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WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post

Automatically Redirect any 404 page to a Similar Post based on the Title Post Type & Taxonomy using 301 or 302 Redirects!

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version1.0.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 4.0 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update21 Nov 202511mo ago
Active installations30K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.9 / 5 from 113 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post version 1.0.6 as active, updated 11mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Welcome to WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post!

This plugin automatically redirect 404 pages to similar posts based on Title, Post Types & Taxonomies. If nothing similar is found, visitors will be redirected to the homepage or a custom URL.

Features:

  • Automatically detect any 404.
  • Automatically search a similar post based on multiple factors:
  • Title
  • Potential Post Type
  • Potential Taxonomy
  • If nothing similar is found, set your Fallback Behavior:
  • Redirect to homepage
  • Redirect to a custom URL
  • Display the default 404 page
  • Choose the redirection HTTP header status:
  • 301 headers
  • 302 headers
  • Exclude Post Types from possible redirections.
  • Exclude Taxonomies from possible redirections.
  • Exclude Posts based on a custom post meta.
  • Exclude Terms based on a custom term meta.
  • Display the Debug Console instead of being redirected (Admin).
  • Preview possible redirection from the administration panel.

*New* Features:

  • Expose ‘WP-404-Auto-Redirect’ headers on 404 pages. (Admin).
  • Log redirections in the /wp-content/debug.log file.
  • Create your own search engines logic.
  • Create your own search engines groups & fire sequence.

*New* Engines & Groups:

0 introduces the concept of engines and groups which let you customize your own searching & matching logic. The plugin comes with 5 engines and 1 default group out of the box!

Default Group Engines:

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Fix URL

Find and fix common URL mistakes.

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Direct Match

Search for a Post that perfectly match keywords.

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Search Post

Search for a similar Post.

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Search Term

Search for a similar Term.

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Search Post: Fallback

If a Post Type is set in the WP Query, redirect to the Post Type Archive.

But Also:

  • Easy to Install / Uninstall.
  • No useless data saved in Database.
  • Blazing Fast Performance.

Compatibility:

WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post is 100% compatible with all popular manual redirection plugins:

  • Redirection
  • Simple 301 Redirects
  • RankMath Redirections
  • Yoast Redirections
  • etc…

If you use one of them, but missed a manual redirection and a 404 is about to be displayed, WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post will cover you.

Reviews

They talk about us! 🙂

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • 301
  • 404
  • redirect
  • seo
  • similar
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.0 · PHP 5.6
Update activity21 Nov 202511mo ago

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