google search console tells me that I have a crawling error - wordpress

I have a problem with Wordpress and the Search Console. The Search Console from Google tells me that I have a crawling error on the smartphone.
The error details are:
Googlebot could access your site, but certain URLs are blocked for Googlebot Mobile for smartphones in your robots.txt. These URLs are not included in the "Blocked URLs" report and may have been blocked unintentionally.
I have already seen the customize.php, but I have no idea what I should change or how I can solve the problem.
Any help would be appreciated! Additionally, are there detailed instructions anywhere for beginners? Many thanks in advance!!
Best regards, Sandra 2 images here.

Have you made sure that WordPress is not configured to tell search bots to not index your site? Login to your admin, then navigate to Settings -> Reading and make sure 'Discourage search engines from indexing this site' is not ticked.
Here is a screenshot to help you find it

Thank you for your quick reply. I have been convinced for safety, but the function is switched off for me.

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