Alright, this is mega-uncool. Just found out that Disqus seems to index un-published posts in WordPress too. This is a major boo, and if not fixed ASAP will definitely get me off the service.
Daniel also supplied a Javascript parameter by email, which could help avoid this. I still don't understand however, why or how previewed posts in WP could, should or ought to even appear in Kaplak's page on Disqus.
Daniel Ha
· 1 year ago
A page view sends a request out to Disqus to tell us that we need to create a thread for a particular page.
Unfortunately, previewing a post in WordPress is the same as viewing a published post. Disqus doesn't discriminate against those types.
In the next version, we will attempt to determine whether the post has a published status and set the parameter automatically.
MortenBlaabjerg
· 1 year ago
Any timeline on the next version? Will I have to add the parameter to every post in order to avoid it showing up - or simply live with going in to the community page and removing pages there manually?
It gets me a bit uncomfortable, that readers may get incomplete posts or posts subject to later changes (I often write blogposts days, sometimes weeks or months in advance)
Daniel Ha
· 1 year ago
Yes, it's a priority.
You can either add the parameter or just not preview the post while making drafts.
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Daniel also supplied a Javascript parameter by email, which could help avoid this. I still don't understand however, why or how previewed posts in WP could, should or ought to even appear in Kaplak's page on Disqus.
Unfortunately, previewing a post in WordPress is the same as viewing a published post. Disqus doesn't discriminate against those types.
In the next version, we will attempt to determine whether the post has a published status and set the parameter automatically.
It gets me a bit uncomfortable, that readers may get incomplete posts or posts subject to later changes (I often write blogposts days, sometimes weeks or months in advance)
You can either add the parameter or just not preview the post while
making drafts.