The Robots.txt Generator is a free online tool that creates a correctly formatted robots.txt file for your website. The robots.txt file sits in your domain root and tells search engine crawlers which pages or sections of your site they are allowed to crawl and index — and which to ignore.

A correctly configured robots.txt is an important technical SEO element. Mistakes — like accidentally blocking Googlebot from your entire site — can cause catastrophic ranking drops. This generator eliminates the risk by creating valid, tested robots.txt code through a simple form interface.

How to Generate a robots.txt File

• Select which crawlers (bots) the rules apply to (Googlebot, all bots, specific bots)
• Specify directories or files to Allow or Disallow crawling
• Add your XML sitemap URL
• Set a crawl delay if needed
• Click Generate and download the robots.txt file
• Upload to your website root directory (e.g. https://yoursite.com/robots.txt)

What to Block in robots.txt

• Admin areas (/wp-admin/, /admin/)
• Staging or development directories
• Duplicate or parameter-based URLs
• Private content that should not appear in search

Never block CSS, JS or image files from Googlebot — it needs them to render and evaluate your pages. Free, no login needed.

Want to learn more? Read our complete guide: How to Create a robots.txt File for Your Website →