Can I publish and hide a blog on my site for SEO purposes?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Goal: Keep blog posts published for SEO while hiding them from on-site navigation.

Key guidance:

  • Remove the Blog link from your navigation menu. Customers won’t see blog pages unless they have the direct URL.
  • No blog app is required for this. No theme code edits are needed.
  • How-to resources were shared: Shopify’s Menus and Links editor and a YouTube tutorial explaining the steps.
  • Optional: Use the MenuQoL app to temporarily hide menu items, which can be useful if you plan to re-enable them later without rebuilding the menu.

Outcome: Practical steps provided to hide blog links while leaving posts published. The approach aligns with the goal of keeping content live yet not visible in standard navigation.

Status: Addressed with clear options; no unresolved questions noted.

Summarized with AI on December 14. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi there, can I publish a blog but hide it from my navigation? Do I require a blog app? I want my blogs to be published and crawled for organic SEO but I do not want customers to navigate to them when on my site. Thank you.

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Hi @karensshop ,

I would suggest to take out the links that would route the customers to the blogs. The customer wont be able to see those blogs unless they will know the link

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Hello @karensshop ,

You can simply remove the “blog” link from your navigation menu.

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Thanks, I’m not sure how to remove the links in the code?

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Hi @karensshop ,

You can follow the instructions in the video below. Complete instructions here.

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Hi @karensshop , you can also temporarily hide navigation menu items with MenuQoL. Saves you the work of rebuilding the menu later.