How to hide pages using Metafields by HulkApps

Did you know that you can hide some pages from being visible to everyone with our Master Metafields app? Here's a couple of reasons why you might want to hide certain pages from your visitors and Google.

Why hide pages on your website?

1. Testing New Designs or Content: You might be in the process of developing or testing a new page on your site that you're not ready to show to the public yet. You'd want to hide it from Google and your own navigation to keep it private until it's ready.

2. Seasonal or Event-Specific Pages: These could be pages that are only relevant at certain times of the year (like a Christmas sale page) or during specific events (like a Black Friday sale page). You might want to hide these pages during off-peak times to avoid confusing or frustrating your customers.

3. Members-Only or Subscription-Only Content: If you have content that's only for certain users (like subscribers, members, or customers who've made a certain amount of purchases), you might want to hide these pages from Google and your main navigation to make them feel more exclusive.

4. Limited Stock or Time-Sensitive Offers: If you have a page for a product with limited stock or a time-sensitive offer, you may want to hide this from Google and your navigation after the stock has run out or the offer has expired to prevent disappointment for users who find it after the fact.

5. Legal or Policy Pages: Certain legal pages, like terms of service or privacy policy pages, may be necessary for your website but not necessarily something you want appearing in Google SERPs or your site navigation.

6. A/B Testing: If you're conducting A/B testing on your site to optimize the user experience or conversions, you'll likely have duplicate versions of the same page. To avoid confusing users or being penalized by Google for duplicate content, you might want to hide the test versions from Google and your navigation.

7. Data Collection Forms: Pages that are solely meant for data collection, such as survey pages or feedback forms, may need to be hidden from SERPs and page navigation to prevent unsolicited or irrelevant submissions.

8. Incomplete or Broken Pages: If a page on your site is incomplete or broken, you'd want to hide it from Google and your navigation until you can fix it. Otherwise, it could frustrate users and harm your site's SEO.

Now let's cover how to do it. It takes less than 2 minutes. *psst* the secret is using Metafields...

How to hide pages using Metafields

All you have to do is create metafields and assign them to your pages. Let's say you want to hide a particular page.

And this is how it actually looks: 

Then click Save and enjoy your hidden page!