# Global rules for all search engines
User-agent: *

# Block access to system files and sensitive folders
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /license.txt

# Block search results and duplicate filter pages (Crawl Budget Optimization)
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?filter_
Disallow: /*?query_type_
Disallow: /*?add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*?orderby=

# Block private e-commerce pages
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/

# Prevent indexing of RSS feeds
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: */feed/

# Allow Google to see the AJAX file (Necessary for many site features)
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Link to your sitemap
Sitemap: https://wheelopedia.in/sitemap.xml