Hi! I have an astrology-based website on WordPress where I post monthly and weekly horoscopes. This requires me to create 12 new posts every week for the weekly horoscopes, and an additional 12 posts each month for the monthly horoscopes. As a result, a lot of data and articles are stored on my server, most of which become irrelevant to readers shortly after they’re posted.
I’ve noticed that competitors like AstroStyle and AstrologyZone seem to manage this differently—once the dates pass, their old horoscopes are no longer accessible. What happens to them? If I unlist the posts, I’m concerned it will cause 404 errors.
What is the easiest way to create regular posts on the same topic without overwhelming my site? Should I create a set of templates for each zodiac sign for the weekly and monthly horoscopes and just update the text accordingly, rather than generating a new post every time? Would this be a better approach to managing horoscope content?
Just guessing here but they may set the posts to auto expire on a certain date or they may just clean them up manually. You could always set up 301 redirects if you are worried about 404 pages.
I would use a custom post type with a date or date range custom field. Then setup a custom query loop that compares the date field against the current date. Then past horoscopes would not be visible to regular users via site links. But they would still be there and would exist in the site map.
I would use MetaBox and its Twig engine for that View. It’s somewhat complicated and requires coding.
Perhaps, there are easier ways but I like MetaBox Views.