Gatsby Plugin Robots Txt

Overview:

The gatsby-plugin-robots-txt is a plugin that allows users to create a robots.txt file for their Gatsby sites during the build process. By using this plugin, users can easily control the behavior of crawlers on their websites.

Features:

• Create robots.txt File: Easily generate a robots.txt file for a Gatsby site during the build.
• Custom Host and Sitemap: Options to set the host of the site, sitemap paths, and policy rules in the robots.txt file.
• External Configurations: Ability to provide an external configuration file for more advanced settings.
• Environment Handling: Support for different environments and configuration based on environment variables.
• Netlify Integration: Easily disable crawlers for deploy-previews on Netlify deployments.
• Query Option: Use a GraphQL query to provide a different site URL for the robots.txt file.

Installation:

To install the gatsby-plugin-robots-txt, you can use either yarn or npm. Here are the commands to install the plugin:

yarn add gatsby-plugin-robots-txt

or

npm install --save gatsby-plugin-robots-txt

After installation, you can configure the plugin in your gatsby-config.js file to set up options like host, sitemap paths, policy rules, etc. External configurations can also be provided using an external config file.

Summary:

The gatsby-plugin-robots-txt is a useful tool for Gatsby site owners to easily create and customize their robots.txt file during the build process. With features like custom host and sitemap settings, environment handling, and Netlify integration, this plugin provides a comprehensive solution for controlling crawler behavior on Gatsby sites.