This free Plugin for WordPress and ClassicPress allows you to remove the automatically generated Archive Pages

Plugin Manual for Smart Archive Page Remove

Free Plugin for WordPress and ClassicPress

WordPress an ClassicPress help you organizing your posts. This is what makes a post different from a (more or less static) page.

WordPress and ClassicPress automatically create several archive pages for you:

Author Archive Pages

like e.g. example.com/blog/author/johndoe which lists all articles written by John Doe

Category Archive Pages

like e.g. example.com/blog/category/flowers which lists all articles in the category Flowers

Tag Archive Pages

like e.g. example.com/blog/tag/rose which lists all articles tagged with Rose

Daily Archive Pages

like e.g. example.com/blog/2023/01/01 which lists all articles written on January 1 in 2023

Monthly Archive Pages

like e.g. example.com/blog/2023/01 which lists all articles written in January 2023

Yearly Archive Pages

like e.g. example.com/blog/2023 which lists all articles written in 2023

The problem with archive pages

The problem with this automatically generated archive pages is that you can’t turn them off. WordPress and ClassicPress always generate them. Even if you do not want to use these Pages and you nowhere link to them, they still exist and they can be accessed by their automated generated URL.

The solution

The Smart Archive Page Remove  plugin adds a new item ‘Archive Pages’ in the ‘Settings’ section of your Admin Dashboard where you can remove the archives you do not need. Removed archive pages are no longer accessible and cause a 404 page not found error. Of course they can be restored anytime.

The settings

Smart Archive Page Remove Free Plugin for WordPress and ClassicPress