[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4994: Stale themes should be noindex'd

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#4994: Stale themes should be noindex'd
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low              |   Milestone:
Component:  Theme Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  seo              |
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Comment (by jonoaldersonwp):

 Ah, good question! I just piggybacked on the number in the notification
 banner, but would be happy with any sensible value.

 How long does it take a theme to (likely) go 'stale'? I wonder if a year
 isn't long enough, and that we might end up impacting the visibility of
 valid-but-outdated themes? I also wonder if that time-to-stale might
 change radically over the course of adoption of Gutenberg, and also,
 decrease over time as block support proliferates...

 Are there other opinions/policies on this?

 Noindex'ing them also removes them from internal search, right? So we
 should probably be careful to avoid false-positives.

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