Title: Unlist Posts & Pages Author: Nikhil Chavan Published: 23. Maj 2017. Last modified: 24. Januar 2026. --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/unlist-posts/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2572054) ![](https://ps.w.org/unlist-posts/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2572054) # Unlist Posts & Pages By [Nikhil Chavan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikschavan/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/unlist-posts.1.1.9.zip) * [Details](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/#description) * [Reviews](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/#reviews) * [Installation](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/#installation) * [Development](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/) ## Description Unlisted means your post/page will not come up in search results or on anywhere else on your site. Only those who have the link of the post can view it just like any normal post on the site. The Post could still be seen by anyone, but only if they guess the link! The plugin updates MySQL query directly in WP_Query class of WordPress to leave out the posts which are unlisted by the user. As this modifies the core WP_Query, this also works very well with all the plugins which pull out posts/pages from database by using WP_Query, For eg. Posts slider plugins, [Advanced Posts](https://www.ultimatebeaver.com/modules/advanced-posts/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_campaign=unlist-posts&utm_medium=other-plugins) in [Ultimate Addon for Beaver Builder](https://www.ultimatebeaver.com/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_campaign=unlist-posts&utm_medium=other-plugins) etc. [Try it out on a free dummy site](https://bsf.io/unlist-posts-demo) #### Supported & Actively Developed Need help with something? Have an issue to report? [Get in touch](https://github.com/Nikschavan/unlist-posts). with us on GitHub. #### Limitations Of the Plugin * WP_Query has an a flag to ‘Suppress’ the filters. If any plugin is using this flag when querying the posts then the unlisted post will not be hidden in that plugin’s output. * Similarly if any plugin is using a custom MySQL query, then the unlisted posts will not be hidden from it’s output. ## Installation 1. Go to the _Plugins_ menu and click _Add New_. 2. Search for _Unlist Posts_. 3. Click _Install Now_ next to the _Unlist Posts_ plugin. 4. Activate the plugin. Just select option „Unlist Post“ in any post of any type and that post will be hidden from the whole site, it can be only accessed if you have the direct link to the post. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8445d2e450805d0983e6d1ebe6bb5e5214c8924fc6c1453a63728db8637da492? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin but not maintained and hides pages in the admin panel](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-but-not-maintained-and-hides-pages-in-the-admin-panel/)󠁿 [Manni02](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manni02/) 16. Decembar 2025. 1 reply First of all, thanks for a great plugin! I’ve been using it for a long time and it works very well overall. However, I have two problems with it: It has not been updated in a long time, not tested in the last three major versions, which means that Wordfence is soon going to flag it as an abandonned plug in. Please could you update the plugin so that we can keep using it? I use the plugin to hide some Learndash groups so that they are not visible in the front end (for example, in the Members’ Area of a membership website). While this works very well, it also prevents from listing the unlisted groups in the backend as well. For example, we can’t assign an unlisted group to a user when editing te WP user account. Please could you add an option to never unlist the pages/posts in the backend (admin panel), or to only unlist in the front end? Thank you, and keep up the good work! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4193e7893d9c9ab13408451df505c6109570f8ec3417fc0924c96809fcae37f2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful BUT not for a lot of posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-but-not-for-a-lot-of-posts/)󠁿 [djkano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djkano/) 24. August 2025. If you want to unlist lots of very old posts you have to edit every article one by one. There’s no a Bulk action in the posts lists to select various posts at once and mark them as unlisted. So if you have tens or hundreds of posts, it makes your life miserable. The action in Bulk checkboxes, could solve this. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/94831939874d0aba86bbb2a2d178103a83d1b3d200b35ce4bfd28ed945beb0f4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple, clean and just works.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-clean-and-just-works/)󠁿 [jleahy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jleahy/) 23. Januar 2025. 1 reply This is what WordPress plugins were intended for. Added and easy-to-use functionality. Thank you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13753a1741ade19501ce0a504b898d7243ddd9d439b309567359c74ee93131a9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-814/)󠁿 [Game Bai Slot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gamebaislot/) 10. Maj 2021. 1 reply Thankyou ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/037bba5e605b194efa792f047fe1bddbf02d914fb1acbd58a1d39389dc99e59b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excelente plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelente-plugin-725/)󠁿 [pedrojg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pedrojg/) 22. Maj 2020. 1 reply cumple con lo prometido es muy fácil de utilizar. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/052b1a8e703364edf0d61a02c47d9a047783d78582236dfe1e150e7c0788a2cc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works exactly as you’d wish.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-exactly-as-youd-wish/)󠁿 [Oscar Gonzalez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rakxzo/) 20. Novembar 2019. 1 reply This is simple, easy to use and works exactly as you’d expect it. Hope it doesn’t get forgotten with future updates. [ Read all 14 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Unlist Posts & Pages” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Nikhil Chavan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikschavan/) “Unlist Posts & Pages” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/unlist-posts/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Unlist Posts & Pages” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/unlist-posts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlist-posts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/unlist-posts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/unlist-posts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/unlist-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.9 * Improvement: Comments for unlisted posts were hidden, These should be displayed now. * Improvement: Make sure robots tag is noindex for unlisted posts when Rank Math plugin is active. #### 1.1.8 * Improvement: Updated the description of the plugin (props [@NekoJonez](https://github.com/NekoJonez)) #### 1.1.7 * Fix: Support translations on translate.wordpress.org. #### 1.1.6 * Fix: Unlisted post visible in preview/next post links. #### 1.1.5 * Fix: Compatibility with Yoast SEO’s robots tags options. Robots tags from Unlist Posts will override tag changes from Yoast SEO. #### 1.1.4 * Fix: Due to a bug unlisted posts were visible in the search results, which we have fixed now. #### 1.1.3 * Deprecated: wp_no_robots() has been deprecated. * Security: Use escaping for displaying unlist post description. #### 1.1.2 * Fix: Post metabox did not show the correct status if the post is unlisted or not in the classic editor. #### 1.1.1 * Improvement: Added the WordPress 5.6 compatibilty. #### 1.1.0 * New: Add post status filter to make it easier to find out the unlisted posts.( Props [@matthewmcvickar](https://github.com/matthewmcvickar) [#40](https://github.com/Nikschavan/unlist-posts/pull/40)) * Fix: Don’t save post status for the revision posts. #### 1.0.4 * Fix: unlist posts does not work in Ajax callbacks. (props [@makovetskiy](https://github.com/makovetskiy)) #### 1.0.3 * Fix: duplicate post ids being saved in the options array. #### 1.0.2 * New – Exclude the posts from wp_list_pages() #### 1.0.1 * New – Hide a page from search engines if it is unlisted. * New – Hide the post from comments query if it is unlisted. * Updated code architecture to be PHPCS compatible. #### 1.0.0 * Initial Release. ## Meta * Version **1.1.9** * Last updated **3 months ago** * Active installations **10.000+** * WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), [French (Canada)](https://fr-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/unlist-posts) * Tags * [hide posts](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hide-posts/)[post](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) * [Advanced View](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/unlist-posts/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 12 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 2 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/unlist-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Nikhil Chavan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikschavan/) ## Support Got something to say? 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