# robots.txt — pflegemarkt.com
# Generated: 2026-08-03

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# General crawlers
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User-agent: *

# WordPress core — not useful for indexing
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-signup.php
Disallow: /wp-cron.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php

# Uploaded backup files (UpdraftPlus) and cache
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/backups/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/updraftplus/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/

# WooCommerce — transactional pages, no SEO value
Disallow: /warenkorb/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /kasse/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /mein-konto/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /wc-api/
Disallow: /?add-to-cart=
Disallow: /?removed_item=
Disallow: /?wc-ajax=
Disallow: /bestellung-empfangen/
Disallow: /order-received/

# Search results — duplicate content
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/

# Feeds — site-level only; product/category feeds kept for potential Merchant Center use
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /comments/feed/

# WooCommerce — filter/sort/pagination parameters generate massive duplicate content
Disallow: /*?orderby=
Disallow: /*?order=
Disallow: /*?filter_
Disallow: /*?min_price=
Disallow: /*?max_price=
Disallow: /*?per_page=
Disallow: /*?product_tag=
# Note: UTM parameter blocking is handled more reliably via Google Search Console → URL Parameters

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# Sitemaps (generated by Yoast SEO + WPML)
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Sitemap: https://www.pflegemarkt.com/sitemap_index.xml