Simple, SEO friendly, permanent (301) and automatic redirect of 404 errors.
As of April 2026, 404 ReDirector is a WordPress 301 plugin with 80 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Redirection.
This simple plugin – which is also WordPress network compatible – automatically redirects 404 errors to the best matching and existing content in your WordPress blog.
The matching is based on the slug of the content not found and searches also on taxonomy pages (tags & categories). This is perfect when you have changed the permalink settings of your taxonomies.
All redirects are permanent (301) which is a SEO best practice.
Since this plugin doesn’t need any configuration it works perfect in WordPress Network / multisite setup.
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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