https://www.google.com/search?ei=69OYXKLwO9KdsAersJK4Bw&q=%22wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fvfb%2F%22&oq=%22wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fvfb%2F%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3…7006.14462..14705…0.0..1.192.1745.22j1……0….1..gws-wiz…….35i39j0i7i30j0j0i30j0i203j0i8i7i30.97qyzVp3rhA

Shouldn’t be there a setting to make all files in this folder non public, i.e. only accessible for admins via wp-admin?

thanks,
Lukas

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Plugin Author Matthew Muro
(@mmuro)

5 years ago

HI Lukas,

Thanks for your question, but after this reply please reach out to us on VFB Pro support.
All WordPress attachments uploaded to the wp-content/uploads folder are public. VFB Pro uploads to a subfolder by default. If you do not want these attachments to be indexed, you will need to use a plugin like Yoast SEO to edit your robots.txt file to exclude the uploads folder from being indexed (go to SEO > Tools > File Editor). Once Google reindexes your site, they will no longer display any of your uploads when searched.

The correct code for robots.txt to block VFB Pro uploads will look something like this:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/vfb

Hope this helps.

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