Noindex URLs with unapproved comment parameter

[jdevalk]

When you leave a comment on a site and that comment goes into moderation, by default, WordPress redirects you to the post permalink, with an unapproved and a moderation-hash parameter. This means that a comment that is not approved can be visible on the frontend of a site, and still be indexed, because those URLs are not noindexed by WordPress.

More details in my blog post, especially the aside.

• I've read and understood the contribution guidelines.
• I've searched for any related issues and avoided creating a duplicate issue.

Please give us a description of what happened

To Reproduce

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Make sure all comments go to moderation.
2. Leave a comment on a post.
3. See that you're redirect to a post with the unapproved parameter.
4. See that the URL is not noindex'ed.

Expected results

The URL should be noindex'ed.

[jdevalk]

Note I've created a similar ticket for WP core.

[josevarghese]

Hi Joost,

Thanks for the detailed feature request.

I escalated the feature request to the respective team last week and am currently awaiting an update from the development team. In the meantime, I noticed that the PR (WordPress/wordpress-develop#8070) has been merged into the Core. As a result, I have asked the team to check if any changes are required in the plugin code.