# Block crawlers from embedded topics only?

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**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-crawlers-from-embedded-topics-only/268916 "2023-06-19T15:34:53Z")\
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> [@haydenjames](#):
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> with the duplicate article

There isn’t any duplicates unless you have changed something.

Because of:

> [@pfaffman](#):
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> to the canonical version on your WP site

And:

> [@angus](#):
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> A topic embedded from Wordpress is functionally the same as any other embedded topic. The avenue of investigation you want to pursue is there, for example the origin of the `embed set canonical url` site setting and related discussions.

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