Relocate Site Not Robots.txt

  • Resolved JuiceByJ0sh

    (@juicebyj0sh)


    4 years, 5 months ago

    Some SEO experts recommend never using a 301 on an old site’s robots.txt file. When you use Redirection’s Relocate Site feature, however, it 301s the robots.txt file to the new site. Is there a way to prevent this, either through the plugin or through .htaccess?

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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    Normally files like this are served directly by your server, and do not pass through WordPress and Redirection. It may be worth looking into serving it directly.

    Thread Starter JuiceByJ0sh

    (@juicebyj0sh)

    Thank you. If a site is using the Relocate Site feature do you recommend leaving the rule on the old site’s robots.txt as:

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

    Should the admin-ajax.php allowance be removed?

    Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    I don’t think it will make much difference either way

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