# Block the admin area but keep Ajax working
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Keep core code out of Google’s index
Disallow: /wp-includes/

# Hide plugin, theme, cache, and must-use plugin folders
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-content/mu-plugins/

# Let image and media URLs stay visible for Image Search and rich snippets
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

# Remove common query-string duplicates
Disallow: /*?s=*
Disallow: /*?kadence_element=*

# Full XML sitemap for discoverability
Sitemap: https://paintersottawa.com/sitemap_index.xml