diff --git a/addons/website_blog/controllers/main.py b/addons/website_blog/controllers/main.py
index c994d5014fa..cca44be1b2c 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/website_blog/controllers/main.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class WebsiteBlog(http.Controller):
             step=self._blog_post_per_page,
         )
 
-        all_tags = blog and blogs.all_tags()[blog.id] or blogs.all_tags(join=True)
+        all_tags = blogs.all_tags(join=True) if not blog else blogs.all_tags().get(blog.id, request.env['blog.tag'])
         tag_category = sorted(all_tags.mapped('category_id'), key=lambda category: category.name.upper())
         other_tags = sorted(all_tags.filtered(lambda x: not x.category_id), key=lambda tag: tag.name.upper())
 
diff --git a/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py b/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py
index 733bafc3a7f..4341966caf7 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py
+++ b/addons/website_blog/models/website_blog.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class BlogPost(models.Model):
 
     def _check_for_publication(self, vals):
         if vals.get('is_published'):
-            for post in self:
+            for post in self.filtered(lambda p: p.active):
                 post.blog_id.message_post_with_view(
                     'website_blog.blog_post_template_new_post',
                     subject=post.name,
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ class BlogPost(models.Model):
 
     def write(self, vals):
         result = True
+        # archiving a blog post, unpublished the blog post
+        if 'active' in vals and not vals['active']:
+            vals['is_published'] = False
         for post in self:
             copy_vals = dict(vals)
             published_in_vals = set(vals.keys()) & {'is_published', 'website_published'}
diff --git a/addons/website_blog/security/website_blog_security.xml b/addons/website_blog/security/website_blog_security.xml
index 79cfbbe6074..7544dc75338 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/security/website_blog_security.xml
+++ b/addons/website_blog/security/website_blog_security.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@
         <field name="groups" eval="[(4, ref('base.group_public')), (4, ref('base.group_portal'))]"/>
     </record>
 
+    <record model="ir.rule" id="website_blog_public">
+        <field name="name">Blog: active only</field>
+        <field name="model_id" ref="model_blog_blog"/>
+        <field name="domain_force">[('active', '=', True)]</field>
+        <field name="groups" eval="[(4, ref('base.group_public')), (4, ref('base.group_portal'))]"/>
+    </record>
+
 </odoo>
diff --git a/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_views.xml b/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_views.xml
index 15605473167..c28c6cb6325 100644
--- a/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_views.xml
+++ b/addons/website_blog/views/website_blog_views.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Blog Post">
                     <sheet>
-                        <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
+                        <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box" attrs="{'invisible': [('active', '=', False)]}">
                             <field name="is_published" widget="website_redirect_button"/>
                         </div>
                         <widget name="web_ribbon" title="Archived" bg_color="bg-danger" attrs="{'invisible': [('active', '=', True)]}"/>