Requests to paginated views of the homepage should redirect to the homepage
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[Component] Learn Theme
[Type] Bug
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SEO
- Dominant language
- PHP
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- 127
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Description
URLs that request paginated views of the homepage, like https://learn.wordpress.org/page/4/ are publicly available but don't return a paginated state. This represents an SEO and analytics headache, which we should clean up.
All such requests should redirect to the homepage with a 301 HTTP status
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Research direction
Start by locating the routing or request handling for homepage paths matching /page/{number}/ and check how redirects are currently implemented. Verify that requests such as /page/4/ return a 301 redirect to the homepage, including any relevant request or routing tests if present.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100