How to Manually Edit robots.txt

Prerequisites

• WordPress must be running, and you must be able to log in. Please refer to the support documentation for instructions on starting WordPress and logging in.

Procedure

1. Enable the pc-robotstxt Plugin

   After logging in to WordPress, search for the pc-robotstxt plugin and enable it.

   

2. Accessing the robots.txt Edit Screen

   In the WordPress admin panel, go to [Settings] → [Virtual Robots.txt].

   

3. Editing robots.txt

   On the Virtual Robots.txt settings screen, edit the contents of robots.txt. Configure it appropriately for your purposes.

4. Saving Changes

   Once you’ve finished editing, click [Save Changes].

5. Previewing Changes

   Click [preview your robots.txt file here] to preview the updated robots.txt file.

   

   Preview of the modified file:

   

6. Deploy and Publish

   If there are no issues in the preview, create a deploy and publish it. For instructions on how to deploy and publish, refer to the separate document “Create a New Deploy (Artifact) and Publish It.”

7. Verify the Deploy

   In your browser, go to https://your-domain.com/robots.txt to verify that the robots.txt file has been updated correctly.

   

Done

That completes the manual editing of robots.txt.