Return 410 Gone HTTP response for deleted posts/pages

[voyagerfan5761]

Deleted content should be treated differently from content that never existed. WordPress could be enhanced by returning a 410 Gone response to requests for posts or pages that have been deleted.

As I currently envision the solution, bits of old content (like a slug) would have to remain in the database after deletion.

Using WordPress 2.8.5; could not find any references to this in pre-existing Trac tickets in Core.

[scribu]

I don't think it's worth storing old data in the DB just for this.

At most, 410 could be sent for posts and comments that are currently in the trash.

[solarissmoke]

​http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-410/

[jeremyfelt]

Replying to scribu:

I don't think it's worth storing old data in the DB just for this.

Agreed. I think this is good plugin territory.