Hidden Pages

Sometimes you need a page to be accessible by URL but invisible in the sidebar. Holocron supports hiding at both the page and group level.

Hidden pages via frontmatter

Set hidden: true in the page's frontmatter:

1234---
title: Internal API Reference
hidden: true
---

The page is still rendered and accessible at its URL, but it does not appear in the sidebar navigation. Hidden pages are also excluded from the sitemap and emitted with robots=noindex.

Hidden groups

Set hidden: true on a group in docs.json:

12345{
  "group": "Internal",
  "hidden": true,
  "pages": ["internal/debug", "internal/metrics"]
}

All pages in the group are accessible by URL but the group is hidden from the sidebar.

Hidden tabs

Tabs also support hidden: true:

1234567{
  "tab": "Beta",
  "hidden": true,
  "groups": [
    { "group": "Beta Features", "pages": ["beta/feature-x"] }
  ]
}

Use cases

Internal pages that are linked from external tools but should not clutter the sidebar
Beta documentation shared via direct link before it is publicly visible
Legacy pages kept alive for old bookmarks without promoting them in navigation

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