Rating: 2 stars
The plugin works great, as described.
However, here is Google’s advice on the subject: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181708
Returning a code other than 404 or 410 for a non-existent page (or redirecting users to another page, such as the homepage, instead of returning a 404) can be problematic. Firstly, it tells search engines that there’s a real page at that URL. As a result, that URL may be crawled and its content indexed. Because of the time Googlebot spends on non-existent pages, your unique URLs may not be discovered as quickly or visited as frequently and your site’s crawl coverage may be impacted (also, you probably don’t want your site to rank well for the search query [File not found]).
We recommend that you always return a 404 (Not found) or a 410 (Gone) response code in response to a request for a non-existing page. You can improve the user experience by configuring your site to display a custom 404 page when returning a 404 response code. For example, you could create a page containing a list of your most popular pages, or a link to your home page, or a feedback link. But it’s important to remember that it’s not enough to just create a page that displays a 404 message.
We ran this plugin for years. Google recently emailed us to complain about too many redirects which is a big problem for mobile users, and when we removed this plugin, we got a second email about all the sudden 404 errors. We checked and many of the links Google was still trying to check on were over 10 years old. Regret using.
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Plugin works great, it would be greater if after a few seconds it apply the redirect. so google and other users and bots see the 404 page which is a must for SEO. so it needs to redirect to home page after a few seconds.
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Works very well, just as the name says!
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Thank you – simple plugin perfect for quick setup.
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This is a great plugin to use for new sites that have old indexed pages, commonly misspelled domain/website names or for any other website. One of my essential plugins!
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Very good!
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This is the incorrect way to handle a 404. You can specify a custom 404 page right in your .htaccess file. It’s nice that there is a plugin for those that don’t want to or don’t know how to manage a .htaccess file, but this plugin does it in the wrong way.
The problem is it forwards the visitor to your “404” page, but the status code it gives is 200. So if old pages are indexed in Google, even though you are taking them to your custom 404 page, you’re telling Google that the original page actually exists. It’s inconsistent. It needs to give a 404 status.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2409443/?ctx=MCE&ctx=S4&hl=en&authuser=1
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The plugin does not work if you want to redirect to an https page, only http.
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I would have liked it to cache the 404 redirects, so that it would be faster each time.
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Love this plugin and have it installed on all my sites. You can define a specific page for all 404 errors to be directed to or just use the homepage. Awesome!
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Works at it should.
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Good work
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Its a nice one.
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Usefully plugin, decrease 404 error page
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great plugin, love this one
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Thanks for the great plugin, nothing else is as good as this one.
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Redirecting a 404 page to the start page is an SEO disaster. Google wants the 404 page to be there, but be useful to the user( ie. you can add a search box, categories on your site, etc.; ie tips to help the user find what they were looking for). But redirecting to the start page is a no-no.
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Its a good plugin for improving on page seo factors by redirecting 404 pages to the home page. Very nice..
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Used 404 to Start and redirected to a custom 404 page, no problems.
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It works and it’s very useful ??
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good job!
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Thank you for creating this! Works perfect with 3.5.1
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Plugin crashes when attempting to save settings.
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This plugin do this work ??
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I’m correcting my earlier negative review. The plugin has since been updated and now works. Thanks for continuing to support this plugin!
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