Title: 404 Simple Redirect Author: JordiPlana Published: Gicurasi 16, 2012 Last modified: Ukwakira 1, 2012 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/404-simple-redirect.svg) # 404 Simple Redirect By [JordiPlana](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jordiplana/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/404-simple-redirect.1.2.zip) * [Details](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/404-simple-redirect/#description) * [Reviews](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/404-simple-redirect/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/404-simple-redirect/#installation) * [Development](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/404-simple-redirect/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/) ## Description This plugin hooks the normal WordPress workflow in order to determine if the request is processing will cause a 404 HTTP error. In that case it prevents WordPress to do any other processing and sends the user to the page defined in the plugin options. A working and simple solution. For more information about this plugin you can check [the official page](http://jordiplana.com/404-simple-redirect-plugin-for-wordpress). ## Installation 1. Download the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository, unzip and upload to the`/ wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Enjoy! ## FAQ **Scenario** Sites with high volume of content may have some moved, deleted or badly referenced content. This situation will cause a 404 http error. **Problem** In high performance sites the previously described situation can be a resource problem. It is not necessary that we load completely the site to show a 404 error page. **Solution** Loading a plain HTML page will result easier for our web server than loading a complete CMS instance. Installation Instructions 1. Download the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository, unzip and upload to the`/ wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Enjoy! What does the plugin? The plugin hooks the normal WordPress workflow in order to determine if the request is processing will cause a 404 HTTP error. Then it makes a redirection to the URL defined in the plugin settings. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “404 Simple Redirect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ JordiPlana ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jordiplana/) [Translate “404 Simple Redirect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/404-simple-redirect) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/404-simple-redirect/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/404-simple-redirect/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/404-simple-redirect/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/404-simple-redirect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2 * Fixed empty URL bug [+info](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-404-simple-redirect-url-required-or-you-get-a-blank-page) * Added localization #### 1.1 * Fixed typo errors * Added settings link from plugin page #### 1.0 * First version ## Meta * Version **1.2** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 2.7.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.4.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/404-simple-redirect/) * Tags * [404](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/404/)[error](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/error/) [http](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/http/)[redirect](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/) [redirection](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirection/) * [Advanced View](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/404-simple-redirect/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/404-simple-redirect/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ JordiPlana ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jordiplana/) ## Support Got something to say? 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