Unlisted posts vanish from the REST API
Unlisting a post removes it from the REST API and breaks headless front ends, while some owners want it kept in the API.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 8 January 2022 · last reported 5 March 2024
What's going wrong
Site owners who run WordPress as a headless content source report that unlisting a post also removes it from the REST API, so their front-end site shows a 404 error.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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