Changeset 59890

Timestamp:

02/28/2025 04:56:57 PM (3 months ago)

Author:

jorbin

Message:

Site Health: Add a robots.txt check to the server data.

Provide a bit of information about robots.txt to help people understand if the file is generated by WordPress.

Props zodiac1978, audrasjb, joostdevalk, jorbin.
Fixes #56595.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php

@@ -505 +505 @@
         }
 
+        // Check if a robots.txt file exists.
+        if ( is_file( ABSPATH . 'robots.txt' ) ) {
+            // If the file exists, turn debug info to true.
+            $robotstxt_debug = true;
+
+            /* translators: %s: robots.txt */
+            $robotstxt_string = sprintf( __( 'There is a static %s file in your installation folder. WordPress can not dynamicly serve one.' ), 'robots.txt' );
+        } elseif ( got_url_rewrite() ) {
+            // No robots.txt file available and rewrite rules in place, turn debug info to false.
+            $robotstxt_debug = false;
+
+            /* translators: %s: robots.txt */
+            $robotstxt_string = sprintf( __( 'Your site is using the dynamic %s file which is generated by WordPress.' ), 'robots.txt' );
+        } else {
+            // No robots.txt file, but without rewrite rules WP can't serve one.
+            $robotstxt_debug = true;
+
+            /* translators: %s: robots.txt */
+            $robotstxt_string = sprintf( __( 'WordPress can not dynamicly serve a %s file due to a lack of rewrite rule support' ), 'robots.txt' );
+
+        }
+        $fields['static_robotstxt_file'] = array(
+            'label' => __( 'robots.txt' ),
+            'value' => $robotstxt_string,
+            'debug' => $robotstxt_debug,
+        );
+
         // Server time.
         $date = new DateTime( 'now', new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' ) );