error retrieving 401.php

  • Hi,
    I am taking over a WordPress site that someone else built. I’ve moved it to a new server and pretty much everything seems OK except for this ONE thing:

    in footer.php, there’s a line of code:
    <?require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/admin/wp-content/themes/default/images/401.php');?>

    It results in this error appearing in the bottom of the footer:

    Warning: require_once(/home/secure22/public_html/htdocs/admin/wp-content/themes/default/images/401.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/daniel71/public_html/admin/wp-content/themes/mytheme/footer.php on line 21

    I have never seen this before and am wondering if I can safely remove the code from footer.php. I don’t see it in the footers of other themes. I’m guessing it was an attempt to create a custom 401 error page or something, but why is it looking in the images folder of a theme (default) the site isn’t even using?

    It does NOT result in an error in the version of the site that’s still live on the old server…presumably b/c the file path there is correct, and I don’t know how to correct the code for the new server.

    Any ideas appreciated!

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  • Why not just try removing it?

    Thread Starter Woolyowl

    (@woolyowl)

    Well, when I remove it everything seems fine. I was just thinking that someone who knows about it might say, like, “Oh, that’s important for such and such a reason, fix it like this…” or something.

    But for now I’ll just take it out, until it seems like it needs to be put back (in a way that works).

    thanks.

    It definitely not any form of standard WP markup/code. You don’t have to specifically call the 404 template file in a theme. If a link is 404, WP will look for a 404.php template file in your theme first. If it can’t find one, it will try to display a default message.

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