ROBOTS.TXT FILE EDITOR

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with accessing your robots.txt file through the Rank Math plugin. There are a few common reasons why you might be unable to edit your robots.txt file:

1. Presence of a Physical File: If there is a physical robots.txt file in the root folder of your website, it can prevent Rank Math from editing it. You can check this by accessing your site via FTP or cPanel File Manager and removing the physical file if it exists.
   

2. Other Plugin Interference: Another plugin may be creating the robots.txt file, which would also restrict Rank Math’s ability to edit it. You can try disabling any other SEO plugins that might be managing the robots.txt file.

3. Permission Issues: There could be permission issues on your web server that are preventing edits. In this case, contacting your web host for assistance would be advisable.

4. Editing Restrictions in wp-config.php: If your wp-config.php file has certain constants set, it may prevent editing. You can add the following filter to allow editing:

   add_filter( 'rank_math/can_edit_file', '__return_true' );

   Additionally, ensure that the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT constant is set to false:

   define ('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', false);

If you continue to experience issues, please reply to this ticket with your site URL so we can assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern, and we’re here to help!

Sources:
I Can’t Edit My Website’s Robots.txt » Rank Math