Robots.txt Generator
Robots.txt Generator
Choose whether to allow all crawling or block specific paths, optionally add your sitemap URL, and generate a ready-to-use robots.txt file for your website's root directory.
The file must be placed at the root of your domain (for example, https://example.com/robots.txt) to be recognized by search engines at all — placing it anywhere else means crawlers simply won't find it. Disallow paths should start with a forward slash (the tool adds one automatically if it's missing), and it's worth remembering that robots.txt is a voluntary standard: well-behaved crawlers like Googlebot respect it, but it isn't a security mechanism and won't stop a page from being accessed directly or block poorly-behaved bots that ignore it entirely.
- File location: robots.txt must be placed at the root of your domain (e.g. https://example.com/robots.txt) to be recognized by search engines.
- Disallow paths should start with a forward slash (e.g. /admin) — the tool adds one automatically if you forget.
- Important: robots.txt is a voluntary standard — well-behaved crawlers (like Googlebot) respect it, but it doesn't prevent access outright and isn't a security measure for sensitive content.
Should I block my whole site from crawlers?
Usually not — blocking everything (Disallow: /) prevents search engines from indexing your site at all, which is rarely what you want except for staging/development sites.
Why include a sitemap reference?
Pointing to your sitemap in robots.txt helps search engines discover all your important pages more efficiently.
Robots.txt Generator
Choose whether to allow all crawling or block specific paths, optionally add your sitemap URL, and generate a ready-to-use robots.txt file for your website's root directory.
The file must be placed at the root of your domain (for example, https://example.com/robots.txt) to be recognized by search engines at all — placing it anywhere else means crawlers simply won't find it. Disallow paths should start with a forward slash (the tool adds one automatically if it's missing), and it's worth remembering that robots.txt is a voluntary standard: well-behaved crawlers like Googlebot respect it, but it isn't a security mechanism and won't stop a page from being accessed directly or block poorly-behaved bots that ignore it entirely.
- File location: robots.txt must be placed at the root of your domain (e.g. https://example.com/robots.txt) to be recognized by search engines.
- Disallow paths should start with a forward slash (e.g. /admin) — the tool adds one automatically if you forget.
- Important: robots.txt is a voluntary standard — well-behaved crawlers (like Googlebot) respect it, but it doesn't prevent access outright and isn't a security measure for sensitive content.
Should I block my whole site from crawlers?
Usually not — blocking everything (Disallow: /) prevents search engines from indexing your site at all, which is rarely what you want except for staging/development sites.
Why include a sitemap reference?
Pointing to your sitemap in robots.txt helps search engines discover all your important pages more efficiently.