# =========================================================
# BIMUsers robots.txt
# =========================================================

User-agent: *

# Allow normal website crawling
Allow: /

# ---------------------------------------------------------
# Block parameterized /browse/ URLs
# Prevent crawling of endless filter/search combinations
# ---------------------------------------------------------
Disallow: /browse/*?

# Also block common filter parameters anywhere on the site
Disallow: /*?search_query=
Disallow: /*?category=
Disallow: /*?subcategory=
Disallow: /*?tags=
Disallow: /*?version=
Disallow: /*?sort_by=
Disallow: /*?username=
Disallow: /*?paged=

# Block combinations where parameters are not first
Disallow: /*&search_query=
Disallow: /*&category=
Disallow: /*&subcategory=
Disallow: /*&tags=
Disallow: /*&version=
Disallow: /*&sort_by=
Disallow: /*&username=
Disallow: /*&paged=

# ---------------------------------------------------------
# WordPress admin
# ---------------------------------------------------------
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# ---------------------------------------------------------
# Internal/cache directories
# ---------------------------------------------------------
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/cache/
Disallow: /wp-content/litespeed/

# ---------------------------------------------------------
# Sitemap
# ---------------------------------------------------------
Sitemap: https://www.bimusers.com/sitemap.xml