https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/best-way-to-protect-file-uploads Gravity Support Forums Topic: Best way to protect file uploads en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:48:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/best-way-to-protect-file-uploads#post-1438 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:46:44 +0000 Carl Hancock 1438@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'll ask around, but I believe placing a robots.txt file is going to be your best bet.</p> <p>The search engines would only be able to index files that are linked to from a public page. If you have nothing linking to those files, the search engines are going to find them. </p> <p>But placing a robots.txt with no follow would certainly add some additional protection to tell search spiders to stay away. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/best-way-to-protect-file-uploads#post-1429 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:36:06 +0000 bbmedia 1429@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just wanted to see if there was a preferred way of preventing search engines from indexing file uploads. Example, one site is using Gravity forms as the way for students to upload their essays for an essay contest. I just want to make sure that those essays are protected against search engines. Other than just placing a special robots.txt file in the /wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/ folder, is there something else that should be done? </p>