Smart Custom 404 error page [404page]byPeter Raschendorfer

Version: 11.4.4

Create your custom 404 error page the easy way! No coding. Works with most Themes.

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Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
Minimal impact on pagespeed The impact of this plugin on PageSpeed is less than the average impact of other plugins on WordPress.org + 1000 milliseconds
No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found no PHP error while activating this plugin on our server
No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
Latest PHP 8.1.12 compatible WP Hive automated test found the plugin fully compatible with the latest version of PHP
Latest WordPress 6.3.1 compatible WP Hive automated test found the plugin fully compatible with the latest version of WordPress
Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
Frequently updated The plugin was updated at least once in the last 90 days

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The database server is MySQL 10.6.10 and the default PHP memory limit is 512M.

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About Smart Custom 404 error page [404page]

Description

With 100,000+ active installations the 404page plugin is the most used plugin to create a customized 404 error page in WordPress. Bringing visitors to your website takes time and effort. Every visitor is important. The default 404 error page of most themes do not provide any information on what to find on your site. A first tme visitor, who does....

With 100,000+ active installations the 404page plugin is the most used plugin to create a customized 404 error page in WordPress.

Bringing visitors to your website takes time and effort. Every visitor is important. The default 404 error page of most themes do not provide any information on what to find on your site. A first tme visitor, who does not know you, is left in a dead end and leaves your website. Set up a helpful custom 404 error page to keep him on your site.

This handy plugin allows you to easily create your own 404 error page without any effort and it works with almost every theme.

Usage

Create your custom 404 error page just like any other page using the WordPress Page Editor. Then go to ‘Appearance’ -> ‘404 Error Page’ and select the created page as your custom 404 error page. That’s it!

Why use this plugin?

Different from other similar plugins the 404page plugin does not create redirects. That’s quite important because a correct code 404 is delivered which tells search engines that the page does not exist and has to be removed from the index.

Different from other similar plugins the 404page plugin does not create additional server requests.

Requirements

The only requirement for this plugin is that you change the Permalink Structure in ‘Settings’ -> ‘Permalinks’ to anything else but ‘Plain’. This also activates the WordPress 404 error handling.

Docs & Support

Plugin Manual

Support Forum

Videos

A brief Introduction to the free WordPress Plugin 404page

A quick Overview over the Advanced Settings

“Force 404 error after loading page” explained

“Disable URL Autocorrecton Guessing” explained

“Send HTTP Status Code 410 for trashed objects” explained

“Compatibility Mode” explained

Compatibility

The 404page plugin was sucessfully tested by the author with the following themes

Athena
Customizr (Read more about Customizr Compatibility Mode)
evolve
GeneratePress
Graphene
Hemingway
Hueman
Responsive
Spacious
Sparkling
Sydney
Twenty Ten
Twenty Eleven
Twenty Twelve
Twenty Thirteen
Twenty Fourteen
Twenty Fifteen
Twenty Sixteen
Twenty Seventeen
Twenty Nineteen
Twenty Twenty
Vantage
Virtue
Zerif Lite

The 404page plugin was sucessfully tested by the author with the following starter themes

Bones
JointsWP
undersores

The 404page plugin was sucessfully tested by the author with the following plugins

bbPress
BuddyPress
DW Question & Answer
hashtagger
Page Builder by SiteOrigin
Polylang
User Submitted Posts
WooCommerce
WP Super Cache (Read more about WP Super Cache Compatibility)
WPML WordPress Multilingual Plugin (officially approved by WPML team)

For developers

Action Hook

The plugin adds an action hook 404page_after_404 which you can use to add extra functionality. The exact position the action occurs after an 404 error is detected depends on the Operating Method. Your function must not generate any output. There are no parameters.

Constant

If the 404page plugin is installed and activated it defines the PHP constant PP_404. Check existence of it to detect the 404page plugin.

Functions

The Plugin provides the following functions:

pp_404_is_active() to check if there is a custom 404 page selected and the selected page exists
pp_404_get_page_id() to get the ID of the 404 page
pp_404_get_all_page_ids() to get an array of page IDs in all languages

Native Mode

If you are a theme developer you can add native support for the 404page plugin to your theme for full control. Read more.

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This plugin is compatible with ClassicPress.

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Performance

Memory Usage

Average memory usage is0.75 KB
This is less than99%plugins

Page Speed

Average page loading time is increased by 0.05 s
This is faster than99%plugins

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- 0.05s

/(front page)

- 0.07s

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

- 0.03s

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 0.02s

/wp-admin/edit.php

- 0.01s

/wp-admin/index.php

- 0.07s

/wp-admin/media-new.php

- 0.07s

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 0.03s

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

+ 0.07s

/wp-admin/post-new.php

- 0.21s

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

- 0.06s

/wp-admin/upload.php

- 0.13s

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Change

Average Change

+ 0.75KB

/ (front page)

+ 2.15KB

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

+ 2.15KB

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 4.32KB

/wp-admin/edit.php

+ 4.32KB

/wp-admin/index.php

+ 4.32KB

/wp-admin/media-new.php

+ 3.67KB

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 2.2KB

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

+ 1.13KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php

- 8.79KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

- 9.35KB

/wp-admin/upload.php

+ 2.15KB

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WP-Options

The plugin has added 1 additional options to your WordPress website.

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Smart Custom 404 error page [404page]byPeter Raschendorfer

Version : 11.4.4

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1181

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About Smart Custom 404 error page [404page]

Description

Usage

Why use this plugin?

Requirements

Docs & Support

Videos

Compatibility

The 404page plugin was sucessfully tested by the author with the following themes

The 404page plugin was sucessfully tested by the author with the following starter themes

The 404page plugin was sucessfully tested by the author with the following plugins

For developers

Action Hook

Constant

Functions

Native Mode

Do you like this plugin?

Plugin Privacy Information

ClassicPress

More plugins from Peter

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