WP Content Folder searchable in Google

  • kianboon

    (@kianboon)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    Hi All,

    I notice that that website I am managing is searchable in Google. This is very bad.

    How can I lock it away from public and additional security steps needed?

    This is the link to the share folder –> organicmommytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/‎.

    Thank you in advance.!

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    I have heard Google and at least certain others respect a robots.txt file, and someone has suggested to me that Google will even use one as a reference for clearing disallowed things from its current index. So, something like this (edited for your own situation) might be a beginning point:

    User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-
Disallow: /feed
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /author
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /comment/
Disallow: /comments/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/

    blograzzi

    (@blograzzi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Go WordPress Dashboard

    Settings >> Reading >>> and tick >>> Discourage search engines from indexing this site

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 9 months ago

    blograzzi’s advice would be a bad idea, as it would stop your WHOLE SITE from being searched. So you’d never show up on Google. Ever.

    So no, don’t do it unless you never want to be googled.

    Keep in mind, blocking google from browsing uploads may result in weird search displays, as your images won’t show right.

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