Title: False events Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # False events * [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/) * Hi, * Just done the upgrade of your wp plug in, and the Yoest SEO plug in. * WordPress version4.2.2 * The new Seo pluginis link to Google tools etc, and its highlighting lot of dates that have no events as pages that have been moved. The dates have never had an event, so why is Google picking them up as missing URL (would you like to add a redirect). As you can imaging add a hundred redirects is not high on my list of things to do.. * What can I do stop Google etc thinking empty/non existent dates are missing pages? * Email sent with the Tech stuff * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/) * (@barryhughes-1) * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356153) * Hi Verbier, * We very recently made a change in this area. Instead of, as previously, issuing a “404 Not Found” status (which I think is what you are referring to?) for event views that don’t contain any events, we now return a “200 OK” status. * > What can I do stop Google etc thinking empty/non existent dates are missing > pages? * Adding a “noindex” tag would make sense here and we’re also investigating doing that, automatically, too. Thus in addition to preventing “real” 404s that should also deal with so-called “soft” 404s. * > What can I do stop Google etc thinking empty/non existent dates are missing > pages? * Remember first of all that to a large extent it is providing potentially helpful troubleshooting information – so you don’t **have** to do anything, though of course I do understand the impetus for wanting to tidy this up. * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356158) * Yes its created 404’s for events that don’t exists. So if I understand it now creating “200”, how do I clean up ~240 “404” page not found. * [zpaiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zpaiss/) * (@zpaiss) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356159) * Just updayed to 3.11.1 and I now have EVERY DAY in July showing an event scheulded for 2 days in September! Hemp this is a major problem as our Calendar is viewed all the time. * nationalhempassociaton.org * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356179) * any update on getting rid of the empty events please? (all 402 of them) Thanks * [Brook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brook-tribe/) * (@brook-tribe) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356187) * Howdy Verbier Kev, * If your server is now generating the appropriate HTTP Status then all you can do is wait for Google to reindex those pages. You can of course request they reindex, which sometimes speeds things up. * If the status are not correct yet you are on the latest version, can you share a link to a problem page? * hello zpaiss, we definitely would like to help. Would you mind opening up your own topic and thoroughly detail your problem? Per the forum rules on wordpress. org you should start your own topic, unless “you are using the same version of WordPress on the same physical server hosted by the same hosts with the same plugins, theme, and configurations as the original poster”. Having your own topic helps ensure that each person gets the topics full attention and no one’s unique details get accidentally ignored. * Cheers! – Brook * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356188) * [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/2015-06-25/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/2015-06-25/) * [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/) * [nicosantos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicosantos/) * (@nicosantos) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356195) * Hi Verbier Kev, * I can see that the first URL is in fact returning a 200 Ok status, so you will have just to wait for them to be re-indexed or request that. * Regarding the other link you shared, this is the correct link for it: [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/category/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/category/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/)– with ‘categorie’ just return a 404 as the URL is incorrect, not calendar related I would say. * Best, Nico * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356196) * Re the second link it all part of events, and yes its still there [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/) * as is /events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-26/ * /events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-09-06/ * And lots more * So help me how do I get them all re-index so they disappear, and will google tools update it self once it has re-indexed? * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356198) * Thinking about it where has “categorie” come from rather than “category” * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356203) * any up date on getting rid of these things, or an idea where or how “category” came from. And no I’m not technical enough to play around in the plugin files 😉 * [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/) * [Geoff Graham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffgraham/) * (@geoffgraham) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356209) * Hey Verbier, * Sorry for the continued trouble here. Are you using a multilingual plugin by chance? If so, does it automatically translate page and post slugs–or, does it happen to create different versions of each page and post for each language? I’m wondering if there is the possibility that a another plugin is generating those faulty URLs which then get indexed. * Cheers! Geoff * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356211) * Yes its using a multilingual plugin * So in English the URL is [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/event/foire-du-valais/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/event/foire-du-valais/) and French it creates this – [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/fr/event/foire-du-valais/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/fr/event/foire-du-valais/) Just adds “FR”. * These false links only appeared after I installed the plugin (nothing else has really change on the site for a long time.) * Any clue of getting rid of them? * [Geoff Graham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffgraham/) * (@geoffgraham) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356212) * Is the same true of the category URLs as well–does the multilingual plugin translate“ category” to “categorie”? The Events Calendar wouldn’t create that translation on its own, so I’m trying to figure out where it came from. * Thanks! Geoff * Thread Starter [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * (@verbier-kev) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356213) * So this event is in English and French. * [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/event/kermesse-de-verbier/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/event/kermesse-de-verbier/) Event Category:Verbier things to do * [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/fr/event/kermesse-de-verbier/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/fr/event/kermesse-de-verbier/) Événément **Catégorie**:Verbier things to do. * My site is in French and English but there is no automated translation of pages. I use Qtranslate as the plugin which just creates a FR blank page for me to add the FR text * [Geoff Graham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffgraham/) * (@geoffgraham) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/#post-6356214) * Did you create the “categorie” URL: [http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/](http://www.kartingextremeverbier.com/events/categorie/verbier-things-to-do/2015-08-21/) * As Nico pointed out, the calendar would not create that on it’s own. * If it exists in the system, then I imagine it’s possible you may have had a rule that translated category to categorie at some point in time, then reverted it back? * Either way, if the page no longer exists from the calendar’s point of view, then it should no longer exist on the site as a whole, assuming the calendar did create URL. In that case, it will take Google time (which is an uncertain amount) to clear those pages from its index. * Geoff Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘False events’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/the-events-calendar/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2516440) * [The Events Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar/reviews/) * 20 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [Kev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verbier-kev/) * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-events/page/2/#post-6356222) * Status: not resolved