Why is this wordpress admin page URL a 403

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1

Google Search Console reports that

https://billbennett.co.nz/wp-admin/index.php

gets a 403 code.

It’s a hangover from when I moved the site from WordPress. Is there are reason why it gets a 403 and not a 404?

2

It’s because the page ends in php. Ghost doesn’t use PHP, which is why it issues the 403 response.

3

Thanks. Can I get rid of it? It doesn’t appear on my list of pages or posts. And while we’re at it, could there be other unnecessary pages which came over from WordPress?

4

In Ghost, your links will be determined by your published content and redirects (if configured).

Outside of that, these other links are likely from other pages that Google is crawling. The 403 response prevents Google from indexing these pages, which is desired. Over time, these errors should resolve themselves.

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