Can You Unpublish a Page in WordPress?

In general, you can’t unpublished a WordPress page. However, there are a few exceptions. If your page is in the trash, you can delete it and it will be unpublished. If you delete a page and it has been published, WordPress will create a new page with the same name, but it will be unpublished.

If you delete a page that has been unpublished, WordPress will create a new page with the same name, but it will be published. Finally, you can unpublished a page if you delete the entire blog.