Unpublishing posts

  • Resolved ketanco

    (@ketanco)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    When I unpublish a post, (I may publish it again later), does it mean the contents of that post will cease to exist on the web? So the search engines will not see it?

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  • Moderator Yui

    (@fierevere)

    永子

    5 years, 5 months ago

    This wont happen immediately,
    once indexed your post will appear in search results,
    periodically search engines will attempt to reindex it.

    If they get 404 – Not found response, they can remove your post from search results.

    Thread Starter ketanco

    (@ketanco)

    5 years, 5 months ago

    I understand. But even if appearing in search results, if someone clicks it, its content will not be visible anymore right?

    Moderator Yui

    (@fierevere)

    永子

    5 years, 5 months ago

    If someone click it, they will be redirected to your site and will see a nice 404 – Not found page.

    Moderator Yui

    (@fierevere)

    永子

    5 years, 5 months ago

    Also it seems you have asked (almost) same thing twice,
    please continue in older topic: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-way-to-unnpublish/
    closing this one.

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