Hide Web Stories in Search Results

  • Resolved chefmolly

    (@chefmolly)


    3 years, 10 months ago

    I’ve been experimenting with making a couple of web stories, which has been going well, but the other day I noticed that when you search for something on my site, the web stories appear in the search results just like they are regular posts. For example, if you search for puff pastry on my website http://www.vanillabeancuisine.com, my Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls web story appears in the results as well as my Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls actual post. I don’t want the web stories in the search results–it’s confusing, and not what the user is searching for. How can I prevent these from showing up in search results?

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  • Plugin Support Luckyna San

    (@luckynasan)

    3 years, 10 months ago

    @chefmolly Thank you for your topic. Glad to hear your experience with creating Web Stories is going well thus far.

    The Web Stories plugin by default enables stories to appear in search, but you can install this example plugin if you prefer stories don’t appear in the site search at all

    Thread Starter chefmolly

    (@chefmolly)

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Luckyna! Thanks so much for your speedy response. Forgive me for not being particularly technical though–I’ve only ever added a plugin after searching for it in WordPress and clicking activate. How do I add the mini-plugin? It looks like there is a bunch of code to copy somewhere? Thank you!

    Plugin Support Luckyna San

    (@luckynasan)

    3 years, 10 months ago

    @chefmolly Once you follow the link for the example plugin, click on Download ZIP.

    Navigate to WordPress Plugins > Add new > Upload plugin > Choose file > upload the file you downloaded from GitHub above > Install Now.

    Please let me know if there are any issues.

    Thread Starter chefmolly

    (@chefmolly)

    3 years, 10 months ago

    Perfect! I followed your instructions, and it works perfectly. Thanks so much for getting back to me. I really appreciate it!

    Plugin Support Luckyna San

    (@luckynasan)

    3 years, 10 months ago

    @chefmolly Wonderful to hear and glad to assist! We will mark this topic as resolved. If you have a quick moment, could you please leave a review about your experience with the Web Stories plugin? It truly would make my day.

    Thanks again for reaching out!

    Thread Starter chefmolly

    (@chefmolly)

    3 years, 10 months ago

    You got it! Just wrote my review. Thanks again for your help!

    sbarker13

    (@sbarker13)

    3 years, 9 months ago

    It would be great if there was a way to do this without needing yet another plugin =(

    Plugin Author Pascal Birchler

    (@swissspidy)

    3 years, 9 months ago

    @sbarker13 We hear you! We’re actively working on improving appearance of stories throughout your site, including re-thinking if/how they are displayed in your site’s search results. You can subscribe to this ticket for any updates.

    Plugin Support Luckyna San

    (@luckynasan)

    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hello, @chefmolly! Just a friendly follow-up that version 1.4.0 of Web Stories for WordPress has been released which now excludes stories from WordPress search results. Please update to the newest version and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. Thanks!

    Thread Starter chefmolly

    (@chefmolly)

    3 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks so much, Luckyna!

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