Disable Archive Pages
Disable unwanted archive pages like category, tag, author, date, and custom post type archives.
Disable Archive Pages ranks #12,150 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, and was last updated Jul 23, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last Updated
- Jul 23, 2025
- Requires WP
- 6.0+
- Tested Up To
- 6.8.9
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Kasper Knudsen
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- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to remove archive pages like categories, tags, authors, dates, and custom post types from their public site. It solves the problem of thin or duplicate archive content hurting SEO by making disabled archives return 404 errors and excluding them from XML sitemaps.
- Disable category archives
- Disable tag archives
- Disable author archives
- Disable date-based archives
- Disable custom taxonomy archives
- Disable custom post type archives
- Returns 404 for disabled archives
- Excludes disabled archives from sitemaps
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