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1. paigekh
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Hi there,

   I've integrated WordPress into an existing website as a way for the client to directly edit their news page. The technique works great, but I would like to block category and post pages, which are showing up in search results. These are the theme-less pages ending with ?cat=1 and ?p=59, for example. Is there a preferred way to block those pages?

   Thanks in advance!
   Paige

2. paigekh
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   I found a solution, and I haven't noticed any problems with it yet.

   First, I renamed index.php, which disabled all the offending pages and kept my pulled-in-via-php page intact. Easy enough.

   Navigating to the directory was displaying the directory contents, so I added "Options -Indexes" to the .htaccess file - it now returns a "403 Forbidden" error. I'm assuming Google will eventually drop those pages from its index.

   Hope this helps someone in the future.

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