# robots.txt for emwnews.com - Optimized June 2026
User-agent: *
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/
Allow: /wp-content/themes/
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?s=*
Disallow: /page/
Disallow: /comments/feed/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /*?feed=*
Disallow: */embed/
Disallow: /wp-json/wp/v2/users/
Disallow: /author/
Disallow: /tag/
Disallow: /category/

# Specific for Bingbot
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# AI Crawlers (Allowed)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
# Add more AI bots as needed...

Sitemap: https://emwnews.com/sitemap-main.xml
Sitemap: https://emwnews.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://emwnews.com/news-sitemap.xml