diff --git a/core/server/services/slack.js b/core/server/services/slack.js
index 7413eaf8b8..277edb7beb 100644
--- a/core/server/services/slack.js
+++ b/core/server/services/slack.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function ping(post) {
     if (slackSettings && slackSettings.url && slackSettings.url !== '') {
         slackSettings.username = slackSettings.username ? slackSettings.username : 'Ghost';
         // Only ping when not a page
-        if (post.page) {
+        if (post.type === 'page') {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/core/server/services/xmlrpc.js b/core/server/services/xmlrpc.js
index d8d5220418..b46b4bc795 100644
--- a/core/server/services/xmlrpc.js
+++ b/core/server/services/xmlrpc.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function ping(post) {
         title = post.title,
         url = urlService.getUrlByResourceId(post.id, {absolute: true});
 
-    if (post.page || config.isPrivacyDisabled('useRpcPing') || settingsCache.get('is_private')) {
+    if (post.type === 'page' || config.isPrivacyDisabled('useRpcPing') || settingsCache.get('is_private')) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/test/unit/services/slack_spec.js b/core/test/unit/services/slack_spec.js
index 45f10482de..5db5dd859a 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/services/slack_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/services/slack_spec.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('Slack', function () {
         });
 
         it('does not make a request if post is a page', function () {
-            const post = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createPost({page: true});
+            const post = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createPost({type: 'page'});
             isPostStub.returns(true);
             settingsCacheStub.withArgs('slack').returns(slackObjWithUrl);