• Hi there!

    I got a notification from Google Search Console stating that this page is soft 404 and I need to fix it. The url:

    /wp-content/plugins/litespeed-cache/guest.vary.php

    I’m using the following plugins:

    Elementor
    GenerateBlocks
    MailerLite – Signup forms (official)
    Pretty Links
    Rank Math SEO
    Unlimited Elements for Elementor
    UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore
    WPForms Lite

    I’m using Astra theme & Astra starter templates.

    Could you please help me out?

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  • Thread Starter Shatha Alhajahmed

    (@chadha1)

    The url /wp-content/plugins/litespeed-cache/guest.vary.php takes me to a blank page with only 2 characters (kindly check the link below).

    https://ibb.co/3kpTbs1

    1.) If you request guest.vary.php remove all your cookies first and you will see more than only 2 characters.

    2.) guest.vary.php belongs to Guest Mode and normally Google doesn’t care about missing sources and you could ignore it. You don’t have any disadvantages if you ignore it.

    3.) If you still want to have it solved, you have to make changes to the .htaccess. Add this code on top of your .htaccess:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} guest_vary.php [NC]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [ENV=NOINDEX:true]
    header set X-Robots-Tag "noindex,nofollow,noodp" env=NOINDEX

    This code tells Google that he should try to index the requested source and should not follow it.

    #######################################################

    If Google still complaints it then add this additional code to your .htaccess: This code changes the status code from 404 to 410 if (only) Googlebot tries to request guest.vary.php. 410 tells Google that the requested source is not found and will never be available again. If status code 404 is set Google thinks the requested source is temporary not available.

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Googlebot" [NC]
    RewriteRule guest.vary.php - [G,L]
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