Take control of your site's 404 Page Not Found error response with this simple, lightweight and core-friendly plugin.<\/p>\n\n
Out of the box, WordPress treats 404 pages as a technical matter, with themes encouraged to include a hard-coded 404 pages have become a space for websites and publishers to have a little fun, putting a smile on visitors' faces as their journey is halted. They can also serve a useful navigational purpose, guiding users to the site's latest or most popular content, or offering a search box.<\/p>\n\n By using WordPress's built-in Pages feature, you can design and serve a feature-rich 404 page, making full use of WordPress content and navigation blocks. And you can edit and maintain it as easily as any other Page.<\/p>\n\n Just activate this plugin, then select your desired Page from the dropdown list on the Settings → Reading page.<\/p>\n\n Developer documentation and source code are available on GitHub.<\/p>\n\n This plugin uses modern build tooling for development.<\/p>\n\n Source code is publicly available at:\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/rareview\/page-as-404<\/p>\n\n JavaScript and CSS assets are compiled for distribution.\nThe uncompiled source code and build instructions can be found in the repository above.<\/p>\n\n Typical development workflow:<\/p>\n\n PHP dependencies are managed with Composer for development purposes only.\nThe distributed plugin includes only the compiled assets required at runtime.<\/p>\n\n\n No. The plugin removes your designated 404 page from generated lists of Pages including on-site search results, blocks\/widgets, REST API queries, and Your 404 Page is just a normal Page.<\/p><\/dd>\n A standard 404 error code is served, unless you access the URL of the Page itself - in which case, it will be a 200 success message.<\/p><\/dd>\n There is no Settings page; just an extra dropdown on the existing Settings > Reading page. The 404 Page itself exists as a normal Page, and can be found among your site's Pages.<\/p><\/dd>\n Once a Page has been selected, any calls to the 404 template are intercepted, and replaced by a request for the selected 404 Page. If your theme contains a 404.php<\/code> template. But that means it's difficult for site owners to make changes.<\/p>\n\nDevelopment<\/h3>\n\n
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composer install<\/code><\/li>\ncomposer lint<\/code><\/li>\ncomposer format<\/code><\/li>\nnpm install<\/code><\/li>\nnpm run watch<\/code> or npm run build<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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Will my 404 Page show up in other unwanted contexts?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
sitemap.xml<\/code>. A noindex<\/code> tag is added to the page header, asking external search engines to ignore it.<\/p><\/dd>\nWill my 404 Page work with...<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What error code is served?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Where is the Settings page for this plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What happens with my theme's 404 template?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
404.php<\/code> template, it will be ignored.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhere are all the Pro features?<\/h3><\/dt>\n