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[Resolved] Excluding content from site search results / archive

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Problem:

I just came across this tickbox setting on post type -

exclude_from_search
Whether to exclude posts with this post type from search results.

Would this exclude items from the websites search?

Solution:

The option "exclude_from_search" works for wordpress built-in search page, see document:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type#exclude_from_search

Whether to exclude posts with this post type from front end search results.

There isn't such kind of feature to include/exclude in web/google search, you might consider creating your custom robots.txt file:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062596?hl=en

Relevant Documentation:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type#exclude_from_search

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Last updated by leilaG 6 years, 1 month ago.

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#1149986

Following on from closed ticket #1138852

I just came across this tickbox setting on post type -

exclude_from_search
Whether to exclude posts with this post type from search results.

Would this exclude items from the websites search?

We have some content types that we would like to:

Type 1. Exclude from website WordPress search and exclude from web/google search
Type 2. Exclude from website WordPress search and include in web/google search

How do we achieve this?

#1150405

Hi,

The option "exclude_from_search" works for wordpress built-in search page, see document:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type#exclude_from_search
Whether to exclude posts with this post type from front end search results.

There isn't such kind of feature to include/exclude in web/google search, you might consider creating your custom robots.txt file:
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#1153037

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

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