Hello!
I am not familiar with using a 410 status code. Are there some articles or documentation pages that recommend using this code over 404?
If so, I might consider adding a filter that allows you to customize the status code the plugin returns.
Thread Starter
RadCon
(@radcon)
Hello 🙂
If we follow best practices, here is what we should do:
• If the pages existed at some point, and now have logical direct equivalents, we must redirect the request (with a 301) to the new URLs.
• If the pages existed at some point, don’t any more, don’t have a direct equivalent and will never exist again, we should return a 410.
• If the pages never existed, we should return a 404.
We’re in the 2nd case.
The most important thing being that, according to my personal observations, Google de-indexes pages with a 410 status much more quickly and permanently.
Hoping to modestly contribute to making this extension even cooler than it already is.
Best regards,
Florence.
