[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:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Canonical     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by smerriman):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  worksforme =>


Comment:

 9 years later, finally a response, and you don't even follow the
 instructions :(

 I still replicate the behavior exactly as is:

 - create a Page, and set it as the posts page
 - visit this page, appending ?p=123456 to the end of the URL, to see a 200
 response.

 I don't know why in the testing instructions you changed this to append
 the author parameter instead.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37832#comment:7>
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