404s on .jpg.webp files

  • Resolved AmDev1

    (@amdev1)


    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi
    The redirection plugin was deleted in error from my site. After finding this out, the site was rolled back to an earlier version – i.e. fully restored from a previous backup.

    Anyway, since rankings & organic traffic has nosedived – it may or may not be related – I just don’t know.

    In my efforts to find the root cause of the decline in traffic I’ve noticed 2 things –
    1 – Google Search Console is reporting significantly more redirects than it used to – the same date traffic fell, redirects doubled and they’ve doubled again since – now almost 1000 compared to a steady 200+.
    2 – there’s a lot of 404s (int eh redirection plugin not GSC) on images but the image files GoogleBot is crawling are .jpg.webp files – not something I believe exists.

    Can you shed any light on either of these 2 points or suggest anything the deletion of the plugin & restoring from the backup might have done to kill my traffic?

    TIA

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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    I cannot advise on Google Search Console issues.

    Yes, if a client requests an image that doesn’t exist then it will appear in the 404 log.

    Deleting and restoring the data wont have affected anything in that regard.

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