Title: Draft settings
Last modified: January 12, 2025

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# Draft settings

 *  [Filip Ruml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filip258/)
 * (@filip258)
 * [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-settings/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I need some help and advice. We run a WooCommerce-based e-shop ([https://svitimprotebe.cz/eshop/](https://svitimprotebe.cz/eshop/))
   where we use **The SEO Framework** plugin. Besides the published products, we
   also have around 830 products saved as **drafts**. These draft products were 
   imported from XML feeds and will be published on the e-shop over time. Some of
   them are also products we’ve removed from sale.
 * However, when I check the **Redirection** plugin for 404 errors, I see that bots
   are crawling these draft products. This happens because the default setting for
   draft products in WooCommerce is **index/follow/archive**. As a result, these
   draft products are causing 404 errors or increasing the number of non-indexed
   pages in Google Search Console (GSC).
 * I was advised to set these products as **private**, so they wouldn’t be visible
   to any customers or visitors on the e-shop. Private products would then have 
   the **noindex/follow/archive** setting.
 * What do you think about this solution? How do you handle this situation in **
   The SEO Framework** plugin?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdraft-settings%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 * Last reply from: [Filip Ruml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filip258/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-settings/)
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