# robots.txt for https://www.timothysykes.com/
				# Last updated: 2026-02-07

				# Allow all crawlers
				User-agent: *

				# Block sensitive areas
				Disallow: /wp-admin/
				Disallow: /wp-includes/
				Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
				Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
				Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/backup/
				Disallow: /wp-login.php
				Disallow: /wp-register.php
				Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
				Disallow: /readme.html
				Disallow: /license.txt
				Disallow: /wp-config.php
				Disallow: /.htaccess
				Disallow: /error_log
				Disallow: /debug.log

				# Block search and pagination parameters
				Disallow: /*?s=
				Disallow: /*?paged=
				Disallow: /*?preview=
				Disallow: /*?utm_*
				Disallow: /*?fbclid=
				Disallow: /*?gclid=

				# Block temporary and development files
				Disallow: /temp/
				Disallow: /tmp/
				Disallow: /test/
				Disallow: /dev/
				Disallow: /staging/

				# Block API endpoints that shouldn't be indexed
				Disallow: /api/
				Disallow: /rest/
				Disallow: /graphql

				# Allow important admin functionality
				Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
				Allow: /wp-admin/admin-post.php

				# Crawl delay (optional - helps with server load)
				Crawl-delay: 1

				# Sitemaps
				Sitemap: https://www.timothysykes.com/sitemap.xml
				Sitemap: https://www.timothysykes.com/news-sitemap.xml
				Sitemap: https://www.timothysykes.com/post-sitemap.xml
				Sitemap: https://www.timothysykes.com/page-sitemap.xml
				Sitemap: https://www.timothysykes.com/category-sitemap.xml
				Sitemap: https://www.timothysykes.com/video-sitemap.xml

				# Specific rules for major search engines
				User-agent: Googlebot
				Allow: /

				User-agent: Bingbot
				Allow: /

				User-agent: Slurp
				Allow: /

				User-agent: DuckDuckBot
				Allow: /