Making a post invisible on the main page

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  macca202 · Member · Feb 28, 2015 at 8:46 am

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  Is it possible to take a new post off the new page?
  I’ve got a post that is out of context to my usual posts, but I don’t want to delete it or unpublish.
  I want to keep the existing link of the current post, rather than copying the content to a new page for archive.

  Thanks

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Feb 28, 2015 at 10:24 pm

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  Hi there!

  Your posts should move off the front page as you publish more content. You could reduce the number of posts displayed on a page to move it off the page quicker:

  https://capturedabroad.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-reading.php

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  macca202 · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 1:45 am

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  Hmm ok thanks, pitty there is no other way

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 4:03 am

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  Hmm ok thanks, pitty there is no other way

  Other alternatives:
  * Temporarily change the status of the post to draft.
  * Temporarily change the visibility of the post to private.

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 4:10 am

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  Or just don’t worry about it – publish a new Post that will push the dress down one – the way when folks visit your blog they will still see a “normal” Post

  Also use the “More” tag to make the dress Post short and not take up so much space on the front page – try putting the More Tag down at about a browser screen height so folks get by the dress quickly

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 4:40 am

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  * Make a couple of earlier posts sticky to push them above the post you want to hide. See the Sticky Posts section of the Post Visibility support page.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 5:31 am

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  Or change the date of the post prior to publishing: make it ten years old.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 5:44 am

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  @ raincoaster,
  That was my first thought, but that would modify the URL, and there was in the first post the stipulation

  I want to keep the existing link of the current post…

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 6:48 am

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  Actually, it doesn’t work that way when you set the time of publishing ahead. I don’t think it would work that way when you set the time of publishing in the past. It’s worth a try.