If you write the occasional sponsored post or post written more for SEO than readers, you may not want the visibility of these posts to be the same as a regular blog post. This issue typically comes up when you need to earn a few extra dollars, and are tempted to write some unrelated sponsored posts, but don’t want to lose your readership over it. There is an easy solution… well if you are on WordPress there is.
The number one concern most bloggers will have is keeping these posts off their Feeds. Having “Super Spammy Blog Post” show up in readers emails or feed readers is a sure way to get unsubscribed fast. This plug-in will give you the option to block individual post from your feed, with one click.
The next biggest concern is not having “Super Spammy Blog Post” prominently displayed at the top of your front page. Heck it would be better is it never even appeared on the homepage at all. This could be handled by making other posts sticky until, the post rotates down or off the home page, but that is not an ideal solution. This plug-in will exclude selected posts from showing on your homepage.
In most cases, blocking the posts from showing up in your feed and front page should be sufficient. If you have written something truly embarrassing, and want to hide evidence of it from your categories, archives, tags, author pages or even search results, that can also be done with this WordPress plug-in. Of course if it is that bad, maybe you shouldn’t be publishing it at all.
The name of this plug-in is WP Hide Post.
Here is a screen shot of the box it provides on your WordPress dashboard. As you can see, a simple click will exclude a post from homepage, feed or one of many other options.
Many times, sponsored posts fit in wonderfully with your blog, and should be fully showcased. Sometimes, the sponsor is working with you specifically to access your reader base. In these cases, you will most likely not want to limit the visibility of posts. Keep in mind what your sponsor is looking for, and why they are working with you.
