# ===============================================================
# robots.txt for reducing uncached dynamic hits
# Based on analysis of Logs - JUNE 6th 2025
# ===============================================================

User-agent: *

# --- WordPress Specific ---

# Disallow access to the WordPress admin area
Disallow: /wp-admin/

# Block internal AJAX calls, especially for event filtering.
# This is a major source of dynamic hits from your logs.
Disallow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Block WordPress cron jobs from crawlers
Disallow: /wp-cron.php

# Block access to xmlrpc.php for security and to reduce bot traffic
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php

# Block search query pages
# The 's' parameter was identified in your logs for search.
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*&s=


# --- Site-Specific Dynamic URL Parameters ---

# Block crawling of URLs with filtering tags
Disallow: /*?tags=
Disallow: /*&tags=

# Block crawling of language parameter variants
Disallow: /*?lang=
Disallow: /*&lang=

# Block various tracking and utility parameters
Disallow: /*?utm_source=
Disallow: /*&utm_source=
Disallow: /*?app=
Disallow: /*&app=
Disallow: /*?ignorenitro=
Disallow: /*&ignorenitro=
Disallow: /*?gf_protect_submission=
Disallow: /*&gf_protect_submission=


# --- General Asset Rules ---

# It's important to allow crawlers access to your CSS and JS
# so they can render your pages correctly.
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /*.css$
Allow: /*.js$

# It's often a good idea to point crawlers to your sitemap.
# Replace with the actual URL to your sitemap index.
# Sitemap: https://www.tdplace.ca/sitemap_index.xml