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WordPress: Disable singular pages when creating a Custom Post Type

I've created a few Custom Post Types for my site. And some of them shouldn't have a viewable page in the front-end.

I saw, that there is an argument to prevent archives for Custom Post Types:

'has_archive' => false,

Is there anything like this for single front-end pages?

At the moment I create a 301 redirect for these Custom Post Types:

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'theme_redirects', 99 );

function theme_redirects() {
    if ( is_singular( 'post_type' ) ) {
     wp_redirect( home_url(), 301 );
         die();
  }
}

But for me, that's not an ideal situation.

Is there anything I could do instead of the redirects?

Solution

  • You can make use of the publicly_queryable option. It's the same as the has_archive option, but for single posts.

    Simply add this to your CPT config:

    'publicly_queryable' => false