Remove automatic blog pagination example: url+ ?page=2

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Request to address auto-generated blog pagination URLs (e.g., ?page=2) that are non-canonical. After increasing the maximum articles per page, these paginated URLs now display blank content but remain accessible.

  • Problem: Pagination created non-canonical URLs (url+?page=2), which persist despite no longer needed and show empty pages.
  • Change made: Increased posts-per-page limit to consolidate content onto the main blog page, leaving old paginated URLs without content.
  • Goal: Remove these URLs entirely or ensure they point to a canonical URL so only the original base URL is indexed.
  • Scope: Specific affected pages are provided but redacted.

No solution or action is confirmed yet; the discussion is open. “Canonical URL” refers to the preferred URL indicated to search engines to avoid duplicate or unnecessary indexing.

Summarized with AI on February 4. AI used: gpt-5.
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On my site: REDACTED.

I added articles to the blog, it automatically produced me a page 2 with a non-canonical url: (url+?page=2). Then I expanded the maximum number of articles per page. And I was left with the non-canonical pages blank.
I would like to delete this url address so that only the original url is kept.
Or transform address to a canonical url.

pages affected:

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