# robots.txt for https://madeai.com/
# Static file - served directly by Nginx, does not invoke PHP/WordPress.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /testimonials_group/clients
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/*.zip$
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/*.sql$


# AI crawlers - explicitly permitted for AI search visibility.
# These agents read ONLY this group, so the site-wide rules above
# are repeated here. Everything not listed remains crawlable.
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /testimonials_group/clients
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/


Sitemap: https://madeai.com/sitemap_index.xml


# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# OPTIONAL - uncomment only after reviewing WP Engine access logs.
# These crawlers are common sources of high request volume and are
# NOT part of your AI search visibility. Throttling or blocking them
# reduces PHP worker load. Note that restricting Ahrefs/Semrush also
# disables your own site audits in those tools.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# User-agent: Bytespider
# Disallow: /
#
# User-agent: MJ12bot
# Disallow: /
#
# User-agent: AhrefsBot
# Crawl-delay: 10
#
# User-agent: SemrushBot
# Crawl-delay: 10