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  "slug": "how-do-i-configure-robots-txt-on-wordpress-for-better-meta-ai-discovery",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/how-do-i-configure-robots-txt-on-wordpress-for-better-meta-ai-discovery",
  "question": "How do I configure robots.txt on WordPress for better Meta AI discovery?",
  "description": "Learn how to configure your WordPress robots.txt file to ensure Meta AI crawlers can access and index your site content for improved discovery and citations.",
  "summary": "Optimizing your WordPress robots.txt file is essential for allowing Meta AI to crawl your site. By ensuring proper access, you enable AI platforms to cite your brand, which Trakkr helps you monitor for ongoing visibility and performance.",
  "answer": "To configure your WordPress robots.txt file for Meta AI, you must ensure that your site does not block the relevant user agents. Use your preferred SEO plugin or a direct file manager to verify that no 'Disallow' directives are preventing AI crawlers from accessing your content. Once the file is updated, use Trakkr to monitor whether your pages are being cited by Meta AI. This technical setup ensures that your site remains discoverable for AI-driven search experiences and citation-based answers across major platforms.",
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    "wordpress robots.txt configuration",
    "meta ai crawler",
    "wordpress robots.txt file"
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    "meta ai indexing",
    "wordpress ai crawler access",
    "ai citation management"
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  "entities": [
    "WordPress",
    "Meta AI",
    "robots.txt",
    "User-agent",
    "Disallow directive"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-01-21",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-21",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-18",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "Citation Intelligence",
    "Meta AI",
    "WordPress",
    "robots.txt",
    "how do i configure robots.txt on wordpress for better meta ai discovery",
    "wordpress robots.txt configuration"
  ],
  "author": {
    "id": "trakkr-research",
    "name": "Trakkr Research",
    "role": "Research team",
    "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/authors/trakkr-research/"
  },
  "collections": [
    {
      "slug": "collections/citations",
      "title": "Citation Intelligence"
    },
    {
      "slug": "collections/technical",
      "title": "Technical Optimization"
    },
    {
      "slug": "platforms/meta-ai",
      "title": "Meta AI Pages"
    }
  ],
  "guides": [
    {
      "slug": "citation-audits",
      "title": "How to audit citations, sources, and answer grounding",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/citation-audits/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "technical-ai-visibility",
      "title": "Technical AI visibility setup for crawlers, schema, and discovery",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/technical-ai-visibility/"
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  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Google robots.txt introduction",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Meta AI",
      "url": "https://www.meta.ai/",
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    {
      "label": "llms.txt specification",
      "url": "https://llmstxt.org/",
      "type": "standard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Trakkr docs",
      "url": "https://trakkr.ai/learn/docs",
      "type": "first-party"
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