[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37832: Using ?p=xxx on a posts page with an invalid post ID does not return a 404 status

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#37832: Using ?p=xxx on a posts page with an invalid post ID does not return a 404
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 Reporter:  smerriman     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Steps to replicate:

 - Create a page and set it as the posts page.
 - Visit this page with ?p=123456 (an invalid ID) added.

 WordPress will return whatever 'no results found' message you have in the
 theme, but with a 200 status.

 The handle_404 function seems to have been set up to always give a 200
 status if is_home() returns true. This should not apply if you're
 overriding the query in some way via the URL.

 Somehow many of these URLs have been detected by Google on a site of ours
 and are being reported as soft 404s. How they were found is one thing, but
 WordPress should not be returning a 200 status regardless.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37832>
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