# Modify robots.txt

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/modify-robots-txt/5989>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [March 2, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/modify-robots-txt/5989 "2019-03-02T15:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![KiX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@KiX](https://forum.ghost.org/u/KiX)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/modify-robots-txt/5989/1 "2019-03-02T15:43:36Z")

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Is it possible to modify the robots.txt permanent without manually step in after each update?

I know I can manually edit it under `ghost/versions/<version>/core/server/public/robots.txt`, but I have to edit it again after each update.  
Is there any official way?

Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/modify-robots-txt/5989/2 "2019-03-02T15:54:31Z")

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Yep!

> **[Ghost Handlebars Theme Structure - Developer Documentation](https://ghost.org/docs/themes/structure/)**
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> Discover the building blocks of a Handlebars theme in Ghost and start building a custom publication of your own! 👻

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**Author:** ![KiX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@KiX](https://forum.ghost.org/u/KiX)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/modify-robots-txt/5989/3 "2019-03-02T15:56:14Z")

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Ha, great, thanks! I didn’t recognized these section in the docs 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/b/ba9ce5100b8bb264586f4f572545596b2ce3f081.png) [@system](https://forum.ghost.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/modify-robots-txt/5989/4 "2019-03-16T16:04:02Z")

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