Title: Blocking posts
Last modified: September 21, 2018

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# Blocking posts

 *  Resolved [dmeissne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmeissne/)
 * (@dmeissne)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-posts/)
 * I have a simple web site with a few static pages and one “post” page where announcements
   are posted. wp-members is correctly blocking the static pages, but not the announcement
   page. I have read the documentation on why posts may not be blocked without additional
   work, but I’m confused – if posts are not blocked, then what does the “block 
   posts” setting do on the settings page? Does that setting only apply to the advanced
   version of the plugin, or does it have any effect with the regular plugin?

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 *  Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * (@cbutlerjr)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-posts/#post-10712500)
 * A “posts page” is not actually a “page” in the WordPress sense of the term. Instead,
   it displays a list of posts just like any other archive template.
 * There is more about how the plugin handles blocking content in the following:
   
   [https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/faqs/#block](https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/faqs/#block)
   [https://rocketgeek.com/blog/how-the-plugin-handles-blocking-content/](https://rocketgeek.com/blog/how-the-plugin-handles-blocking-content/)
 * If you have posts that you do not want to have displayed at all (i.e. not showing
   in an archive template), then set them to be “hidden”. “Hidden” can’t be used
   as a general setting for posts, but it can be set for posts individually either
   via the post editor or the bulk edit menu on the Posts > All Posts screen.

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 * Last reply from: [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-posts/#post-10712500)
 * Status: resolved