diff --git a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py
index 5006320f52a..fc9af7d1812 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py
+++ b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_channel.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
         'slide.channel.tag', 'slide_channel_tag_rel', 'channel_id', 'tag_id',
         string='Tags', help='Used to categorize and filter displayed channels/courses')
     # slides: promote, statistics
-    slide_ids = fields.One2many('slide.slide', 'channel_id', string="Slides and categories")
+    slide_ids = fields.One2many('slide.slide', 'channel_id', string="Slides and categories", context={'active_test': False})
     slide_content_ids = fields.One2many('slide.slide', string='Slides', compute="_compute_category_and_slide_ids")
     slide_category_ids = fields.One2many('slide.slide', string='Categories', compute="_compute_category_and_slide_ids")
     slide_last_update = fields.Date('Last Update', compute='_compute_slide_last_update', store=True)
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
         to_activate = self.filtered(lambda channel: not channel.active)
         res = super(Channel, self).toggle_active()
         if to_archive:
+            to_archive.is_published = False
             to_archive.mapped('slide_ids').action_archive()
         if to_activate:
             to_activate.with_context(active_test=False).mapped('slide_ids').action_unarchive()
diff --git a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py
index 5c4596db921..13d65b6ad7e 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py
+++ b/addons/website_slides/models/slide_slide.py
@@ -466,6 +466,14 @@ class Slide(models.Model):
             category.channel_id._move_category_slides(category, False)
         super(Slide, self).unlink()
 
+    def toggle_active(self):
+        # archiving/unarchiving a channel does it on its slides, too
+        to_archive = self.filtered(lambda slide: slide.active)
+        res = super(Slide, self).toggle_active()
+        if to_archive:
+            to_archive.filtered(lambda slide: not slide.is_category).is_published = False
+        return res
+
     # ---------------------------------------------------------
     # Mail/Rating
     # ---------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/addons/website_slides/tests/test_slide_utils.py b/addons/website_slides/tests/test_slide_utils.py
index b4e58b0bbfd..6510b26cbd0 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/tests/test_slide_utils.py
+++ b/addons/website_slides/tests/test_slide_utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ class TestSlidesManagement(slides_common.SlidesCase):
         self.assertEqual(categorized_slides[2]['total_slides'], 0)
         self.assertEqual(categorized_slides[2]['category'], new_category)
 
+    @users('user_manager')
+    def test_archive(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.channel.active)
+        self.assertTrue(self.channel.is_published)
+        for slide in self.channel.slide_ids:
+            self.assertTrue(slide.active, "All slide should be archived when a channel is archived")
+            self.assertTrue(slide.is_published, "All slide should be unpublished when a channel is archived")
+
+        self.channel.toggle_active()
+        self.assertFalse(self.channel.active)
+        self.assertFalse(self.channel.is_published)
+
+        for slide in self.channel.slide_ids:
+            self.assertFalse(slide.active, "All slides should be archived when a channel is archived")
+            if not slide.is_category:
+                self.assertFalse(slide.is_published, "All slides should be unpublished when a channel is archived, except categories")
+            else:
+                self.assertTrue(slide.is_published, "All slides should be unpublished when a channel is archived, except categories")
 
 class TestSequencing(slides_common.SlidesCase):